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The What Do you have a favorite genre? I do, my favorite genre to read has always been historical fiction. Reading historical fiction is my favorite way to learn about history. It’s my favorite genre to use to teach students about important people and events in history and is a great way to review and dive deeper into various fiction skills.  Black History Month is a great time to use historical fiction books about a variety of people that … [Read more...] about How to Use Historical Fiction to Teach Black History

This is the final blog post in the How Do I Teach ______? Series In this blog post you will walk away with clear steps for how to launch and teach your next  poetry unit.  Teaching students how to read or approach a genre or text is important and tantamount to teaching students how to plan for a road trip to a particular location, using a specific route. In this episode we will talk about the what, the why and the how of teaching students … [Read more...] about How Do I Teach Poetry?

This is the third blog post in the “How do I teach______ series?” In this blog post you will walk away with clear steps for how to launch and teach your next argumentative text unit.  Teaching students how to read or approach a genre or text is important and tantamount to teaching students how to plan for a road trip to a particular location, using a specific route. In this episode we will talk about the what, the why and the how of … [Read more...] about How Do I Teach Argumentative Text?

This is the second blog post in the “How do I Teach______?” series. In this blog post you will walk away with clear steps for how to launch and teach your next non fiction unit.  Teaching students how to read or approach a genre or text is important and tantamount to teaching students how to plan for a road trip to a particular location, using a specific route. In this episode we will talk about the what, the why and the how of teaching … [Read more...] about How Do I Teach Nonfiction?