The great thing about reader’s workshop is that it has been around for a long time and lots of people have found ways to put their own spin on it. This means that there are a ton of books out there to help get you started. This also means that there are a ton of books out there which can leave you feeling like you don’t even know where to start. Which means that you don’t even start. That is where I come in. Although I can not claim that … [Read more...] about 3 Must Have Books For Launching Your Reading Block
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Summer Bucket List Planning for Teachers and Students
We head into summer exhausted and don’t really have an idea for how we want summer to go except that we need a break. Then we fall down the rabbit hole of continuing to think too much about work, not resting enough, not taking time to reflect and recharge. Then we wonder why we start our school year harried and not really feeling any better then when the school year ended. Let’s not have that be our reality this year. Let’s create a summer plan … [Read more...] about Summer Bucket List Planning for Teachers and Students
End of the Year Ideas: Life After State Testing
In the rush to make the year come to an end I would often forget that my students did not all feel the same way. Yes they were tired of school. Yes they too were tired of working and learning, but they loved me or at least were used to me and their ability to have unlimited access to me was coming to an end. They wanted an opportunity to savor it and enjoy the last days of school. I tried to remember that as often as I could. It’s this … [Read more...] about End of the Year Ideas: Life After State Testing
Reading Test Taking Strategies
In the last blog post I talked about my journey with test prep and gave you some basic tips and ideas that you could use to help you make sure test prep did not take over your reading block but fit into your reading block. I am going to share a possible framework for a day in the life of test prep schedule and share the test prep strategy that I teach the students that I work with. When I say reading block I mean the span of time that I … [Read more...] about Reading Test Taking Strategies
