Access free lessons for teachers! Download free printables, lessons, and strategies for teachers. How much do teachers teach in a day? One day, when I was teaching first grade, I counted how many mini-lessons I taught in one day. The number was 17. Seventeen lessons were taught in one day. Therefore, I taught 85 lessons […] Read more…
Comprehension
How to Use Reading Response Sheets this Halloween
Learn how to use Halloween Reading Response Sheets in your classroom and improve reading comprehension. I love using reading response sheets in the classroom, especially during the holidays, and Halloween happens to be one of my favorite holidays. Why should I use reading response sheets in the classroom? Using reading response sheets in the classroom […] Read more…
Arthur’s Halloween Freebies for Reading
Download the Arthur’s Halloween Freebies for Reading. These resources are entirely updated and just perfect for elementary students. Halloween is Almost Here! Halloween is quickly approaching, and I know that some of you, teachers, are looking for new ways to get into the spooky spirit for literacy. So, that’s why I’m excited to share these […] Read more…
Real Reading vs Really Not Reading Anchor Charts
Real Reading vs. Really Not Reading – find out what to do if your students are fake reading. Download the free reading anchor charts and printables. Players gonna play. While visiting so many classrooms during guided reading, one thing is for sure. Players gonna play. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. I learned […] Read more…
Favorite Reading Resources for Spring
Read about my favorite reading resources for Spring and download the free Spring printables. Did Someone Say Spring? Spring is here teacher friends! Help to welcome this new season with these FREE reading and writing resources for Spring. I can’t wait to share the buggy book report, Spring inference flip book, story starter cards, and […] Read more…
Why Teaching ABC Order is Important – FREEBIES
Learn why teaching ABC order is important, and download your Free Alphabetical Order resources. Should students spend their time alphabetizing words? When I was a second grade teacher I required that my students alphabetize their spelling words every week. It was just something that my students did like clockwork. It is such a methodocal process, […] Read more…
SWBST Strategy: Summary Super Hero FREEBIE
How to use this free SWBST strategy and be a summary super hero. Get your free summarization download in the article below. Are you a SWBST Summary super hero? Maybe you aren’t a summary super hero yet, but you will be after learning how to effectively use the SWBST strategy. So, if you don’t know […] Read more…
FREE Speech Bubbles & How to Use Them in Reading
Today I have a set of speech bubble graphics for you, and they are a forever freebie! I really hope they are useful to you. Now, you may be asking yourself, how can I use these speech bubble graphics in my classroom? Teachers hate having a bunch of clipart they’ll never use. Speech Bubble: A speech […] Read more…
FREE Poetry Notebook Will Change Your Teaching Life
Poetry Notebooks: Find out how to use them with nursery rhymes to teach fluency, sight words, phonics, and comprehension. Don’t forget to download your free Poetry Notebook resources and planning forms included in the post. I remember hearing my very first principal, 20+ years ago (yikes!), telling the entire staff that we could not use […] Read more…
FREE Valentine’s Day Book Reports – Use with ANY BOOK!
Did someone say Valentine’s Day book reports… for FREE?? These books report templates are awesome because they work with any book, not just a Valentine’s Day themed book. Your students will enjoy a change of pace and have fun writing! Using book reports to assess your kiddo’s reading comprehension is a good thing. Unfortunately, students […] Read more…