Beg, Borrow, and Teach!

We've been learning about cloud types in Science and we're constantly reviewing grammar.  So, it's always nice when we can combi...

Our school celebrates Polar Express Day.  We try to make the whole day about it, including the core subjects.  Here are some of my brainstor...

We have been working on Monitoring our Understanding while we read lately.  In an effort to combine previous strategies we learned during ou...

One of the toughest reading comprehension strategies for my students is synthesizing information.  In my quest to find good resources for th...

We've been working on using fix-up strategies to monitor and fix problems in our reading as they happen.  The organizer below shows seve...

I just participated in a county-sponsored in-service centered around the book From Seatwork to Feetwork:  Engaging Students in Their Own Lea...

For our upcoming writing unit on Veteran's Day, we read some great mentor texts to collect character traits for our nation's heroes....