As a reading specialist there is one question I get asked the most from teachers...... What do I do during small groups?  Although it ...

There are two times during the year that I decide I am going to get my act together. Sometime around the end of July.....right before sch...

One of our favorite fluency games in the classroom is the popular "Domino Dash". I don't know if we play it like everyone e...

I love using The Gingerbread Man during the month of December to teach story elements. We track each story by characters, setting, problem...

October is a perfect time to learn about bats! During out All About Bats unit we spend quite a bit of time with each of these books. Th...

I love the month of October and all of the opportunities there are for thematic teaching. My October book bin is always overflowing! Here ar...

Surviving October in the classroom should come with some kind of badge at the end of it. Routines are in place, real learning is starting to...

My dear sweet friend, Stacey, shared an amazing lesson during a staff meeting last week and I just HAVE TO pass it along. This is an impactf...

All summer I think about it. My empty room back at the school.... Nothing fun on the walls, all of the books have been packed away, ...