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Follow Your Thinking Tracks!
Are your students active readers? Do they consistently “stop & think” to reflect and comprehend what they’re reading? Thinking Tracks are a great way for students to record their thinking while...
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Amazing Author Studies
Author Studies are fun, engaging activities for students of all ages. They are perfect for reinforcing research skills and allowing students to discover new authors and books! Just think… wouldn’t...
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Introducing Fiction Text Structure with S.T.O.R.Y!
S.T.O.R.Y. A few years ago, I was looking for a fun and engaging way to teach Fiction Text Structure to my struggling readers, when I came across Victoria Naughton’s strategy, “Picture It!” (2008), in...
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S.T.O.R.Y. Extensions!
Earlier this month, I shared a mnemonic I use with my 2nd and 3rd graders for teaching story elements. This mnemonic is part of a larger strategy called “Picture It!,” developed by Victoria Naughton...
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Reading Detectives: A Focus on Making Inferences
What Does it Mean to Make Inferences? Making inferences is when students draw conclusions from the text using the text clues and their background knowledge. Essentially, students are trying to figure...
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Hooking Reluctant Readers With Series Starters
Half of my battle as a Reading Specialist is to help my struggling readers fall in love with reading. It’s a vicious cycle: When you struggle to read, it’s not fun. When you don’t think it’s fun, you...
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Exploring Perspective and Point of View
As some of you know, I love my small RTI pull-out groups, but I also enjoy the dynamic of an entire classroom of students. This year, with a combination push-in/pull-out program, I’ve been able to do...
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Teaching Author’s Message with Penguin & Pinecone
Unpack your scarves and boots… winter is fast-approaching! To help you prepare for the long winter season, I’m sharing a wonderful winter mentor text and resource to use with your students this snowy...
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Read, Stop, Think! – A Strategy for Active Reading
Are your students active readers? Active reading is the process of thinking and reflecting about a text while you are reading. For many students, it’s a natural process, but for most students, it needs...
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3 Ways to Chunk Text to Support Reading Comprehension
Comprehension is essential to reading and understanding texts; however, it is one of the more challenging reading skills to teach. Research shows that students who struggle with reading comprehension...
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The Power of a Sticky Note: How to Use Sticky Notes During Reading Groups
It’s no secret that students LOVE sticky notes, but can you blame them? Teachers love sticky notes, too! These little sticky squares of paper are motivating, colorful, and can be used in the classroom...
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Read, Stop, Retell: An Effective Retelling Strategy to Support Reading...
Do you have students who have a difficult time with retelling? They read an entire text and they can barely tell you what it’s about. Some teachers may write the text off as “just being too difficult”...
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