Padlet is a powerful tool for collaboration and there are so many ways that you can use it in your classroom.  My personal favorite is using it in reading groups.  It is a great way to increase student engagement and collaboration.  It is also a great way to document their progress on the skill t…

This post may contain affiliate links.  Please read my  disclosure  for more info. Word Chaining is an essential component of your reading group. It is a great way for students to practice phonetic patterns, manipulate sounds in words, and read words.  Chaining is also a quick and easy activity tha…

I’m so happy to join The Reading Crew to bring you “Building Writers with Mentor Texts.”  I will be sharing a compare and contrast lesson using two books from the Mother Bruce series by Ryan T Higgins. These hilarious books are a huge hit with my kids at home and in school.  They chronicle the adv…

“Help!  My student can read the words but can’t write them!”  This is something that I hear a lot and is a question I used to ask often.  I was constantly puzzled by kids who could read the words, but it was a struggle when it came to writing those EXACT same words. After asking our literacy …