From   Seed   to Plant  by Gail Gibbons is a great mentor text for both reading and writing.  Gail Gibbons has an excellent collection of non-fiction books that can be used at all grade levels.  The lesson freebie I will be providing is a Kindergarten/1st Grade resource. This boo…

5 supplies make reading groups hassle-free - here they are in no particular order: I change my small group organizational system every year, but I finally found something I love this year!  Each group has its own bin, and since students changed, I started labeling them by time rather th…