6 Books That Shaped How I Teach Reading Comprehension
Comprehension instruction can be a challenge for many reading teachers. In this post, I am going to share six books with you that have helped shape…
Comprehension
Teaching Questioning to Primary Readers
Teaching questioning to primary readers can be challenging. I recently released a new edition of Concrete Comprehension for Primary Readers: Questioning. In this blog post, we’ll dig deeper into this…
Teaching Schema To Primary Readers: The Why, How, and When
In this post, I’ll talk about why teaching schema is important, give some ideas and tips for teaching about schema to your young readers, and discuss…
How To Implement Interactive Reading Passages
Today, I’ll explain how and why I implement interactive reading passages into my primary classroom. I often get asked, “What reading materials do you use for your small…
3 Ideas To Increase Retelling Skills In Young Readers
Let’s chat about literacy today. Specifically, let’s talk about retelling! Retelling is one of the first reading skills I focus on with my students.  We spend…
Language in the Classroom: Reading Integration! (with FREEBIES!)
Today, I am once again linking up with Nicole Allison, from Speech Peeps, to continue our series on Language in the Classroom! If you missed our…