How To Cover Your Small Group Table with Contact Paper
Every summer, I have several teachers reach out to me and ask me about my small group table. They always want to know the same thing-…
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Visual Discrimination and Word Recognition
Visual discrimination and word recognition can often go hand-in-hand when it comes to sight words and words with similar spellings. Before we explore this connection, we…
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…
Halloween Freebie Fun: Learning with Oriental Trading
I had so much fun linking up with Oriental Trading during the back to school season, so of course I could not wait to collaborate with them…
Small Group Warm Ups To Maximize Time at the Table
I have always believed the time my students and I spend at the small group table is THE most important time of our day.  If you have followed my…
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…