Systematic Teaching for First and Second Grade
Looking for some great resources to send to parents for reading at home? Here are my top 6 favorite reading websites and why I love them.1. Storyline Online https://www.storylineonline.netWhat is itA huge collection of story books read by some of our favorite actors. Best of all,… Keep Reading…
Have you been wondering how to use your running record data to form your guided reading groups? Learning how to analyze the data and create small groups can be difficult and takes time to master. For this final post in the series about running records… Keep Reading…
I don’t know about you but I have always been lucky enough that my school district never dictated exactly how I had to do my running records. They only said I had to have them quarterly and report the percentages. Can you say loophole? Because no one but… Keep Reading…
Before you begin the process of taking running record to organize your guided reading groups, it’s important to have everything in place and ready to go. I love to organize things in a binder so of course I naturally thought of having a running record binder… Keep Reading…
After many years of teaching in the primary grades, I’ve come to the conclusion that guided reading can be as easy or as complicated as you want to make it. In my quest to take back my free time I have turned a critical eye… Keep Reading…
When I first started teaching first graders one of my most commonly asked questions by their parents was how to help their child at home. My answer was always to practice sight words and read books. A great way to encourage this is to host… Keep Reading…
