Close reading is the practice of reading a text and making sure that you fully understand the information presented. These strategies for close reading are not just practice that you see on tests, it is a practice that you use in life. Close reading is used every single day in adulthood as we read through…
Do you want your students to be highly engaged in reviewing rigorous reading content? Well then a reading challenge might be for you! Each month, if you have your students participate in one reading challenge they can be reviewing and practicing rigorous reading skills, but they won’t know it at all! What is a reading…
 Teaching theme is often a difficult concept for students to learn. The reason it is so difficult is because theme is objective, many people can see different themes throughout the same story. But that is okay and something I teach my students! As long as you can explain where you see that theme throughout…
Teaching text structures to students can be rather difficult, but once students master it, it can be easier than you think! Today, I am going to share 5 simple activities that you can do with your students to help them master nonfiction text structures. Teaching Text Structure by Acting It Out! Get kids moving in…
Teaching main idea is a skill that needs to be practiced a million times in so many different modalities in order for students to master the skill. It is a tough skill to master for many students and should be taught throughout their whole education. In this post, we are going to talk about how…
Teaching author’s purpose can be one of the most engaging and entertaining skills that you teach! If you do some great activities for author’s purpose, your students will be engaged the entire time and successful at figuring out what the purpose is that the author is trying to write! In this post, I am going…
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