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Transform Your Science of Reading Approach with Concept-Based Instruction
Last week, I talked about the 5 components of “science of reading” you might not be aware of. This week I want to share with you a problem I had, and how concept-based instruction

5 Unexpected Science of Reading Secrets Guaranteed to Boost Reading Levels
Is Science of Reading or SoR just about Teaching Phonics? The “science of reading” is a phrase representing the accumulated knowledge about reading, reading development, and best practices for reading instruction obtained by the use

3 Learning Styles You Can Reach with Every Morning Meeting
How valuable would it be to learn how to create your morning meeting lessons in a way that is designed to support all 3 of the main learning styles’ of students? How much more time

Discover the True Definition of Classroom Culture with These 5 Morning Activities
The True Definition of Classroom Culture You may or may not have heard this term before, but there are a number of misconceptions about the definition of classroom culture. Let’s begin with what classroom culture

Why These Activities for Morning Meeting Will Transform Your School Day
It is hard to believe that it is time to go back to school! I want to help you make this your best school year yet, and the best way I discovered to have a

3 Simple Morning Tricks to Best Motivate Student Learning
Our primary job as teachers is to motivate student learning. If you’re thinking after COVID, that this is almost impossible, I am here for you! Navigating the challenges of in person learning after anywhere from

Reading with comprehension that actually boosts student literacy
Have you ever wondered how your students can read every word of a book and not be able to tell you anything about it afterwards? It’s because your student may be reading but not comprehending. Reading

10 Must-Do End of the Year Activities for Students
The end of the year is finally here and I know you are ready for your break! Now, before you get all wrapped up in those last day happy hour plans, you want to keep

How these End of the Year activities for students will actually propel your students
Well, it is that time of the year when you as a teacher are ready for the school year to end. With just a few weeks left, you are looking for some fun classroom activities

Try these end of the year classroom activities as the perfect solution for student engagement
Get all of your best math standards in one place I have discovered a great strategy to improve our best math standards is playing games and these spiral math review games have made that an easy

Try these words for vocabulary building to boost student engagement
In our last post, we discussed vocabulary words for 1st grade. I shared how I use thematic approach to teaching and how much my students enjoyed learning vocabulary words for science as well as social

Why Cinco de Mayo thematic teaching is guaranteed to build stronger vocabulary
A new thematic approach to teaching about Cinco de Mayo I decided to take a new thematic approach to teaching about events like Cinco de Mayo. I have found that my young students really enjoy