Spider Picture Books and ELA Activities
Kids Love Creepy Crawlies! What is it about kids and creepy crawly critters?? They love them! To us (or me anyway!), they’re creepy; they’re crawly; and they’re cringe worthy. But somehow, when they come in the form of clipart and lapbooks, they are down right adorable! Who doesn’t love a good construction paper spider with […]
How to Increase Your Students’ Reading Comprehension Using Metacognitive Reading Strategies
Are you looking for reading strategies to improve comprehension? All students can benefit from a great set of reading strategies to improve comprehension! Solid reading strategies can help struggling readers improve, and the same strategies can challenge good readers to become great readers! Reading is Thinking! Reading. Is. Thinking. Those three little words revolutionized my […]
Exit Slips as Formative Assessments
Exit slips are a clear and powerful formative assessment tool. Every teacher should be using exit slips to drive classroom instruction! Take the guess work out of planning your instruction, and let exit slips be your guide!