How To Teach Your Students To Use A Calm Down Corner
So you’ve set up your calm down corner. Now what? Before you open it up for your students, you need to teach them how to…
Author: Rachael Hull
A Zen Den. Do You Really Need One In Your First Grade Classroom?
Are you looking to add a zen den or calm corner to your classroom? If you’re wondering whether or not it will be a functional…
Learn How To Easily Teach Phonemic Segmentation Using The Science Of Reading
Are your students having trouble segmenting the sounds in your spelling words? I’ve got some ideas for you to try that will help your kiddos…
Top 3 Strategies For Close Reading And Classroom Management
Teaching strategies for close reading can be difficult when you teach elementary school. Some of the concepts go waaaay above your student’s heads. And we…
How Can First Graders Analyze Close Reading Text With A Partner
You’ve been doing a lot of virtual learning. Your students have been staring at their devices for awhile now. Have you noticed that your kiddos…
What Close Reading Tools Are The Best For My Students?
We’ve been talking about HOW to teach close reading. But WHAT close reading tools do you need in your classroom to effectively teach a close…
I Taught A Great Close Reading Lesson. Now What?
Do you remember Fun Fridays? Or am I showing how old I am? This is the day at the end of the week to celebrate…
How to Turn First Grade Close Read Questions Into Interactive Writing Activities
During writer’s workshop, especially at the beginning of the year, my students biggest problem was getting started. No matter how many close read questions I…
5 Exciting Student Of the Week Ideas For Building Relationships With Students
You know you need to build relationships with students, but how do you get to know each one of your kiddos with such little time?…
Need Some Close Read Activities? Here Are Some You Haven’t Considered.
You want to teach close reading, but you’re stuck on what to do after you introduce the text passage. Let’s add some fun close read…