Teaching nonfiction in first grade can feel overwhelming, but it can be really fun for you and your students with…
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Visualizing Activities for Deeper Reading Comprehension
First grade teachers really focus on reading comprehension in the spring. It’s that magical time of the year when our…
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Reading Comprehension Strategies in First Grade
In first grade, we not only get to teach students how to read but how to think about their reading,…
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Implementing the Readers Workshop Model in First Grade
Elementary teachers have so much to do! We teach all of the subjects and are expected to be knowledgeable and…
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Guided Reading Tools
Guided reading is important work in every grade, but especially first, where students must move through a lot of levels…
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Making the Most of Guided Reading Instruction – Part 3: What are the Other Kids Doing?
This is the third part of this blog series, Making the Most of Small Group Instruction. If you want to…
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Making the Most of Guided Reading Groups, Part 2
I have said it before, but I truly believe small group time is the most important time of our day….
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Making the Most of Guided Reading Groups Part 1
I believe that small group time is THE most important time of our day. Small groups are the backbone of…
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