​​Many teachers notice the same pattern during reading instruction. Students can read shorter words with confidence, but once multisyllabic words appear in a text, decoding often starts to break down.  Words may be guessed, skipped,…

The holiday season is full of opportunities to have meaningful classroom conversations, and picture book read-alouds are the perfect place to start. Many of the books in this post aren’t your typical holiday stories. But,…

Math games are a great way to keep students engaged but they can also be used for differentiation. And you don’t need to create separate versions of the same game or prep a bunch of…

Teaching area and perimeter to kids doesn't have to be confined to textbooks and worksheets. Let's dive into how we can make this standard fun while also cultivating real-world problem-solving skills. Become Floor Plan Designers…

It's hard when your child is struggling to read at an age where they're supposed to already be fluent readers. And you have no idea how to help them at home. If your child is…

I’m going to be a little negative to start this blog post and say your students probably aren’t ready for the reading state test. Just hear me out. What is the purpose of the state…

Don’t want to do a lot of prep for things you want kids to do during reading small groups? Assign one thing. To read. That’s it. Sometimes they can do an independent reading task that…

Part of falling in love with books is finding the kinds of books you'd like to read. I personally go through genre phases, and I'm currently on a romantic comedy kick. But I also like…

It can be difficult to keep kids engaged at the end of the school year. Most of the required skills have been taught for the year. So now what? Here are some ideas for keeping…

It's the end of the school year and the kids are all talking really loudly at one time and you're practically at your wit's end. All the classroom management strategies you have implemented since the…