Teaching Fluency Through Poetry Giveaway!

Hey friends, head on over to McCumbee Talent Development to enter to win this fantastic giveaway!

Guided Reading linky!

Come on over and learn about a great linky that is taking place this week!

Leaving Tracks of My Thinking

My 2nd graders have been so busy practicing their reading strategies, and I am so proud of them.  It is very exciting to see them THINK while they are reading.  This year we have been utilizing The Comprehension Toolkit by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, and the results are truly amazing.  Jump on over to I Love 2 Teach to grab a couple of freebies and see how I help my kiddos make text-to-text connections with fiction.

Building Fluency With Poetry

Hey gang! I wanted to share a wonderful resource that I found that has several free poetry lessons to teach fluency with, as well as a book you can order that has a poem for each week and activities to go along with them. If you are interested in learning more head on over to my blog and see how I used this resource in my guided reading groups.

Giveaway!

Hey Gang! Head on over to my blog to see how TEN lucky readers will win a novel guide from Pieces of Learning. I use these novel guides in my guided reading groups and my students love them! The best thing about this is you can download these novel guides automatically. Head on over to learn more.

CAFE Questions

Hi all! I hope you're having a great weekend! I just posted some thoughts and questions about the CAFE model of guided reading versus the Fountas and Pinnell model that I'd love your help with over at my blog. I've been trying to do CAFE for the past three years (including this year) and before that I followed Fountas and Pinnell's model. There are a few things I'm struggling with and could use some advice! I'd love to hear about what works for your students in your classrooms! Thanks in advance for your help!!

Abby

 

Give Me 5! - Guided Reading Retelling Poster FREEBIE!

When I work with children during guided reading groups, I like to use the '5 Finger Retell.'  Every time I was ready to use it, though, I would draw a hand on a white board to remind the kids of the different categories that they needed to cover when retelling a story.  So, I decided I should just make a poster!  


              Come on over and get your FREE 'Give Me 5' Posters!
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