I'm not a fan of worksheets, so when it comes to understanding and using prefixes and suffixes, a foldable came to mind.  Grab your free...

Did you realize this Wednesday is 12-12-12?  Did you realize this won't happen again until December 12, 2112?  We won't have tripl...

This handout lists ways parents can help their child become a better reader at home.  It would be a great communication tool to send home w...

Happy Fall, Y'all!  Come on over to I Love 2 Teach for some reader response freebies like this one...

If this might interest your students... then come on over! Simply 2nd Resources

This reading log will help your little learners write meaningful sentences about their books. There are sentence starters to help even the...

I like to have plenty of tools available for my students to help the learning along.  I've spent hours making tools and charts for eve...

I have officially lived through 35 "last days of school" as a teacher.  (I'm not doing the math to include my last days of s...

Once you've assessed your students in reading, what's next?  Check Elementary Matters to see some ideas and some great links for r...

How do you decide what reading skills to teach during RTI?  What do you use for assessment?  Come on over to Elementary Matters to see wha...

My LETRS training (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) from a couple of weeks ago keeps spinning in my head.  As I r...

I just finished up my second of 3 weeks of training for the LETRS program.  Hop on over to Elementary Matters to find out what LETRS is al...

Want to help your students grow in their A.R. points throughout the year?? Come on over and see how we use these A.R. Goal bookmarks...

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 whi...

Come on over to see how I use the great freebies!  You MIGHT have to hear me babble about my day though :)  

This week we began biographies in readers workshop and reports in writers workshop.  I began the week teaching the kids about a biography. ...

In my class, we do book blessings, where the kids advertise one of the books they read that week. Fly on over to  The Teachers' Ca...

Stop by TheWiseWittyTeacher  to see what I'll be doing with Book Clubs this quarter.  You'll also be able to  get a freebie to go wi...

Today I posted how I inform parents of their child's reading level and progress throughout the year.  Stop by to see!

Come on over and read about my wonderful class. There is a freebie if you use DRA! Plus, I am going to be using this pin from Pinterest! ...