The Complete Guide to Context Clues Lessons
Context clues are so important. Acquiring strong vocabulary skills and utilizing those skills in a way that supports reading is…
Comparing and Contrasting Texts: Why it’s Important and How to Teach It
If you think of comparing and contrasting as looking for differences between an apple and an orange, it seems like…
3 Tips for Teaching Synthesis
During a planning session one day, I was reviewing the standards for my upcoming unit. I read one of the…
Nonfiction Comprehension Guide
At this point in the year, I have covered a lot of nonfiction strategies and skills with students. The next…
Beyond Story Elements: Encouraging your students to think critically about elements of the text
Teaching and analyzing story elements is a critical part of developing students’ comprehension skills. You probably talk about the setting,…
Reading Skills Quick Reference Guide
Well, to say it’s been a while since I’ve posted would be an understatement! Although I haven’t posted a new…
One Reading Game: Five Ways
I’m popping in with a quick post to share a few new ways to use my Reading Games for reading…
Another Cumulative Novel Project!
I love, love, love finishing up a novel with a project that incorporates as many reading skills as possible. We…
Teaching Main Idea Vs. Theme
If your students are anything like mine, they have an incredibly difficult time telling the difference between main idea and…
Using Pictures to Teach Key Reading Skills
I blog a lot about how I use pictures to teach key reading skills, and I’m passionate about their impact…
Fiction Comprehension
We spent a few days before state testing doing some quick review activities for answering fiction comprehension questions. We had…
Answering Comprehension Questions
Just a little drive-by posting with an anchor chart that we came up with to remind ourselves of the expectations…
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