Age Appropriate Ways to Use Current Events in the Classroom
Teaching current events in the classroom can be a daunting task, especially when current events can sometimes feel difficult to…
Teaching Informational Text Skills
I am always searching for engaging informational texts to get my students and children excited about reading. About two years…
Nonfiction Comprehension Guide
At this point in the year, I have covered a lot of nonfiction strategies and skills with students. The next…
Using The Week Junior In The Classroom
Have you seen The Week Junior? I started seeing it pop up on my social media feeds last year, quickly…
Analyzing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.6: Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus…
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Texts
We are SO close to being done with our nonfiction unit, and I’m looking forward to jumping back in to…
Informational Text Structures & Features Cumulative Assignment
Last week, we finished our final project for our nonfiction text features and structures study. Now, we are working on…
Nonfiction Summaries
I’m popping in to share an activity I did to get kids thinking about summarizing nonfiction texts. I got this…
Informational Text Structures
I have spent the past week working on Informational Text Structures with my 5th graders. I was shocked to discover…
Informational Text Newspaper or Magazine “Book” Report
Before break, my students turned in their latest independent book report. This was a different kind of book report, though….
Nonfiction Main Idea
Are you looking for a new an exciting way to have your students work on identifying main idea in nonfiction…
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