I've been playing around with the idea of creating engaging, hands-on activities to reinforce reading comprehension skills for a while n...

So, a little back story here.  Last year, for the first time in four years, I taught students who were identified as struggling with reading...

After being away for a good couple of days, I got a chuckle out of Christina's linky. What teacher doesn't have stuff piled up...

Laura Candler blogged today about switching to Bloglovin, using one of my all-time favorite read-alouds to my own kids, so I decided to li...

And so that means it's time to link up with Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade .  And even though it's not July until tomorrow, there a...

I've been spending A LOT of time reading and just lazing around.  Nothing wrong with that, right?   So, for starters, I've...

Every year for the past five or six years, I've given students reading inventories at the beginning of the year.  It's important for...