This past year I have been wrapping up a project that has been quite the labor of love: Monthly Text Sets. The monthly text sets solve a list of problems I consistently ran into when teaching 4th Grade ELA. But first, what are the monthly text sets? The monthly text sets are a set of nonfiction … [Read more...] about Opinion and Informational Text Sets: Reading and Writing from One Text Set (+ a Freebie)
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MLK Day Opinion Writing
Hey there! If you haven't had the chance to try out the monthly text sets in your classroom, then now is the time. If you teach grades 3-5 and follow the Common Core Standards (or your state's version of that), then your students are probably expected to write in response to text on a regular basis. … [Read more...] about MLK Day Opinion Writing
How to Integrate Writing Across Content Areas
Last week in our Summer Writing Series, we discussed how to plan writing workshop. The week before that we talked about how to tackle the issue of time (or lack thereof) in Writing Workshop. This is the perfect segue into this week’s topic of integrating writing into other content areas. … [Read more...] about How to Integrate Writing Across Content Areas
8 Ways to Build a Love for Reading in Your Students
I LOVE to read. Like finish a book in one night LOVE to read. Like wake up on a Saturday and read two hours in bed LOVE to read. Like cozy up on the couch and go on a mental vacation LOVE to read. I've always had this natural love to read. When I was growing up I would go every other week … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Build a Love for Reading in Your Students
Morning Work: A Brief History
I am so excited to share my freshest resource with you! This product has been a long time coming. But first, just a little background. Every resource has a story. I create each and every resource in my store because of a need I have or had in my classroom. I can be opinionated, … [Read more...] about Morning Work: A Brief History
Things I’m Loving Friday #1
Happy New Year! It’s only Day 2 of 2015, but I’m already feeling the hope, change, & excitement of the upcoming year. One of my hugest unofficial New Year’s Resolutions is to BLOG MORE!! Long before I started TPTing , I LOVED reading blogs so much that I decided to create my … [Read more...] about Things I’m Loving Friday #1
