srea writes: When I talk with teachers about deciding which strategies to pick for their students, one page I always refer them to is the “Sample Needs and Strategies” sheet. The way it is set up allows myself as a reading teacher as well the classroom teacher to quickly look at the ‘what we are...

I am loving my start of the Daily 5, my kids are doing better than I expected and they love it as well! I am just trying to manage it all. I have Tier 3 pullout in am, kids with me will start a round during this block and I can get some conferrring done. In the afternoon I have two reading teachers...

My name is Gail and I write in books! This may sound crazy, but I think it just may be the most fun, entertaining activity I do on a daily basis. Really—because I aggressively write, underline, draw, question, and chat with the author, all the while understanding what I am reading more deeply than...

This printable lit lesson highlights strategies with explicit examples from the text.