5 Engaging Compare and Contrast Anchor Charts
Comparing and contrasting are important skills for students to learn. Not only will these skills be pertinent in reading fiction and nonfiction text, but they
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The 6 Best Books to Teach Point of View
Point of view is a big standard to cover! This standard can be tricky if you don’t have the right materials. It is important to
Best Books for Compare and Contrast (Fiction)
Teaching students to compare and contrast is an important cross-curricular skill. Furthermore, the application of this skill, specifically to fiction stories, can greatly improve a
3 Main Topic and Main Idea Virtual Teaching Ideas
This blog post highlights the newest video from my weekly YouTube series. This is the third installment of Teaching Tips in 12 Minutes or Less!
Tips for Virtual Text Features Activities
Whether you’re teaching virtually, or just looking for engaging digital ideas to teach text features, you’re in luck! This blog post highlights a video I
3 Engaging Story Elements Activities
Story elements are one of the first standards to hit when you’re covering Common Core literature standards. When students can correctly identify and describe the
All About EVENTS- Teaching Events to Students
For today’s Story Elements Study, we are going to focus on teaching events. If you are interested in ideas for teaching events in your elementary
All About SETTING- Story Elements Study
In this Story Elements Study, we are going to take a look at teaching setting. Keep reading for lesson ideas, activities, mentor texts, and more!
All About CHARACTERS- Story Elements Study
Story elements are an important part of your literature skill curriculum. We are going to be taking a closer look at the parts of story
Teaching Literature Skills in Kindergarten
This blog post focuses on teaching Kindergarten literature skills. These skills are key for students to master as they begin to think critically about different
Teaching Nonfiction Skills in Kindergarten
This blog post focuses on teaching Kindergarten informational text skills. Informational text is nonfiction and allows students to learn more about types of text, asking
Teaching Students to Listen to Each Other
Today’s blog focuses on teaching students how to be respectful listeners and speakers. Speaking and listening skills are important life skills, but also address key
