Throughout the year I've maintained a genre wall. We talk about genre all the time during the daily read aloud and mini lesson.  It f...

. This is a quick follow up post to this one . Voila! It's my Read to Self anchor chart complete with photos of my students doing R...

No matter how many other tasks I'm required to do the first week of school, I make introducing Read to Self a priority. I want to get th...

A quick look at four books I love when sharing India with elementary students. Not only do these texts share facts and information, they are...

My school is firmly tied to a basal series and I am expected to use just about every piece of that curriculum. Yet I run my literacy block a...

I bet you're reading this because you know access to a wide variety of age-appropriate, attractive books can open the world of reading a...

To beat the heat this summer I'll be sharing things I plan to change or tweak in my room. Today I've been thinking about my readers ...

Do you use Book Bins in your classroom? Critical to implementing Reader's Workshop/Daily 5 , finding durable book bins is a must -  and...

Since embracing the Reading Workshop Literacy Block format I've tried a LOT of systems to manage the whole process of signing up kids fo...