Simple yet engaging ways to make your upper elementary lessons meaningful and fun!
π Reading practice, minus the extra work
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βββ Not everything needs to be invented from scratch, Reader. So if you need to come up with a way for students to respond to reading that doesn't interfere with your plans to binge The Pitt this week (because how is it the season finale already), may I humbly suggest this done-for-you option:
They work with independent reading, centers, homework, small groups, and pair beautifully with whatever reading curriculum you are already using. So instead of spending your evening coming up with fresh response questions, you can just find the reading skills you want students to practice, hit print, then hit the couch for a night and worry about Dr. Robby instead of your reading block. In this pack you'll find:
Students get the practice they need. You get the responses you've been trying to squeeze out of them since September. See the reading response sheets here πππ: Reading Response Activity Sheetsβ Talk soon, P.S. When my school had a reading log "requirement" for homework, I used these sheets instead...and never looked back.
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Simple yet engaging ways to make your upper elementary lessons meaningful and fun!
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We're trying something new, Reader: Every Friday until the end of the school year, Iβm sending a short note built around one real teacher question. Not the kind you're asking your admin. The real kind. The questions that show up in the teacher's lounge, next to the copier that seamlessly ran off 27 of 28 copies before breaking down. So letβs start here: Is it too late to start something new in April? For a brand-new system with twelve moving parts and a learning curve? Yes. For something...
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