Too many students stop reading when reading class ends. How we can (re)ignite within our students a love for reading? In this talk, Bethany explores ways to incorporate books and book-based activities and projects into our...
The other day, I heard one of my students out on the softball field. He was kind of repeating lines from the poem we had just said. Recently, I read an article about poetry memorization. Last year, I had read poetry some to them...
Remember to STAR: Honing Communication Skills in Reading Class
As teachers, we want our students to engage well and participate in discussions in our classroom. We want them to focus and pay attention, but I find that ultimately we want them to be able to communicate well. To communicate...
This reading unit plan for grades 5 and 6 explores The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli. Objectives, assessments, and daily activities are provided for the 19 days allotted to teach the book.
In this class project, students work in groups of two to create a model of the solar system. One person draws the planet to scale and paints it. The second person researches and writes facts about the planet.
