Reading Is Thinking

I've been using http://www.wordle.net/ in the classroom for a few months and I really like it. I used it to make the cover of the class...

I really liked this site: http://www.storybird.com/ . You can use the beautiful artwork they give you and make up your own stories to publi...

I keep this poster up all year as a reference for the kids. What do you do when you don't know the meaning of a word? It is really just...

Lots of examples of how the Smart Board could be used in different subjects in the elementary school. Christine

I love this glove for teaching narrative elements (characters, setting, problem, solution) in fiction texts. I got the pictures online and t...

Synthesizing is the most complex of the reading strategies. It is far more difficult to nail down examples of when you are actually synthesi...