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When I was in elementary school, I remember thinking back then that once I had finished the spelling test, I’m just going to forget a lot of the words. I

What is a guided reading group? Let’s start by discussing what is a guided reading group. The guided reading group is a method by which small groups of students with

During my early years of teaching, I didn’t implement musical arts in my classroom. I might have brought my guitar in class during winter holidays but aside from that, that

You may wonder why one would even use this strategy at all. Well, first and foremost it greatly improves your students’ reading comprehension. It helps students think about the text

I remember early on in my teaching career I didn’t require my students to read a certain number of books per school year, or a certain number of books per

In a lot of different fields such as sports, martial arts and business, people have mentors. Mentors are usually older people who have dealt a lot of years with the

Often times during my teaching career I would ask my students what do you have to do to become a good reader. And a lot of times I’d hear responses

Teachers understand that teaching the curriculum and making sure your students perform well is not the only task that you have been assigned to deal with. It takes much more

As you can imagine a classroom library is a cozy place that welcomes you to sit down and read in silence or browse through a rich collection of books. you