Literacy is my passion. Hello! I’m Carla. Welcome to my site! My goal with this site is to share teaching tips for all areas of literacy-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing for grades K-8. I love sharing resources with teachers, and it makes me happy to help take a little off the overflowing platters of teacher duties. I hope you'll find my site helpful and my resources worthy of using with your students.
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Some authors have great skill in using figurative language within their writing, and Addie Boswell is one of them! The Snow Dancer includes examples of similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and more. In this post, I will be sharing a mentor text lesson you can use for figurative language ...
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Character development is a common skill for upper elementary students, and one of the best ways to teach character change and character traits is through literature. In this post, I'm going to share a gem of a book I discovered last spring along with teaching ideas. It is one of the featured books ...
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It's Back to School time, but it's anything BUT a normal beginning. With a long to-do list, I thought I'd share fun back to school activities for community building and establishing norms, for skill review, and for great picture books. Regardless of the setting your district has chosen, I think ...
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Whether you're planning ahead, need to keep a child busy, or just need a little review, Boom Cards are for you! In this post, I'd like to share how Boom Cards have made learning fun and meaningful for my readers in and out of the classroom. In this post, I'll share nine key benefits I've discovered ...
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Students at all reading stages need opportunities to read from all genre types. Students who know the text features associated with each genre are able to pull from the text the information that is most important to remember. The mystery genre has specific elements students should know. By learning ...
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Research shows that hands-on learning helps increase student engagement and improves retention of the information learned. Kids love hands on learning. If book making is new to you, then I highly recommend giving them a try! With these book making tips, you'll find them very effective for classroom ...
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