Let's be honest. Back to school is NEVER easy. It's exhausting! With so much decorating and organizing to do, it's typically the night before the first day when you finally get to the planning part. Years ago, I formed a group with other literacy bloggers called The Reading Crew, and we join ...
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How to Teach Figurative Language with The Snow Dancer
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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How to Model Character Change with The Hula-Hoopin Queen
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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Free Literacy Resources for Back to School
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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