Teaching Two Syllable Words: Closed Syllables
Activities for Teaching Two Syllable Words with a Closed Syllable Are you looking to help your students learn how to decode two syllable words? In this blog post, I’m sharing four teaching activities for reading and dividing words with two syllables. I’ll...
5 Ways to Use Reading Response Journals in 1st Grade
What is a reading response journal? A reading response journal is a reading comprehension strategy used to help readers reflect on and write about their thoughts and feelings about books. Typically, the responses are kept in a spiral or composition notebook. The...
Polar Bears Reading Comprehension
Polar Bears Reading Comprehension {and Freebie} First graders love learning about polar bears! It is always a fun topic to teach during the winter months. Using paired fiction and nonfiction texts is a great way to learn about polar bears because there...
Winter Reading Comprehension in 1st Grade
Today I wanted to share with you one of my Paired Text Units. This unit is perfect for coming back to school in January. It is for the books Animals In Winter by Henrietta Bancroft and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. I really enjoy pairing a fiction and...