The Reading Teacher's Ramblings

I began this week's common planning time with 4th and 5th grade by asking the teachers to listen to the following quote from Kylene Bee...

This is a continuation of my previous blog post, which used this  slide show to lead teachers into thinking about the kinds of reading they...

This past week, the Middle School ELA team and I were tasked with providing some professional development around the area of reading.  We at...

Modeling, observation and feedback are essential elements for learning and we see this with our students.  This is why this process also wor...

Our monthly staff meeting around Lucy Calkins started with a celebration.  One of our third grade teachers was very excited about the work h...

I have had the pleasure to attend a few literacy leader networking sessions over the past two weeks and I am really excited to share what...

This week's common planning meetings centered around the topic of guided reading.  I met with grades three, four and five. Our discussio...