A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was working with my third graders on fiction summaries. I am very pleased to say that they have mad...

Summarizing is definitely a tricky skill for students to master, particularly struggling readers. In the third grade, summarizing begins to...

Main idea is such an important skill for our students, but I have found that many of mine struggle with the concept. This year, I have a ver...

Currently I am in the midst of administering the DRA to 60 first graders. It is taking just a little bit of my time these days. With our da...

As a fun end of year activity, my fifth graders and I made a foldable box book project! On the bottom part of the box, students record infor...