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Reading, Writing & Social Studies: The Integration Question

Time for literacy instruction is always a struggle. We want more than we can have. Time is always an issue. We want more time to make sur

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How to Use the Two Word Strategy to Elevate Your Learners' Thinking

Two Word Strategy from Linda Hoyt's Reflect, Revisit, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension is a handy little tool for

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Student Created Academic Vocabulary Review & Learning Logs

When students are invited to take part in creating visible images to represent their learning, they are working at a higher level of thinkin

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4 Literacy Activities Not To Be Missed at the End of the School Year

Do you want to keep your students actively engaged during these last weeks of the school year? Do you want an amazing display of student w

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Reading, Writing & Social Studies: The Integration Question

How to Use the Two Word Strategy to Elevate Your Learners' Thinking

Student Created Academic Vocabulary Review & Learning Logs

4 Literacy Activities Not To Be Missed at the End of the School Year

Check out Building Readers Society, a membership site where you can grab my FREE Resource Library, as well as, gain access to ready to go minilessons and other valuable instructional resources to use for your literacy instruction. Click here to see what Building Readers Society is all about...

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