As promised in my previous blogs about  Reading Workshop  and also Reciprocal Teaching here are the materials that I have made to train my students in using reciprocal teaching in my classroom as well as the prompt cards I have created for the groups. The super 6 View more presentations from tabkatz63 Here are ...

2 P’s and 1 D: Planning, Purpose, and Design After reading ''>'>Teaching With Intention by Debbie Miller, I put together a video of one of my classes using the Super Six Strategies which I am using  to improve reading comprehension based on Lori Ozckus and her work with  ''>'>Reciprocal Teaching. These are the basics  of how I want my ...

At our school, the fourth and fifth grade teams are departmentalized. I teach social studies to four sections or homerooms of about 20 students each. Because our school district has adopted a balanced literacy model, I use A LOT of  reading  in my content area class: read aloud, shared reading, guided reading with some independent reading. Because ...

Last year was the first year I tried this read aloud and comprehension activity, but it will now be a tradition. It really does set the tone for what kind of  deep thinking you are aiming for in a literacy-based classroom. One of my first read alouds was an old favorite of mine, More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby. I have read this book for ...