How can I motivate and interest my students to read is a question many teachers ask. Something happens between upper elementary and middle school. Those eager readers ready to soak in read- aloud time from parents and teachers and ordering from the Scholastic book catalog disappear into a pile of “I … [Read more...] about Ways to Encourage Students to Read
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Monitoring Struggling Readers with Data
It is that time that I put on my reading teacher hat for a moment to check for the progress of my students’ reading abilities. I spent the first 9 years of my career teaching intensive reading to middle and high school students reading three or more grade levels behind as well as a literacy coach … [Read more...] about Monitoring Struggling Readers with Data
Travel Hacking for Teachers
travel hacking for teachers The past few years, there has been a lot of talk regarding self care especially in the teacher world and rightfully so. Working in a large school district, I see the teacher mass exodus increasing over time. Awesome teachers that give up from the burn- out or new … [Read more...] about Travel Hacking for Teachers
