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Character, Reading, Story Elements

Quite a Character: Teaching Character Traits

  Understanding characters is an essential part of reading comprehension, so today I’m going to share part one in a two part post on how to teach character traits. Watch the Facebook live video about this topic here. (Click here to skip to part two.) Like many lessons, I start with a hook. I ask my students to partner up…

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Writing

It’s All About the Writing: Daily 5 and Writer’s Workshop Ideas

This week was the second full week of school, and it was all about the writing this week! Here’s a little funny. <3 Calvin and Hobbes! (SO hope this isn’t how my cuties feel.) I launched writer’s workshop, and my students wrote their first narratives about an awesome day. They did a fantastic job, and they even were able to…

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