Teaching some aspects of my woodchuck's unit has been fun. It's amazing that the students never seem to get tired of learning about animals and their habitats. This helps me understand why the Reading Street series is so heavy on animal expository text.
We are getting to that time of year when there are only a limited number of weeks left to fit in the key skills that will prepare our students for the next grade. We are down to the wire, but we still have a good chunk of time left with which to change up our plans and routines.
Building a strong foundation for expository text has gone well, but getting students to the point where as emergent readers they can write their own expository text remains a challenge. Despite lots of videos, realia, and pictures, some kids just take a long time to build their confidence and use inventive spelling for writing prompts.
I am very excited about seeing that light bulb turn on in my students. It happens at the most unexpected times.
For more free information and a look at my updated Woodchucks Unit for struggling readers, please visit my TPT store. I also have lots of cool giveaways, including the free Woodchucks game and the Polar Bear cards that have been very popular.
My newest creation is a small Woodchucks Writing Motivational Kit with woodchuck money for teachers to give as rewards to students who are using proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
We are getting to that time of year when there are only a limited number of weeks left to fit in the key skills that will prepare our students for the next grade. We are down to the wire, but we still have a good chunk of time left with which to change up our plans and routines.
Building a strong foundation for expository text has gone well, but getting students to the point where as emergent readers they can write their own expository text remains a challenge. Despite lots of videos, realia, and pictures, some kids just take a long time to build their confidence and use inventive spelling for writing prompts.
I am very excited about seeing that light bulb turn on in my students. It happens at the most unexpected times.
For more free information and a look at my updated Woodchucks Unit for struggling readers, please visit my TPT store. I also have lots of cool giveaways, including the free Woodchucks game and the Polar Bear cards that have been very popular.
My newest creation is a small Woodchucks Writing Motivational Kit with woodchuck money for teachers to give as rewards to students who are using proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.