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Organizing A Classroom Library

July 15, 2015 by Teach-A-Roo 2 Comments

Organizing a classroom library can be a challenge. As a former teacher-librarian having an organized, yet functional classroom library is near and dear to my heart. I have tried over the years to find a system to that is manageable, easy for the students to use, and keep clean and tidy. This is the best […]

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Filed Under: Back to School, Beginning of Year, Bright Idea, Organization, Reading, Teacher Tips Tagged With: classroom management, classroom organization, library, Reading

Books for Earth Day- Top Picks

April 19, 2015 by Teach-A-Roo Leave a Comment

Being a book girl, you know I love pairing great literature with our themes.  Here are my top picks of Earth Day favorites. I love the book The Wump World by Bill Peet.  The little Wumps are so cute, and it has such a great message.  The kids always seem to make great connections to […]

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Filed Under: Books I Love, ELA Standards, Holidays, Reading, Science Tagged With: Earth Day, picture books, read aloud

Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline Activity

January 14, 2015 by Teach-A-Roo 2 Comments

We have been learning all about Martin Luther King Jr. this week with a lot of fun activities.  One of the class favorites was comparing brown eggs and white eggs.  We observed the outsides of the eggs and and how they looked different.  Once cracked open, the children were amazed that the eggs were identical […]

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Filed Under: Black History Month, Common Core, ELA Standards, Freebies, Holidays, Informational Text, Interactive Notebooks, January, Printable, Reading, Social Studies Tagged With: freebie, interactive notebooks, Martin Luther King

Bully- A Great Book About Bullying

July 16, 2014 by Teach-A-Roo 1 Comment

This week I wanted to share another nearly wordless book that speaks volumes. Has anyone read the book Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seegar? If not, you need to put it on your back to school shopping list!!  It is such a great book for teaching about bullies and how the things people say can be […]

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Filed Under: Beginning of Year, Books I Love, Character Counts, Character Education, Picture Books, Reading, Self-Esteem Tagged With: bullying, character education, management

Accountable Talk in Close Reading (Notice and Note)

June 11, 2014 by Teach-A-Roo Leave a Comment

Hi friends!  We are back with another installment of our summer book study of Notice and Note- Strategies for Close Reading. Today we are working on pages 27-38. (This is where it gets meaty!) It is all about implementing accountable talk strategies during close reading. Question 5- What is the role of talk? This session […]

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Filed Under: Close Reading, ELA Standards, Language Arts, Reading Tagged With: Close Reading, Reading

Close Reading With Wordless Books

June 10, 2014 by Teach-A-Roo 6 Comments

Thanks to Deanna for hosting a linky about my most favorite things- BOOKS! Can you do a close reading with a (nearly) wordless book?  YES!  You CAN!  I am a HUGE fan of David Wiesner’s books and was super thrilled when his latest book, Mr. Wuffles!  won the Caldecott Medal of Honor this year. His […]

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Filed Under: Books I Love, Close Reading, Common Core, ELA Standards, Language, Picture Books, Professional Book Study, Reading

Informational Text Strategy Poster Set

June 20, 2012 by Teach-A-Roo 9 Comments

I wanted to share one of my latest projects – an informational text strategy poster set! With soooo much emphasis on info text in the CCS, I thought I would really like to focus more on the strategies to help the kiddos comprehend the challenging material. In our neck of the woods, kiddos rarely have […]

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Filed Under: Informational Text, Reading

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