My Reading Crew friends and I have teamed up again to bring you freebies and advice for the upcoming school year!

How to Use Games to Encourage Learning Phonic Decoding Skills

Teaching Word Choice with The Big Snow
What a week we have had here in Virginia! After several years of very little snow, we finally have had some snow the kids can play in. Describing those snow events helps us all better understand what happens, and the authors of The Big Snow use great word choice in the book to help the readers better understand and picture what happens when a big snow does come to the woods.
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Virginia Readers' Choice Picture Books for 2020-2021
I'm over at Virginia is for Teachers with the 2020-2021 Virginia Readers' Choice picture books with some easy ways to use them in your classroom! Pop on over by clicking here or on the picture above! See you there!


Summarizing History with a Different Viewpoint
History has a way of repeating itself, but many times in different ways. In light of what our world has seen in the past few months, the book Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson allows us to see how history handled situations that shaped our world today.
I have partnered with my Reading Crew friends to showcase diverse texts and how we can use them in the classroom to enhance instruction. Keep reading to see how I used Let the Children March to enhance history and writing lessons.
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