The Health Nut Teacher
It is August 1st. August 1st! Let the teacher anxiety begin, am I right? I’m lucky enough to be able to get into my classroom at any time during the summer. Yes, be jealous. Today, I finally finished my new Boggle and Noggle station. I had lots of questions about the games when I posted the picture on my Insta…
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I am always needing fun reading fluency activities! These activities can be used for various grade levels and they are great for RTI or small groups. Here are 4 engaging ways to practice reading fluency with your students. Each reading fluency activity comes from my Reading Fluency Packet. I created this packet with the 1,000 Fry words. Some of the…
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My students always seem to struggle with author’s purpose. There are so many author’s purpose activities, but it can be hard to find engaging ones. If you have been taught like me, you know that author’s purpose has been taught with PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain). I still love to teach with this concept! However, those pesky common core standards have…
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Cause and effect can always be difficult for students to identify in a text. I tried some hands-on cause and effect activities with my kiddos and it really helped them grasp the concept! Try these activities with your own reading text for some cause and effect fun. Our school uses the Journey’s Common Core Reading Series, and this week our…
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