Adventures of Room 129

As much as we hate them, they are inevitable.  Standardized tests are a part of our job and even though we know as teachers, that it's n...

One of the questions I always pose to teachers is this:  If you're going to teach a lesson and not give the students an exit ticket or a...

     If you had to list out some of the obstacles that our young readers face when trying to comprehend a text, I bet you would write things...

Teaching comprehension is hard!  Let's face it.  We have 20 - 30 students who all have completely different reading ranges, strengths, a...

November is such a wonderful month for so many reasons.  Christmas is just around the corner, fall is in full swing, s'mores and campfir...

     One of the best parts about teaching is getting to read out loud to students!  The look on students' faces when the plot thickens, ...

Exit tickets are one of my non-negotiable when it comes to something that I have to have in every single one of my lessons.  If you teach a...