Florida Literacy · Reading is Not Just a Grade! Becca Foxwell| 9/10/18||My heart broke when a former student’s mom told me that her now 6th grade son, Dan, didn’t like to read anymore. I literally cried…
Florida Literacy · The Power of Student Choice Becca Foxwell| 9/10/18||Student choice is a powerful tool for transforming classrooms! It’s a cost free, low prep, and high impact way to engage all learners. It can…
Critical Thinking · Don’t Cut Your Read Aloud! Becca Foxwell| 9/4/18||Time is the never-ending struggle in the classroom. I hear it over and over again and trust me, I understand the difficulty of fitting everything…
Florida Literacy · 6 Ways To Fit In Your Read Aloud Becca Foxwell| 9/4/18||As teachers we are often caught in the struggle of trying to fit so many things into our school day and when time gets tight,…
Author Spotlight · A New Kind of Leveled Text that Meets the Needs of Challenged Readers Elfrieda Hiebert| 7/25/18||Short sentences and less text don’t add up to proficient reading. But that’s exactly what the current wave of leveled texts offers. Texts for challenged…
Florida Literacy · The Unusual Stories Behind Words Elfrieda Hiebert| 3/30/18||Learning the stories behind words can be intriguing. Creating word stories as part of your instruction can be a fun way to involve students in the…