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This research-based reading intervention program is AMAZING. Over 10,000 teachers are using The Reading Intervention Program and seeing incredible results.

If you're starting small groups in the classroom and need some reading intervention activities, this blog post should be your first stop! The step by step process provided includes great tips and activities for struggling readers. Click the pin to learn more!

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Increase reading comprehension with these 5 strategies. These reading strategies will help students better understand a text. Grab the freebie! This is perfect for Guided Reading!

Learn how to apply the science of reading into your grade 5 6 7 8 classroom to help improve literacy skills among content classes.

Improve reading comprehension with roots, prefixes, and suffixes! Add Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes to your upper elementary or middle school curriculum. Three student-centered steps for teaching word parts! #wordparts #rootwords #middleschool

Whether you are getting ready to teach a lesson on punctuation, capitalization, or how to use a comma, these grammar anchor charts are going to be a huge help. Each anchor chart clearly explains a grammar skill that you'll probably be teaching your upper elementary students. I love that there are multiple sizes so you can give your students their own copy to glue in their notebooks after your lesson is over.

These small group lesson plan focuses on understanding characters. Included in this reading resource are 12 detailed lesson plans, mini anchor charts (also called a strategy card), reading comprehension passages & reading response pages with graphic organizers to help your students learn and understand charcaters. These small group lesson plans are a time saver for teachers- they are ready to print and use in your upper elementary classroom!

Reading is one thing that many students struggle with. Some students get the underlying messages right away, while others need a little extra help. By the time students reach the high school level, we hope their reading levels have improved from their elementary years. While the majority of students' understanding have improved by the time they reach high school, there are still many students who get frustrated and struggle to read. Below, I will explain and discuss five important and...

OMG. Do your kiddos struggle with word choice too? I always felt like I was pulling teeth to try to get my kids to use descriptive words in their writing. I got so tired of reading words like pretty, fun, and good in my students writing. To help fix the problem, I created a resource that would be easy for my kiddos to use and would improve their writing. These thesaurus word charts are a game-changer for your writer's workshop. #wordchoice #writingworkshop #upperelementary

Have students who just can't remember what they have read? I have ten reading comprehension strategies to use right away to help them out!

Reading skills and reading strategies are embedded in 27 reading response graphic organizers. Students can use sticky notes or write directly on these visuals during guided reading and independent reading during Reader's Workshop! These sticky note reading comprehension graphic organizers are hands on, engaging, fun activities for literacy activities in reading workshop! Visit The Literacy Dive TPT store for engaging elementary literacy resources!

Context clues are so much easier to teach with this weekly warm-up routine. At the start of each ELA block we spend just a few minutes with our context clue of the week activity. During the week students will be exposed to a new vocabulary word and a paragraph with that word in context... Students will get to make predictions, use the dictionary, come up with synonyms and antonyms and use the word in a sentence. It's such a quick and effective routine for building vocabulary.

These digital fiction graphic organizers are perfect for teaching reading virtually! 28 read & respond graphic organizers for fiction texts are great to use during reading workshop in 3rd grade, 4th grade & 5th grade. These graphic organizers are sure to help your students improve their reading comphrension. Can be used on Google Slides and come with a print option too for in person use.

Elevate your students’ reading experiences with these 26 engaging Reading Response Trifold Brochures! This resource is designed to capture your students’ interests and excitement during guided reading and reader’s workshops and when working with both fiction and nonfiction texts. These brochures are more than just tools; they nurture creativity, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of what your students are reading. They foster students’ love for reading and enhance comprehension...