Fifth grade reading

Unlock strategies for 4th and 5th grade small group reading. Explore different focuses and a six-step process to use.

Do you want to keep your students engaged and reading during reading time? Read this post to learn about 10 reading centers for upper elementary.

Get ready to start First Chapter Friday in your elementary or middle school classroom! Reading just the first chapter of a novel will get kids excited about their independent reading books. On the blog, there is a free printable book list for you to download! The blog post also provides tips and strategies on how to get started with First Chapter Friday and how to make it successful in your classroom. Motivate and inspire all your readers! (fourth grade fifth grade sixth grade seventh…

This 5th grade reading list will help you choose books for your child. Also, there's a FREE lesson or novel study for each book on the list!

Thinking about implementing a Daily Three reading structure for reading rotations? Check out this post for details and example activities for each roation.

Our principal has really been encouraging us to add more writing into our daily lesson plans. "They should be writing all day long" he tells us. The research is there to back him up. I bumped into this Roll and Retell page from Fun In First on Pinterest awhile back and finally figured out how to add it to our learning day. I printed and laminated four copies of the Roll and Retell page to hand out to each of my four table groups. After a round of Daily 5 I handed them out. I also gave each…

Do you use reading response journals during independent reading time? I made a free reading response journal prompts menu for you to use.

While I am a firm believer in students reading real books that they choose and doing this often, I also love to include reading games and reading centers in

Teachers often have questions about what a literacy block should actually look like. How do you structure your time? When do you pull reading groups? How and when do you teach grammar? The list of questions is lengthy, and with good reason. No one really ever told us what to do! Probably because there is […]