📕 Book Talk

Comprehension Strategies Reading Activities

It’s National Storytelling week soon, and I’ve been looking at ways to engage the children interactively in the art of storytelling. We did story sticks last year, which was a big hit, but I want to try something else this year. Here are some exciting ideas to look at and try for National Story Telling …

Teaching the 5 W's - Who, What, Where, When, and Why - has never been my favourite subject. And because I am not too excited about it, my students don't get too excited about it, either. For me, it's just tedious. Last year, I was teaching a Grade 4/5 class, and when we looked at informational writing, the 5 W's came up again. I tried to find a fun and creative way to liven up this topic, and I remembered something I had seen on Pinterest, coming from a blog called Sarcasm 101 - story...

This week as many of you know was our state ELA testing. In our middle school after the testing is over, we still have all of our class periods. I spent time in my ELA class watching The Lightning Thief because we are going to be writing an argument essay between the book and the movie. Before we took our ELA test, I did some fun review that practiced citing text evidence using our novel. Do you use Roll and Retell in your classroom? I first saw the sheet on Pinterest, I believe it is from...

Learn why one pagers are one of my go-to activities for breaking down complex topics & texts. Understand what they are, why you and your students will love them, and how to implement them in your ELA classroom. What Even is a One-Pager? The Benefits of One-Pagers in the ELA Classroom. One-Pager Examples. Creating Guidelines for Your One-Pager Activity. The one-pager hones in on a student’s response to a text. How? As you might have guessed by the name, the response is limited to a single...

In today's post, I'll share 10 quick, meaningful “follow-up” activities that you can use in your guided reading lessons - all materials are FREE!

HOTS (higher order thinking) task cards. Get your kiddos’ higher thinking skills flowing with these HOTS Reading Task Cards. The pack includes 50 different activities which are split into the following themes: character, author, plot, setting, book and text connections. Encouraging higher level thinking is especially important in reading in order to ensure that students develop critical comprehension skills. These are not your ordinary reading task cards; no recall questions or other...

Book/ Reading Talk Speech BubblesIncluded in this product:- 15 different conversation posters - 3 different options of title "Book Talk"The speech bubbles come in 4 options: boho boho with stars black and white black and white with stars These are one speech bubble per page- I think it is most important that my students can read the signs easily These will go perfectly with my math talk speech bubbles!! My plan is to put these up on my classroom walls and keep them up the whole year TIP...

I have a fun reading resource for you! Book Talk is loaded with ideas to use for retelling stories, comprehending reading, and using books and tools to share some good conversations. Click here for a preview. Students will have plenty to do during reading time. Plus, there are some great homework ideas too! I recently updated this cover and added more graphic organizers and activities to this resource. Here are just a few examples of what's included: Questions to ask partners or questions...

I have a fun reading resource for you! Book Talk is loaded with ideas to use for retelling stories, comprehending reading, and using books and tools to share some good conversations. Click here for a preview. Students will have plenty to do during reading time. Plus, there are some great homework ideas too! I recently updated this cover and added more graphic organizers and activities to this resource. Here are just a few examples of what's included: Questions to ask partners or questions...

What is a book talk? The purpose of a book talk is to “sell” the book you just read. Think of it as a commercial or movie trailer for the book. You will create a 2-3 minute talk about a book that...