Tag: Daily Routine
The Power of Daily Routines in Reading Classrooms
Having a daily routine can be beneficial for elementary students in many ways. For example, incorporating a daily independent reading routine can help build reading stamina that helps students persevere through complex texts. Experts agree that 10 to 30 minutes of reading every day, depending on age, exposes children to millions of words and helps…
Literacy Sequences
The key to spiral review is consistency. But you already know that. You also know how challenging it can be to consistently deliver small snippets of reading skills, word study, and comprehension tasks. With consistent spiral review, it’s like a snowball. Students’ reading and spelling skills cumulate massively over time. Simply stated, it can be hard…
Four Schedules for Literacy Block
In addition to our free word study warm-ups and our ever-growing bank of comprehension warm-ups, I wanted to give you four ways you can plan a daily spiral review into your literacy block. These schedules will help you whether you have 45 minutes or 2 hours to plan for literacy block. But first, a word…
5 Reasons Your Students Need Daily Word Study
Why do I need to teach word study? That’s a fair question that many reading and writing teachers ask – even in upper elementary grades. Here are five reasons your students need daily word study, and a simple, free solution to make word study easier to teach! Word study is a teaching activity that can…
