I hope that after reading my last 2 posts about Close Reads (you can check them out here and here), or my initial post on ATUE that you can check out here, you are excited to implement Close Reads in your classroom. Last year when Close Reads was new to my colleagues and myself, we found ... Read More about So You Decided to Give Close Reads a Try….Now What?

If you are like me, you love learning about new strategies and tools you can implement in your classroom. Sometimes, though, I find myself wondering how to logically "marry" two ideas so that I can use both of them because I love them both so much. If you have been reading my blog, then you know ... Read More about Close Reads Meets Interactive Notebooks

I am SO excited that today is finally here! Today is the day for my first monthly Close Read Linky Party. My goal through hosting this monthly linky party is to help you find our more information on Close Reads and tips/suggestions from teachers who have done Close Reads. I contributed a blog post ... Read More about Close Read Linky Party!

You may or may not know, but back in February I wrote a blog post for a collaborative blog I contribute to called All Things Upper Elementary. It was my first blog post about Close Reads, and I am excited to make future posts about Close Reads! You can read that post by clicking HERE :) It will give ... Read More about Want to Come to a Close Reading Party???

I wasn't planning on writing a blog post today, so apologies that this isn't very long :) I was surfing around the other day when I made 2 cool discoveries! Two sites that offer free audio and ebook downloads! I wanted to let you all know about these 2 sites because if you are like me, you use some ... Read More about Free Audio & eBooks!