Developing Text Evidence Through BecauseIn our action research project, we started by identifying our problem. The main problem identified was that our students were struggling with written responses using text evidence to support their claims and explaining the evidence...

Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)-Have I heard of this before?When I began my journey to become a teacher, one of the first questions I was asked was “What is your philosophy of education?” After much thought and consideration, I came...

Effort…The Key To Success 

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Vocabulary Knowledge Rating  I chose the VRT tool to implement with my guided reading groups. I chose that tool because my kindergarten students were really struggling with content vocabulary in whole-group instruction and guided reading. One of the biggest concerns...