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...

Vocabulary Quilt/Semantic Mapping After being introduced to what an Action Reaction Project is and what it entails, I chose comprehension of science vocabulary as the problem that I needed to address and my solution to tackling this problem was utilizing...

Making Reading More Engaging Using Quiz-Quiz-Trade   I had noticed through my observations and assessments that students struggled to retain information.  I wanted my students to be better at retaining and recalling information by making the review active, engaging and collaborative. ...

Reading for Meaning- Agree or Disagree?My case study used the Reading for Meaning tool with my kindergarten guided reading groups. As we started this in October I noticed the students had trouble answering questions that required them to think...

Promoting the Power of PauseIn my teaching career, I have noticed that both me and my students have a tendency to rush.    I often think students will catch on to something much more quickly than they actually do,...