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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…

How often do you use task cards in your classroom? While they are often used as part of reading center, workstation, or early finisher work, they are actually a really useful too to boost reading comprehension in your upper elementary students. In this blog post, I share some of my best tips for using reading task cards to boost comprehension.

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Grab these free main idea passages on task cards - perfect for helping children in second, third, and fourth grade master this challenging skill!

Decodable books are getting a lot of attention lately for their phonics-based reading practice. Are they right for English Learners?

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Effectively teach main topic and main idea in your elementary classroom. Find strategies and insights for student mastery and understanding, including lesson ideas, graphic organizers, task cards, reading passages, and more!

Reading Response activities will likely form a major part of your reading programme, whether you are running guided reading groups, a daily 5 system,

So, as much as I hate to even try to wrap my brain around going back...especially because almost all of my brain is consumed with thinking about my newborn daughter, Amelia...the brutal truth is that it is time to start thinking about the new school year! Several of us bloggers have come together to give you some awesome ideas for Back to School Books! These books can be used to set up your classroom community, begin a good lesson, or just as a fun read-aloud. The book I'd like to share with…