How to Use Reading Sprints for Motivation and Critical Thinking
Ever wish you could add more student motivation and critical thinking to your independent reading program? Depending on the year or the class, it’s normal for students to show varying…
How to Select the Best Novels for Your ELA Curriculum
It’s frustrating when we have what feels like hundreds of standards to teach and little time to do it in. How do you fit it all in? Everyone wants to…
Reader’s Notebooks in Secondary ELA
Considering diving into reader’s notebooks with middle and high school students? You’ll have some decisions to make! Reader’s notebooks are not a new concept, but recently, I’ve had several discussions…
Balancing Independent Reading with Class Novels
As the push for choice reading gains momentum, many teachers have been wondering about how to balance independent reading with class novels. Some wonder, is there still a place for…
Why Reading Levels Don’t Work in Secondary, and What to Do Instead
Google “reading levels,” and all sorts of things will come up. Leveled reading charts, assessments, parent guides, frameworks, you name it. For good reason, the concept of leveled texts can…
How to Use One Pagers with Literature and Informational Texts
Are you googling one pagers because you’re trying to avoid grading yet another stack of essays? I don’t blame you. That’s how I started, too. Or, maybe you are wondering…
Classroom Book Clubs: Independent Reading Accountability and Assessments
This post is the third in a three-part series about engaging middle and high school students in choice reading by running a book club in the classroom. Keep reading to…
How to Run a Full-Choice Book Club in Your Classroom: Independent Reading in Secondary
This post is the first in a three-part series about how to run a book club in your classroom. The second post details how to establish expectations and create a schedule,…
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