Paige Bessick - The Interactive Teacher
Ideas and resources to make learning interactive, engaging and fun.
Teaching retelling is such an essential skill for students to learn, especially in first grade. Teaching retelling with wordless picture books is even better! Retelling is one of our power standards that we focus on all year long. I love to use wordless picture books to teach retelling. Keep reading to find out more and get a freebie to help… Read More
Reading fluency is the ability to read accurately, smoothly and with expression. While we most often talk about it in the upper grades, reading fluency is an important element of learning to read in the primary grades as well. I’ll be sharing my #1 tip for improving reading fluency and three ways to do it. Pin677ShareTweetEmail677 SharesPin677ShareTweetEmail677 Shares
The summer slide is a real thing. I’ve seen it for years and years and teachers are always wondering how they can prevent it. If your school or district is lucky enough to have summer school, then signing every child you can up for that is wonderful. If you don’t, then we need to give the job to the parents. … Read More
