30 Days, 10 Minutes to a more Literate Classroom
I am launching a new video/blog series which will feature 30 quick and easy strategies for creating a more literate classroom. Each strategy takes no more than 10 minutes of class time and no more (but probably less) than 10 minutes of prep time. The strategies are aimed at intermediate grades. If you teach grades 3 – 6, I hope some of these strategies help you transform your classroom! If you teach primary or upper grades, some of the ideas will be applicable with a few modifications.
The strategies are organized around 10 themes:
- Get to Know Your Readers
- Sell Books!
- Bring in Picture Books
- Connect Readers
- Space and Time
- Make Friends with a Book
- Think About Books
- Write!
- Plan for Poetry
- Scholarly Words
Each theme will have several strategies. If you are not already a follower, now is a great time to hit the follow button! You will get an email about each new strategy! Or, just click the hyperlinks to go directly to the blog post. The video posts are embedded in each video post, so one-stop-shopping!
As always, thanks for reading, and Happy Teaching!
Get to Know Your Readers
Sell Books! (or, Channel Your Inner Gizmo Knife Guy!)
- Book Talks
- Infomercials
- Book Pass
- Shelf Talkers
Bring in Picture Books
- Book Bingo
- Fiction Picture Books to Start the Year Right
- Nab some Non-fiction!
- Five Fiction Picture Books to Start the Year Right
Connect Readers
- Graffiti Wall
- Book Chats
- Bring-a-Book-to-School-Day
- Author Trading Cards
Space and Time
- Schedule, Schmedule – Finding the Time
- Read-ins
- Creating a Book Nook
- Wise and Wacky Wordsmiths
Make Friends with a Book
- Quote-Marks
- Books on the Moon
Think About Books
- Thinking Strips
- Genre Sort
- Where Does This Book Go?
Write!
- Quick Writes
- A Writing Odyssey, 2021
- Writing Territories, Part 1
- Writing Territories, Part 2
Plan for Poetry
- Poetry Breaks
- Pause for Poetry
Scholarly Words
- Word Wanders
- Word Hunts