3 Reading Comprehension Strategies to Start Using Tomorrow . . . and 3 Digital Tools to Help!

Reading comprehension is likely the most important focus of the primary and elementary school teacher! In their book Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference, Reutzel and Cooter call comprehension “the very heart and soul of reading.” Without comprehension, students aren’t really reading, they’re just decoding words! Further, reading comprehension is the basis […]

6 Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom: Part Two

I recently shared 4 ways to use Padlet in the classroom. If you didn’t read that post, please go check out 6 Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom: Part One. If you did, you can probably tell from that I love using Padlet in my classroom. In fact, I now use it everyday!  5. Responding […]

6 Ways to Use Padlet in the Classroom: Part One

Padlet is a great online application to use in the classroom. If you’ve never used it, you really should check it out. You can use it like an online bulletin board, backchannel, and/or collaborative tool. I’m not sure who introduced it, our instructional coach or our media specialist, but I first heard about Padlet about 2 years […]