Helping readers to find main ideas is important work. It's also complicated, messy, and challenging enough to make me want to tear out ...

 This is my favorite week of the first unit of Wonders in sixth grade! Of course, if you know me and my interests, you will understand why. ...

   I'm well into another school year, one that brings new challenges and opportunities. This year, my district has adopted Wonders as th...

     This week, I found that I could build visual skills, questioning, and inferring even with a very traditional topic/main idea activity...

Looking for classroom-ready lessons and activities for teaching about main ideas? Check here: Main Ideas and Details in Nonfiction Text S...

    When planning for poetry, it's worth the time investment to put together a core set of poems. This can be as simple as a stapled pac...

Today was our first day back to school after the holiday break. Sigh. I jumped right into the instruction, taking advantage of the mini-...