Early October brings a mix of emotions in the classroom. On the one hand, there is the elation of feeling that we have finally come together...

Today was the fifth day of school! For the first few days, I worked with the students to find "just-right" books. Now that they ha...

So here is my problem with text structure. For some students, the mere mention of "cause and effect" is enough to get them to reme...

We're talking about text features! Today we started out by examining the word feature. I've noticed that students already know the t...

It's hard to do, it's hard to teach. But paraphrasing is so important for our young readers. When students can put ideas into their ...

Here is the link to the Text Structure slideshow on Slideshare.net: http://www.slideshare.net/elkissn/understanding-text-structures