Literacy strategies elementary

Science of reading activities can be so helpful for students of all ages. Reading is an essential skill to have in order to succeed in school and life. It’s not just about being able to read the words, it’s about understanding what you are reading and connecting those ideas with what you already know.

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Are your primary students struggling with blending? Do you have a few learners who have fallen behind? Here are 3 strategies to master this literacy skill.

Teaching questioning to primary readers can be challenging. I recently released a new edition of Concrete Comprehension for Primary Readers:

Do you have struggling readers you just can't reach? This mega list of reading intervention activities will help you teach all students how to read!

Are you looking for simple yet engaging activities for teaching visualizing with your elementary students? These authentic literacy activities will help your students with the visualizing comprehension strategy. These fun activities can be used with any fiction text or poem during your reading minilesson, small group instruction, literacy centers, or independent reading. Display a visualizing anchor chart to remind students of the strategy as they play games and complete fun partner…

Use these vocabulary activities to enhance your vocabulary instruction to help boost your students' reading skills and comprehension.

This blog post, Using Graphic Organizers for Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies, details the importance of using graphic organizer templates for reading strategy instruction in the upper elementary classroom (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade). These include reading strategies like visualizing, making predictions, making inferences, and drawing conclusions.

Learn six ways to help reluctant readers gain confidence and improve their reading skills in upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

It's not easy for students to improve reading fluency. Try some of these targeted interventions to see if they help your struggling readers!