Read 180

Stop taking away recess and using other punishments to control your students. Find success with 10 powerful classroom management strategies!

Thousands of teachers have used my Tower of Books Challenge with their students as an engaging independent reading challenge, often replaci...

Read 180, Writing, Exceptional Children, Special Education

After part one of guided reading and small groups in middle school ELA, this post outlines what the other students are doing during this time

A Brief blurb from Dr Jan Richardson' s website. Jan Richardson, Ph.D., is a literacy consultant and author who earned her Ph.D. studying struggling readers. She has been a classroom teacher,...

hold students accountable while they independently read with these easy to implement reading tips and tricks and strategies

Read 180 Workshop student reminder board to refer to throughout the workshop. I made posters like it to hang up in my classroom after our workshop is done and I wipe the whiteboard clean. The solid boxes with checkmarks help with pacing and showing progression through the workshop. The dashed boxes are for checkpoints/conferences with students.

Hi! I'm Susie! I'm a curriculum developer at Panicked Teacher. On my blog, I share classroom tips, teaching ideas and upper elementary resources.

This blog post is for you if... You teach reading in grades 2-6. You need to cover all the reading comprehension skills in a year. You love to be organized and prepared every day. You're interested in learning a super simple, yet comprehensive way to teach reading all year. The Mini Units for Mastery include

Well, we have had a very quiet day here at Canine Recovery (again, I will spare you the pictures). With school starting tomorrow and my duties as Maddie's nurse, I thought it would be a good thing to do a quick post while I had a moment. Last year was a struggle, so this year I wanted to make sure that every possible structure was in place before they walked in the class room. Organization is a key element in any successful classroom, but especially in a Read 180 classroom. One of the things…