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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 Today’s post is all all about making inferences. I discuss what they are and why they are essential for reading comprehension. Also, I have added…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 I am so excited to be here today to talk about one of my very favourite spaces in our school – the Story Studio! In…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 Welcome back friends! After talking all about Text Mapping in my last mini lesson focused post, I thought I should spend some time talking about…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 In today’s post, I want to shine a spotlight on a teaching strategy that truly fuels my passion – Story Studio. This dynamic literacy framework…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 8, 2023 Text Mapping is an excellent strategy to help students understand challenging text. Through this hands-on approach, students learn to mark up text while practicing key…
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is one of my very favorite novels to teach. I sometimes struggle with engaging my struggling middle school boys, and the male protagonist and survival theme really…