
Read Aloud Rituals: Poetry Pause
In his book Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature Lester Laminack advocates six read-aloud opportunities that we can
In his book Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature Lester Laminack advocates six read-aloud opportunities that we can
In a previous post I described my students’ favorite read-aloud ritual called “Choose a Book”. Every two weeks we spotlighted a
Choose-a-Book was my favorite and longest running read-aloud rituals. Each morning my students were greeted with two picture books displayed on
In Mary Lee Hahn’s Reconsidering Read-Aloud she encourages teachers to “put read-aloud at the heart of reading instruction.” I couldn’t
Invented spelling has become a dirty word in many circles. For this reason I prefer the following terms to describe
J. Richard Gentry developed a developmental spelling inventory, sometimes called the “monster test”, which is an easy way to determine a child’s
My husband works in the automotive industry, so to us, the ‘Big Three’ refers to Ford, GM, and Chysler. But
The last several posts have been devoted to unpacking skills and strategies. I have used Jennifer Serravallo’s definition of strategy: “step-by-step