NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards are designed to give students a foundational science education that can serve them throughout their schooling and into their careers as adults. These standards include scientific skills such as STEAM and STEM that will give them knowledge to excel in jobs of the future. This post discusses how you can add this important instruction into your current…
CVC words and alphabet recognition, sounds, and letter formation are such important beginning reading skills. If students don’t have a solid understanding of their letters, than reading, writing, and spelling will be a struggle. Building CVC words and understanding how to put letters together and take sounds apart is also such an important foundational skill. The following Alphabet & CVC word…
Have you ever stopped to examine your classroom library and compare the make up of the characters in your chapter books with the make up of the students in your classroom? Even if the make up of your classroom and school isn’t particularly diverse, it’s still so important to share a variety of diverse chapter books with our students that reflect…
Dear Teacher, The school year is winding down to a close, and whether or not I’ve let you know it, you’ve become a very important person to me. You’ve acted as more than just my teacher over the last nine months, and our time together has helped chart the course of the rest of my life. In addition to my teacher, you’ve…
Student writing and reading are intrinsically linked. As teachers, it’s not just our responsibility to teach our students the mechanics of writing and reading. Rather, we must work to ignite a passion for both! That connection between reading and writing is key to unlocking our students hidden potential as strong writers. We can use rich literature as mentor text (read more about why…