Pre-Game excitement – You know what I mean. You get dressed up, read up on stats, pump yourself up, maybe put on a little rock and roll and get excited about what’s about to happen on the field or court or ring. So what does this have to do with reading? Plenty. Our students need [...]
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Earlier this week, we brought you Kristina’s piece on Writing. Today she reflects on reading and the importance of establishing a love of reading in our students. She concludes with a perspective on assessment. ~EMP The Story: The success I had last year with the reading intervention program Language! was not simply a result of [...]
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Please welcome Alvina Lopez who brings us a great list to share with parents. I plan to use this post for Literacy Month by adding a link in an email to parents. It is our hope you find this useful! ~EMP Most parents, starting from when their children are very young, become anxious about their [...]
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1:1 technology implies that each student in a classroom has access to a piece of effective technology be it a computer, laptop, tablet or other electronic devise. Many classrooms across the country and around the world are implementing, this while others are barely there…yet! It may be the classroom of the future for some teachers, [...]
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As the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover. While this is no doubt sound advice for choosing literature and making friends, there is something to say for a well-constructed, intelligent book cover. Just as a novel’s sentence structure and diction can be analyzed for themes, motifs, and meaning, a book’s cover can [...]
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Sarah Morris, from Primrose preschools, shares a post with us today about how to cultivate a great love of literacy with children. ~EMP Young children love to imitate what the adults in their lives are doing. They will happily “clean” the house while Mom performs her chores or “mow” the lawn in imitation of Dad. [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, my students took their first unit reading test online. I do like how the online testing tells results very quickly. So, I took advantage of this and discovered a long list of reading skills my students are lacking as a whole. They are: Main idea and detail, sequence, generalization, drawing conclusions, [...]
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The school year is in full swing and reading is filling the air in my fourth grade classroom. We read independently, in groups, with partners, as a whole class, as a read aloud, online and hopefully at home as well. Let’s face it, reading is a very important part of an elementary school classroom. But [...]
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I was fortunate to have presented again at the Reform Symposium – 3 days of free webinars given by teachers and educators from around the world. It was another great experience. I presented on “Integrating Music with Literacy to Help Struggling Readers.” I find this topic very interesting and was so excited to share my [...]
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