For most of us, testing season is here. It's tough on everyone, but we can make it through with just a little help and motivation!
Showing posts with label This Literacy Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label This Literacy Life. Show all posts
Encouraging Words for Testing Season
For most of us, testing season is here. It's tough on everyone, but we can make it through with just a little help and motivation!
Ideas Old and New for Working With Letters
Motivation for You and Your Students Before the Holidays
This time of year is tough. Everyone is ready for that Winter Break to start and beginning to shut down. Whether you get out on Friday of this week or sometime next week, we all need some motivation to get through those last few days!
3 Simple No-Prep Activities Kids Can Do with Book Orders
As a reading specialist, I get every book order catalog imaginable ~ all the way from PreK through 5th grade and all of the special ones. I end up with stacks and stacks. I rarely send them home with my students, but I do use them to help with various skills in the classroom. But I do use them with several different activities students can easily do to show learning.
Counting Words: An Important Step in Early Reading
As I begin another year with the kindergarten students, I always have to remember to start out with many phonemic awareness activities. So many times we want to jump in and start them off reading, without giving them the tools they need for success. Before children can read, they have to understand that sounds make words, and they all go together. Phonemic awareness is not phonics, but it is the understanding of the sounds that words make and being able to manipulate them.
