My kids are having a great time visualizing with music and along with my
read-aloud of Charlotte's Web. We've all seen the play together on the
field trip and have started the cartoon movie. Some of them have seen the
live action movie as well. We've even read another story about a farm
recently
Ladies and Gents
I am doing a demo lesson from the Daily Five on the Read to Self block for
K-1 teachers. I would love to have some testimonials from teachers using the
Daily Five to share with my teams. Could you please email me off list with
your thoughts??? Please do not just hit the reply
Hi,
>curriculum specialists demonstrate similar research to demonstrate that the
>*current* approaches to reading instruction are grounded in research showing
>them to be effective.
Keith makes a really good point here. We now know they can't do that (WWC).
I suspect your administrators will st
I don't have any research at the moment, but...
If you are going to provide research to demonstrate effectiveness of
instructional practice, I suggest you (ahem) kindly request that admin and
curriculum specialists demonstrate similar research to demonstrate that the
*current* approaches to readin
These are the poems Harriet put in our poetry crate.
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>I love to use the po
I am not sure what grade you teach but as a Kindergarten teacher I can tell you
that I know my students are making gains because the mini-lessons are directly
related to what they are doing and they have true meaning to the students'
reading strengths and weaknesses. Once my students are in in
I am a huge advocate for readers workshop and teaching the proficient reader
strategies. However, I am meeting resistance with some of my administrators
who are unfamiliar with the method and are more accustomed to traditional
forms of instruction. They are willing to support me if I can provide
Dear Kerry:
I always use Robert Vavra's CD called Horses of the Wind. It is a
phenomenal CD that combines nature sounds, horse sounds, and music. Some of
the titles include: Birth of a foal, Some horses are coming, etc. It is
amazing how kids with horse schema envision images as compared to ki
