I'm a 2nd grade teacher in a low SES urban school. I'm stuck on a student.
She has good decoding skills and comprehension. She is a DRA instructional
M (independent M). However when it comes to pen and paper assessments, she
does not do well. We use Harcourt Trophies (which I am not a fan of)
Greetings! Anyone have info they'd be willing to share on Rev War
references/sitea/units they've done/used? I teach reading to all the 5th
graders in my building so I'm primarily looking for literacy related items
rather than social studies.
I thought perhaps I might begin the unit by
I'm a 2nd grade teacher in a low SES urban school. I'm stuck on a
student. She has good decoding skills and comprehension. She is a DRA
instructional
M (independent M).
Could it be that she is more of a global thinker? What about a strategy
like UNRAVVEL? I can tell you more about it if
Hi Judy --
If the students have some background about the social and political environment
of the time period because they are studying it with their social studies
teacher, what about a historical fiction unit? Perhaps you can have book clubs
reading different
titles, and their task is to
This is not a suggestion for a book, but for a visual literacy activity that I
have used across grade levels with tremendous success. I seek images,
obviously, in this case, things like paintings, drawings and excerpts from
primary documents, and blow them up as large as possible. I like to
