For fifth-grade students:
I've used Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner which brings in the scientific
process and the students love it. However, it is dated by the use of a rotary
telephone.
Also, Rex by Fred Yager
My students love the story and it also allows us to begin to use the thesa
I know it's been done before but would you share your most favorite, highly
engaging read-alouds for the start of school. My old standbys did not work
well last year. My students weren't enchanted by Roald Dahl or Creecher's Love
That Dog. I am looking for great, not too long, novels. I have
I teach third grade and I follow your homework philosophy with my third
graders. We g over homework in class and students check their own work,
grades are not taken on it. You expressed what I do really well--thanks!
- Original Message -
From: "Renee"
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehens
I have very similar requirements in my district. How will you reconcile your
beliefs and these requirements? I am also required to have my second grade
students do 1/2 hour of homework and 1/2 hour of reading (documented) at home
each night. My students are ELL and most don't have anyone at home
Homework and pencils must be the two biggest tedious issues for
teachers.
When I was teaching in a regular classroom, the district homework
"guidelines" suggested that homework should be approximately ten
minutes per grade level. That meant ten minutes if it was a first
grader, twenty min
