Getting Kids to Write: Motivation
Teaching writing is at the top of many teachers’ lists of things that are hardest to do. The actual teaching of it can be uncomfortable for many, but a bigger…
Too Many Curriculum Demands? Integrated Literacy Lessons is the Answer.
Whether you have to tightly follow a specific curriculum, you have a great deal of freedom in what materials you use to teach, or you fall somewhere in the middle…
The Missing Piece in SOR: Writing
In so many ways, the newest science of reading movement (SOR) is a really good thing. But as with so many things in education, we tend to go all in…
Using Your Data for Small Group Instruction
Fall is settling in all around. Leaves are starting to change color and Starbucks has been selling pumpkin spice lattes for three months. Which means that by now, teachers everywhere…
8 Ideas for Making Decodables More Fun
Of all the education terms we’re hearing a lot of lately, the word decodables is one of the most frequently used. Most schools are now incorporating decodables in their curriculum,…