I was in kindergarten 1972-1973. I recently came across the Kindergarten Summer Letter my mom was given in the summer of 1973. I loved kindergarten...Mrs. Nelson was my teacher and I distinctly remember big fat paintbrushes, tempera paint and easels.…
Fix-Up Monitoring can be tricky for kindergartners and you may be thinking why should I do it at all. BUT, if we introduce the ideas of fix-up monitoring to students early, they will be able to apply the skills independently.…
We have come to Step 6 in Phonological Awareness, and I think it's the biggest. I have decided to break it into 3 parts. This post will talk about Segmenting and Blending and next week's post is about Adding, Deleting,…
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I originally posted this in 2010 and then again in 2018. Since that time, I have tried to be true to my reading heart and really listened to the research on the Science of Reading and how using…
Old books are so intriguing to me. Recently, my dad gave me two books. Old books ~ Treasures from the Past He found them in some boxes in the attic. They were books given to him and his younger…