Pirates “ARGH” fun…at least in picture books. Ahoy, young learners and teachers alike! Are you ready to embark on an exciting literary voyage? Step aboard as we set sail with Jack and Annie in Mary Pope Osborne's timeless classic, "Pirates…
Let's warm up with the polar bears and summarize. Warming up to summarizing is easy with Polar Bear Past Bedtime. I am in coastal Virginia and we don't do snow often, but as the weather gods would have it we…
Teaching students to summarize can be daunting...unless you take it back to early literacy. Early readers and writers can do so much more than we think...if we support them. One of the units our K-2 teachers must teach whole group…
Summary - Somebody Teaching students to summarize can provide another option for solidifying their reading comprehension. This strategy can be used in all primary classrooms. Too often students think summarizing is retelling. Retelling has more details, whereas, summarizing keeps it…
Paint Chips. I can't help it. There is something about those multi-hues that is so appealing. I used them when I taught a scrapbook class on colors. AND I love the commercials from Sherman-Williams using animated paint chips. Here…
Magic Tree House books are my favorite. I have read these books every year to my kindergartners. They love them! It’s all about preparation and explanation, but they love them. As you know, I have taught full day and half-day…
