Cause and Effect is one of those skills that teachers shy away from. It's complex. It's tricky. It's not. Understanding cause and effect is a crucial skill for young readers to develop. It helps them make connections between events, improve…
When we first teach about Narrative Writing, we focus on something we've done...usually a whole event: Our Pumpkin Patch Field Trip or Going to the Post Office. We help students craft sentences that start with predictable text or repeated sentence…
Step 2 of Phonological Awareness is alliteration and rhyme. This is gonna be fun. I love playing with words and watching the students have fun while they are learning. Even though these go together for Step 2, they are equally…
Harriet Tubman is the face of the best in the worst of our history. She is a model for who we want our students to be: courageous in the face of adversity, relentless in the search for freedom, and devoted…
I am so excited to blog with some friends and talk about Winter Mentor Texts. The post is a little different, because it's about math. One Snowy Day Book Summary The book, One Snowy Day, by Tammi Salzano is such…