Primary Teaching Ideas, Resources and Strategies
Happy Summer!! I hope that it is hard for you to read this post because the sun is shining so brightly in your eyes and your fingers are having trouble scrolling because they are slippery from applying sunscreen. So, assuming that you are going to make the most of every moment this summer I am going to keep this short… Read More
Today, I want to talk about close reading in kindergarten and first grade. I LOVE close reading with my students and I hope you do too! It makes me so sad when I hear primary and/or early childhood teachers complain that close reading isn’t appropriate for emergent readers. I could not possibly disagree more! I think the problem is that… Read More
This week my classroom was BATTY and it wasn’t just the full moon! We had so much fun studying bats this week. We all know that the curriculum is very demanding these days and if we want our kids to have fun and act like 6 year olds we need to make it happen! So, this week we pushed our study… Read More