Primary Teaching Ideas, Resources and Strategies
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working on finding playful, fun ways to keep my students learning this summer. (If you missed the first post in my Play & Learn This Summer series find it HERE.) One of the very most important ways to accomplish this is through reading! So today I wanted to pop in… 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