7 Ways to Improve Student Writing
Teaching students to write text based paragraphs and essays can be a daunting task. I taught first grade for many years, so when I...
5 Steps to a More Effective Guided Reading Lesson
Are you struggling to make your Guided Reading really great? Are you failing to reach every student, especially the ones who come to you...
Workstations that Work
I have taught first grade now for 18 years and workstations, formerly known as Literacy Centers, have always been a part of my reading...
Interactive Writing in the Primary Grades
My last post was about how to reach those very early writers, you know the ones that write a string of meaningless letters. One of the...
Ways to Help Early Writers
I was looking through my portolio this morning, and I came across some wonderful before and after pictures of my student's writing. It...
Communicating With Parents: Making It Count
As teachers, we all know that one of the most important part of our jobs is to effectively communicate with parents. However, during my...
Building Student Fluency
During my years as a first grade teacher, I always struggled with finding ways to help my students read more fluently. I worked very hard...
Journaling in the Lower Grades
Are you struggling with student journaling in the lower grades? As a new teacher I had visions of journal time being a time when I could...
