Literacy
The IN Learning Partnership is celebrating reading & literacy next week! Morgan Mason shares all they have planned.
How can we combine a puzzle and a pre-reading strategy that works across content areas?
Non-fiction text is often not what students gravitate to. How can we use it spark their curiosity & jump start the learning?
Where do you start a year in a STEM classroom? VirtuallyDifferent Coach Jennifer Stewart breaks it down into 3 steps.
Need some new ideas for your (or your children’s) summer reading list? The Lit Gals have some suggestions for you!
We live in a very visual world. How can we use images to activate our students’ curiosity and thinking?
This post finishes exploring the six shifts we can take to maximize our literacy instruction by keeping the science of reading and balanced literacy in mind.
Book talks are a great way to get kids excited about a book. Let’s look at 2 more ways to pique kids’ curiosity!
The amount of educational materials available to purchase is overwhelming. How do you sort through the hype to find what fits your students best?
Media Specialists and classroom teachers can make a powerful duo. The Media Specialists have great expertise that classroom teachers can utilize – building curated resources, fostering a love of reading, integrating technology into instruction, guiding quality research, and collaborating on lessons or units. If you don’t have a certified Media Specialist, find some great advice on how to partner with your local public library!
Take your anchor charts to the next level. Let’s push beyond just posting “I Can” statements to using a “What, Why, and How” approach. When learning is visible for students it can be more easily accessed and replicated by students. Let’s really anchor the learning!
Often poetry is taught as a standalone unit, sometimes leaving students to groan & roll their eyes. What if poetry was woven into every unit?