Education World: Language Arts: Ideas in the Classroom. Write It; Live It: Six Steps to Help Kids Write Their Own Lives. The most effective way to help students discover their own passion is by having them write their own life stories - - ahead of time. An Inspiring Teacher Draws Inspiration from Students. This page is a collection of links for parents and teachers.Topics are based on the curriculum for Kindergarten through grade five,although many pages will be of. Leap Into Phonics Build Phonemic Awareness Lesson PlansFinding ways to put students at the center of their own learning and helping them find their passions are just some of the reasons Sarah Brown Wessling was named the 2. National Teacher of the Year. Three Big Ideas for Addressing Preschool Language and Literacy Learning. Focusing on oral language, reading aloud, and language play, instead of on structured sit- down lessons, flashcard drills, and worksheets, keeps young children on the right track to literacy. O. R. E.: Mining Foundational Treasures in the Early Grades. Oral language, reading aloud, and language play provide students with a strong foundation for their reading experiences, allowing them to enter the world of reading as active, enthusiastic participants. Theres no greater gift you can give your students. The Book Whisperer Inspires Kids to Read. Donalyn Miller earned the nickname The Book Whisperer because of her almost mystical success getting kids to read - - a lot. Leap Into Phonics Build Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plan![]() ![]() Inspire young readers to practice every day. Hosted by Deborah Norville, Fluent Reading explores the ability to decode quickly and achieve fluency. Help your child learn memory verses with these ABC Scripture Cards! There is a verse for every letter of the alphabet. Just print them out and practice! Express Helpline- Get answer of your question fast from real experts. Allowing children to choose books, and providing reading role models and time to read are among her strategies. Hands- On Reform Leads to Big Student Gains. When principal Stephen King decided that struggling readers needed earlier and better intervention, he plunged in with his staff to revamp instruction, assessment, and the curriculum. Test scores rose and the number of special education students declined. Couplets, Coffee, and Community. Students at one Cleveland school display their writing talents at an annual Coffee House- Poetry Night. It is an opportunity to present their work to an authentic audience of peers, teachers, parents, and community members. And the writing efforts have boosted test scores too. Tying Read Alouds to Standards. This list of suggested activities and strategies will help you make every read aloud count, and assure your principal that you are focused on meeting standards. Glimpses Into Read- Aloud Classrooms. Merely inviting students to contribute verbally when you read aloud to them isnt enough. Take it to a higher level with analytical talk. A Shared Experience: The Key to Effective Read Alouds. Id like to suggest that teachers create a read- aloud environment thats a combination of enticing entertainment, skillful modeling of comprehension and thinking strategies, and just plan fun. Male Teachers Show That Real Men Read A library media specialist thought posters showing real men reading and men talking about the benefits of reading could be just the thing to encourage more boys to pick up books. The Real Men Read program is so successful that it has spread to other schools. Mr. Cover's Class Reviews: A "Real World" Application for Reading. In response to his students' lack of enthusiasm for and skill with nonfiction, reading teacher Millard Cover introduced "Mr. Cover's Class Reviews," a project in which students become product testers and reviewers and publish their findings online. Building on the Power of Incidental Vocabulary Learning. Incidental learning plays a critical role in vocabulary acquisition. Researchers Nagy and Scott point to three characteristics of word knowledge critical to understanding incidental learning and vocabulary instruction in general. They are. Cathy Puett Miller: The Wonderful World of Words Incidental vocabulary learning requires support every day of the school year, even when you intentionally teach selected new words as well. The surest way to include incidental learning is to plan for it. Cathy Puett Miller: The Hidden Side of Strategic Vocabulary Instruction. Using only direct instruction to teach vocabulary can overwhelm you as a teacher and be too shallow an approach for students. Cathy Puett Miller: Using Micro- Text to Teach Writing. In education, micro- texts refer to small, targeted bits of a book, essay, poem, newspaper, online publication, or other text. A micro- text can be a single phrase, sentence, or paragraph. Its selection for teaching writing depends not only on brevity, but also on its content. Cathy Puett Miller: Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction into Content- Area Classrooms. The 2. 00. 5 National Assessment of Educational Progress reports that less than one third of U. S. high school students read or write at grade level. What can local schools do? Cathy Puett Miller: Conferencing with Young Writers: Time, Content and Purpose: Conferencing with young or inexperienced writers can be challenging. For them to become writers, it must become personal. How can we help students discover that writer within through our conferencing time with them? Cathy Puett Miller: Strategies for Teaching Editing. What we must keep in mind at all times, as author and editor Arthur Plotnik reminds us, is We write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others whats burning inside. We edit to let the fire show through the smoke. Cathy Puett Miller: Understanding and Teaching Revision Revision is the second most important part of writing (after the idea). Revising denotes stepping back and looking at contentremoving a perfectly good sentence because it doesnt belong, adding details or clarification, tightening language. Total Reader: How Cool is That? How cool is your reading assessment program? And does it merely assess your students current reading performance or, like Total Reader, does it improve their reading performance as well? Cathy Puett Miller: Strategies. For Teaching Pre- Writing. Good writing doesnt start with formulas and formats. Thinking, defining what the writer wants to say, planning, and exploring - - that is where it begins. Use these strategies to help students realize they have powerful, important things to say. Includes pre- writing tips for preparing for the SAT essay. Cathy Puett Miller: Teaching Writing as a Process. There are, in the real world, many ways to edit, revise, and organize writing. We help students develop strong writing skills when we not only teach them the steps in the process, but also guide them while they take risks and explore. Cathy Puett Miller: Discovering the Writers Within. Skill- based instruction is important, but we also must include the essential element of motivation. Convince students that writing is worthwhile and that their oral vocabulary and reading experiences give them tools to express themselves. Their skills will grow. Cathy Puett Miller: Summertime Reading Encourage parents to include reading in their summer plans, and help them keep their kids reading by making summertime reading different than that stuff I do at school. Teachers, Parents, Kids Bond Over Books. Inviting parents to participate in a book discussion group with teachers has led to better relationships between teachers and parents and a deeper understanding of current education and child- rearing issues. Included: Tips for starting a group at your school. Cathy Puett Miller: Exploring Writing Through Childrens Books. This article explores how to teach paragraph structure and use of details to support topic through the picture book, When Jesse Came Across the Sea, by Amy Hest. Cathy Puett Miller: Fluency is More Than Just Speed. These classroom- ready tips focus on the most neglected area of fluency - - expressiveness. Improve your students fluency b providing opportunities for them to practice phrasing, expression, emphasis, and volume. Cathy Puett Miller: Targeting Standards with Picture Books. Childrens picture books can be used effectively to teach many of the core standards. Learn which picture books you can use to teach about story elements, literature genres, and writing. Helping Students Make Independent Connections. Do your students use specific strategies during times set side for strategy instruction but fail to use those same strategies in independent reading? Help kids make the connection between instructional strategies and independent reading with Tools Of The Trade. The Incredible Animal Race. King Lawrence and Queen Lavinia have chosen two animal teams to compete in the Animal Kingdoms annual race. To many, the outcome for the contest seems obvious. But a surprising twist brings an amazing finish! Hooking Kids on Reading. Despite schools focus on reading, many students still are not reading independently or for pleasure. Sprinkles to Kindergarten! Welcome to my Pete the Cat Classroom! I have had a bee classroom for almost ten years and was thinking about changing when Oriental Trading contacted me about writing a back to school post! I chose many Pete the cat themed materials and can't wait to showcase them for you! Here is my classroom library! I had this precious library front built this summer for my new Pete theme. This precious Pete is from Oriental Trading! My awesome mother in law made me the little pillows beneath Pete. She's the best! I organize my library by topic. Each group of books has a coordinating label on the front of the tub that matches the back of each book in that tub. These labels are from Krazee for Kindergarten's TPT shop. These books are perfect for "read the pictures" in Daily Five. I also have emergent readers in organized in tubs by DRA level. This helps my littles choose books that they can "read the words" in Daily Five. The back of my library leads to my whole group area. I attached felt to the back of my library shelves for story retelling with felt pieces. My calendar is from Oriental Trading! I got these awesome Sit Spots at I Teach K this summer, where I presented about guided reading. The back of my whole group area easel hold this pocket chart. These are our MEOW pockets. Meow stands for My Extraordinary Organized Work. This is our unfinished work. Next to our MEOW pockets is the dramatic play area. I change this out once a month to be a different science theme. Some of our cozy spots stay behind the whole group easel. These are our scoop rockers and laundry basket seats. This is our STEM building area. Next to it is this long white board where we build our focus walls for science and math, as well as our i. Movie alphabet wall. I created a little Pete bunting to go above this wall. Movie Alphabet is where we place our QR codes that link to a movie we create for each letter of the alphabet. Students scan these during Daily Five for one of our Listen to Reading choices. Our little clip chart Here is my small group area. This shelf holds many of my reading group manipulatives, my assessments tubs and my sub tub, as well as our PAWS folders - Positive and Wonderful Students! I found this cutie cart at Lowe's years ago. It holds all of my teaching materials for each day of the week. This little blue cart from Mardel's hold my reading groups emergent readers' as well as my math groups' materials. On top is my teacher toolbox. I got this awesome easel through Donors Choose a few years ago. Currently it's holding a donations sign for meet the teacher, but during the year it's used for math and reading groups. These little stools are form IKEA. They hold transition games for my littles to play while they wait for me to join them for their small group. This is the view from my table. We love our Promethean Board and i. Pad cart! We are blessed to have ten i. Pads in this awesome charging cart. Under the Promethean Board are two bean bag chairs for cozy spots. Our art station is right past the Promethean. The top of the station holds our Listening to Reading Leap Frog Pads. Here are our Creative Activities Tubs (CAT) that hold differentiated games for kiddos to play when they finish their work as a transition activity. This is where Work on Writing activities will go for Daily Five. The sink area holds our robots that we use during our maker spaces. They're put away right now. More cozy spots! I got these stability ball chairs through Donors Choose. Wobble stools are also cozy spots.. Cubbies and book boxes. This shelf is for math stations materials and writer's workshop paper. This little cart holds Word Work materials for Daily Five. All of the cute little posters are FREE here. If you want any of my Pete creations, here is a folder with all of it for FREE! I hope you have an awesome year!!
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