Second Grade Thrills

We've been doing some great work with writing in second grade and we have shown the readiness to dig deeper into apostrophies! Kids al...

This is one of my favorite fun activities of the year. We always have a list of words that are applicable to whatever occasion is upcoming. ...

Creating a love for all things literacy is an on-going goal of mine. Students are learning as they go and developing a little more as each ...

Wanted to start the year with a goal setting activity this year and the kids did just awesome. The product turned out cuter than expected, ...

My team has been looking for ways to make homework work for students and their learning. Although we do have differing views on homework, th...

I saw a blog post recently on real reading vs. fake reading. Ugh! NO kidding! This blog post got me thinking about other ways my student...

One message I drive home hard with my students (no matter the age level I have taught) has been to understand what READING is. I begin by as...