Decoding and Encoding: How to Work on Spelling Skills
Decoding and encoding should go hand in hand! Practicing both can strengthen your students’ reading and spelling skills. Decoding is the ability to apply our knowledge
Decoding and encoding should go hand in hand! Practicing both can strengthen your students’ reading and spelling skills. Decoding is the ability to apply our knowledge
Have you ever taught students to write with an organizer? For me, it was a game changer! I feel like I say that about a
Are you looking for some activities for your primary classroom for Thanksgiving? This post will walk you through some of our favorite resources that you
The Problem: I recently took a poll on IG and asked educators to choose which of the 5 components of reading they felt like they
If I could step back in time and watch myself attempt to build background knowledge for my students before a read aloud, I would cringe
Teacher trends have come and gone over my decade in the classroom, but one practice that’s remained tried and true is teaching higher order thinking
During my 10th year in the classroom, I decided to add on to the way I built relationships and connected with my students. I wanted
What is Depth and Complexity? A really smart professor named Dr. Sandra Kaplan noticed there was a difference in the knowledge experts had on a
A Big Mistake I don’t know about you, but I have about 5 big teaching practices I’d change if I could go back to year
Have you ever started your year off meeting students without using some sort of All About Me prompt? You know the worksheets or activities that
