Combining sentences encourages students to take two or more short, choppy sentences and combine them into one effective sentence — to make their writing more readable and engaging. Sentence combining is a skill that develops over several short practice sessions.
September starts a new season and holds the promise of new starts: new classrooms, new friends, new words, and new experiences. Some may need a reminder how to cooperate or what a book may hold. Others may need to help their teacher. But everyone can learn something new, even a dog!
As we head towards September and a new school year, here’s advice from special education expert Rick Lavoie that may be helpful as you attempt to make special needs kids in your class feel warm, welcome, and wanted. Using the word SEPTEMBER, he shares nine concepts that can help you in this effort.
In this provocative article, the author argues that reading achievement hasn’t changed much in several decades, and that many common notions about a reading crisis are, in fact, myths.
Comprehension strategies are conscious plans — sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension. These seven strategies have research-based evidence for improving text comprehension.
Kirkus Reviews called him the “dean of science writers.” The Smithsonian Institution re-published 12 of his books. The National Science Teachers Association has named more than half of his books “Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children.” Through his ability to write about science in a way that is accurate, interesting, and accessible, Seymour Simon has earned his reputation as a trusted source of information for curious young minds across the country.
