They wiggle, squirm, scutter, creep, and crawl. What are these creatures who have lived since the time of the dinosaurs? Bugs! Read about these fascinating creatures in this selection of books.
They fly, crawl, run or slither; some are spotted, others striped; many are adored while others make us wary — but they are all part of the fascinating world of nature.
To comprehend a story or text, young readers need a threshold of knowledge about the topic, and tougher state standards place increasing demands on children’s prior knowledge. This article offers practical classroom strategies to build background knowledge such as using contrasts and comparisons and encouraging topic-focused wide reading.
Self-awareness is the ability to identify your emotions and thoughts, recognize your strengths and limitations, and know your own interests and values. The books here can help children build confidence as they become more aware of their own feelings, inner compass, and dreams. This booklist is part of our Social-Emotional Learning series.
Learn about specific strategies you can use to differentiate instruction to help your students overcome fluency problems, as well technology tools that can support development of fluency skills.
Young children are naturally curious. Early childhood educators and parents can build on children’s questions, eagerness, and enthusiasm to help them learn science.
First Book in collaboration Dr. Susan Neuman, an early childhood literacy expert and researcher, surveyed more than 1,000 educators, most of whom work in Title I classrooms. Survey results were used in developing metrics to define literacy rich environment in order to answer the question: What does a literacy rich environment look like? The resulting tool, the Literacy Rich Classroom Library Checklist, is designed to guide the development and evaluation of classroom libraries, identifying strengths and areas for improvement.
Effective communication is essential for building school-family partnerships. It constitutes the foundation for all other forms of family involvement in education.
Reading stamina is a child’s ability to focus and read independently for long-ish periods of time without being distracted or without distracting others. Find out how you can help your child develop reading stamina.
In this guide, each section targets one grade level in print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency. It also includes instructional examples aligned to the sub-skills and instruction for students who are either struggling and need extra support or intervention, or for students performing above grade-level expectations and require enrichment.
Exposing young children to informational text early on can help them to handle the literacy demands of fourth grade and beyond. Practical instructional techniques can be used to promote understanding and enjoyment of informational texts. The three techniques described here — Text Impression, Guiding Questions, and the Retelling Pyramid — can help children become familiar with the language and structure of non-fiction books.
