Over the past few years as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and friend of several parents with young children, I've been asked the question over and over again - how do you teach a child to read? As a Kindergarten teacher, I taught my students to read by building their phonemic awareness skills: blending, segmenting,… Continue reading Literacy Lessons
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Parent Teacher Conferences Part 2
Today we finally begin parent teacher conferences! Woohoo! - As much as I dislike feeling like I am speed-dating and having to meet with 10 sets of parents in a row for fifteen minutes each, I really do think that this is a valuable time to get them on board with helping their child at… Continue reading Parent Teacher Conferences Part 2