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
Whew. What a week this has been! Last week we had a Grade Prep day on Tuesday and then Friday off for Veteran's day, so I had a really hard time coming back for a full 5 day week, but somehow we made it. Next week we only have two days of school! Woohoo!Anyways, I… Continue reading The Week Before Thanksgiving
Hi there! Today I want to share with you the way that I have been teaching Sight Words in Kindergarten for the past few years. So far in my teaching career I have worked with two different reading programs - Open Court and Journey's Common Core. Both of these programs only require Kindergartners to learn… Continue reading SIGHT WORDS
I recently earned a Master's degree in Reading Instruction which has been so, incredibly useful for me as a Kindergarten teacher! In one of my classes, we were introduced to a strategy called PALS that I want to share with you today.PALS = Peer Assisted Learning Strategies - a.k.a. students helping each other to learn.I… Continue reading PALS
Teaching To The Test-Taker 