by Victoria | Oct 20, 2018 | Activities, Ideas, and Resources, Language Arts
As a teacher, do you sometimes want an engaging activity that lets students share about themselves and what they’ve done? Well, holiday memory books are perfect for those times! They give kids a chance to write and draw about their experiences and opinions,...
by Victoria | Oct 9, 2018 | Activities, Ideas, and Resources, Language Arts
Reading aloud to my students is probably my FAVORITE thing about being a teacher. Not only does reading to my kids teach them to enjoy books, but it also gives us time to relax together as a class. Although children need to spend plenty of time reading on their own,...
by Victoria | Sep 18, 2018 | Activities, Ideas, and Resources, Language Arts
Language standards are an important content area for each grade level. They teach students how to correctly use grammar, vocabulary, and other conventions of the English language. This is necessary to help students become better readers and writers, which in turn...
by Victoria | May 14, 2018 | Activities, Ideas, and Resources, Language Arts
Why Sight Words Are Important Sight words are a critical component of effective reading instruction in the primary grades. In order to learn how to read, elementary students must memorize a large number of sight words. These are words that show up frequently in...
