The 5 domains of language include: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Why are they important for therapy and language development? We will discuss why!
This is a funny reading about Chocolate. This worksheet can be useful for exams - ESL worksheets
Shakespeare has been dead for over 400 years, but his plays are still being put on every day by theatre companies all over the world. If you're not sure where to start, this flowchart can help you decide which play you should see first. The flowchart, from artist Mya Gosling at Good Tickle Brain, starts […]
Have you ever read through a blog, article, or social media post and thought, “This post is pretty good,…
Is your kid having trouble with contractions? Try out this simple memory matching game.
There is a learning disability in mathematics named Dyscalculia. Current research suggests that Dyscalculia may be the result of mild impairment in the brain areas involved in mathematical cognition. However this impairment may be able to be remediated, especially at a young age. Dyscalculia affects people from across the whole IQ range. Estimates of the prevalence of Dyscalculia range between 3-6% of the population. Recent studies show that Dyscalculia is even more common than Dyslexia.
Problem Solving Activity: Develop your own question checklist using this tool. Structured questions for broad and deep analysis of your problem.
Cultivate lifelong reading skills.
The well known activity where students have to write routines in different situations in the boxes. It can be used in a varety of ways. - ESL worksheets
Are your students disinterested and tired of the traditional ways of learning characterization? Have you been searching for a really fun, student-centered, interactive way to eliminate their boredom? Well, look no further! I present to you a wonderful student-collaboration activity that will get your students involved and excited for a character analysis for any novel, […]
20 weeks later and "A Stick Figure Macbeth" has finally come to an end. In case you're just joining me, here's what happened during the past 20 weeks:
This 3-page file includes:~A fun reading where four young people discuss what they did yesterday using the simple past tense. Includes lots of vocabulary for: f
We talked to handwriting expert Kathi McKnight about what your writing reveals about you.
Here’s a great new story from our favorite cartoonist Grant Snider. It’s included in his new book, The Shape of Ideas, which is also available for the Kindle & ComiXology. What sta…
You spend hours marking and commenting on student work, and then they don't even read your feedback. The solution is all in how you time it.
What reading strategies do students need to know? Find out here and keep track with a free chart!
Matchbook chapter summaries super simple and fun project that you can have your students complete during your next novel study.
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We have been concentrating on myths in our reading/writing (to connect to the Native American unit we just wrapped up) and I wanted to share a few things we did with you. First, we read The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Reading Rainbow Book) , which is a myth to tell how the Native peoples were gifted the horse. It really was a great myth to read because it is pretty typical of all myths. We were able to really see all of the major elements found within myths. We then created a simple "door" foldable (I have no idea if that is what it is called...it is just what I called it) with all of the major traits of a myth on it. The students looked through The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Reading Rainbow Book) and picked out examples of all the major mythical traits. Next, students were given their own myths to read. In partners, they read them aloud (to work on fluency) and then picked out the major mythical traits as well. This information went on the bottom portion of the foldable so the students had a side by side comparison of the two myths. As a class, we put all the information together on a big class chart (which, of course, I did NOT take a picture of!) Doing this allowed the students to see just how universal these mythological traits were and how they could be found in one way or another within the myths. They also saw that not all of the myths had every.single trait, and that was ok too. Next, I wanted the students to transfer this knowledge into writing their own myths. The students went outside and we listened, looked, felt, and smelled nature. They then wrote all of their observations down in a circle map. Once that was done, the kids thought of one observation they wanted to "explain". It could have been why black widows have spots or why trees are rooted in the ground and can't move. We went over and over how these myths were not to be the scientific explanation, but a creative explanation that happened long ago and involved nature. After their question was chosen, the students created an answer. They had enough exposure to myths at this point to understand that I wanted them to have a creative answer that would then be explained throughout the story the were going to write. Since they knew where they were going to start, and where they wanted to finish, I asked them to fill in this myth trait chart with all of the elements they thought they would want to include. This was more of a brainstorm sheet, so if they ended up not using the ideas, that was ok. I just wanted them to begin to think about what supernatural elements, or whatnot they might include. Next, came the rough draft, followed by numerous peer revision sessions, and finally a final draft. Overall, these came out good. They seemed to get the point of the myth and how it is used in traditional cultures (which was the point of it all) and I am pleased with that. What are you working on in your reading/writing block?
In first grade reading comprehension is something new, challenging, and difficult to teach because even though they’re all 6 or 7 they’re developmentally so different. Head over to my blog to get this comprehension page. Depending on what grade you teach it’d be great for: homework individual assessment small groups partners intervention challenging gifted students ... Read More about Reading Comprehension
Close reading, broken down with a FREE planning page that works for any text
Many would agree that for inquiry to be alive and well in a classroom that, amongst other things, the teacher needs to be expert at asking strategic questions. With that in mind, if you are a new teacher or perhaps not so new but know that question-asking is an area where you'd like to grow, start tomorrow with these five ideas.
Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), who wrote under the pseudonym of Charivarius, was a Dutch writer, traveler and teacher. In 1922 he wrote The Chaos (also often known by its opening l
