Hickory Dickory Dock an Elephant Climbs up a Clock! My students love stories with a twist!. This has twelve verses that have my students giggling especially when the...
Combining Literacy Lessons with Social Emotional Lessons I have been working with great children’s literature within the whole classroom environment to develop student’s Tier Two vocabulary,...
Little Miss Muffet: Adapted Nursery Rhyme I am continuing to add to my nursery rhyme adapted library. I am finding that more children are not being...
Teaching Sight Words, Why is it Important and How Can We Assist ? Besides learning to break the phonetic code and sounding out words knowing sight words is crucial to being a...
Why use nursery rhymes in the classroom? Hey Diddle Diddle Mother Goose Rhymes introduce students to literature that has been passed down for generations. The...
Teaching Tier Two Words Common Core curriculum recognizes the importance of vocabulary in learning. Refer to this blog to learn about the three...
How do you determine a student’s reading level? When we are working with a child it is important that we are working at their appropriate reading level....
It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher book companion I love using literature to teach. It gives me a jumping off point to teach vocabulary and story grammar....
Using 5 Little Turkeys Differentiated Stories As part of my group work within the special education room, I have a story as part of...
Listening Comprehension versus Reading Comprehension Listening Comprehension skills versus Reading Comprehension Skills I know that it may be confusing when you are writing goals...