Reading
As kids learn how to read and write, their phonemic awareness will gradually develop
When I was in school, phonemic awareness wasn't mentioned in...
Greet the holiday season by creating homemade gifts with your students
With the winter holidays around the corner, this is a good time to highlight...
Consider ways to keep skills sharp over the summer – but don't forget to have fun, too
Here we are, at the end of another school year. The following...
Does curling up with a good math book sound strange? After you've read some of these, it might not!
Math, reading and art combine in books like The...
An approach to reading with more than a touch of drama
Leila Uthman's students are all smiles after performing the play they adapted from a book...
A wonderful single-artist biography is the beautiful Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories, which recounts the life of this African-American artist...
Start this year with exciting read-alouds and valuable teacher resources to use with language arts and research projects
"Are you ready?" Everywhere...
Improve comprehension by helping students develop mental pictures of what they're reading.
Many children and adults have told me that they liked...
It's National Poetry Month, but these poetry titles and activities will fit into your curriculum at any time of year
The Poetry Bell Ringers...
Here's a sampling of short stories and short-story collections – classics and new favorites alike
Horror genre stories set a creepy tone for your...







