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One Way to Up Your Student’s Reading Activity

One Way to Up Your Student’s Reading Activity

Have you been to a movie lately?  What happens before the main movie?  You typically are watching movie previews. Why do movie theaters do this?  They want to entice you to want to see the movie that they are previewing. The same thing should happen…

Do Not Fear Making Mistakes: Only Not Correcting Them: Common Errors

Do Not Fear Making Mistakes: Only Not Correcting Them: Common Errors

Making mistakes are part of life. My dad always told me to look at pencils they come with erasers as everyone makes a mistake. However sometimes knowing a mistake another person has made helps to prevent us from making the same one. In working with…

The Scarecrow’s Hat And Teaching Story Sequencing

The Scarecrow’s Hat And Teaching Story Sequencing

Good children’s literature can be the vehicle to teach story grammar. I love ” The Scarecrow’s Hat” by Ken Brown to teach story sequencing as there is a very clear story sequence structure. ” The Scarecrow’s Hat” is a story in which the chicken  admires…