Literacy Posts

50 Writing Prompts For Elementary Students

TeachThought Staff Apr 23, 2023

What do you like more, reading or writing? Why? What do you like most about yourself? What superpower do you wish you had?

How To Write A Thesis Statement

TeachThought Staff Apr 7, 2023

In short, your thesis is your ‘point’–what you’re trying to argue. And writing one is about clarifying, arguing, and proving that…

25 Resources And Ideas To Help Students Read More…

TeachThought Staff Mar 27, 2023

If your child doesn’t read over the summer, they are missing out on the significant role reading can play in personal…

Sight Word Literacy Activities And Assessments For Elementary Students

TeachThought Staff Jan 9, 2023

How can we help students who are reading below grade level? How can we help struggling mathematicians? 

How To Create An Effective Classroom Library

TeachThought Staff Dec 8, 2022

There are specific, research-based guidelines toward which you should aim when building your classroom library.

What’s The Writing Process?

TeachThought Staff Dec 4, 2022

The writing process is a sequence of strategies to plan, write, and ultimately publish a polished, accurate, well-organized piece of writing.

Don’t Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why

Terry Heick Oct 28, 2022

Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their…

What Are Literature Circles?

Terry Heick Oct 16, 2022

Literature Circles are a way for students to assume a specific role in the study of something (usually a text).