Literacy Posts

25 Resources And Ideas To Help Students Read More…

TeachThought StaffMar 27, 2023

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

If You Only Teach Students One Thing About Writing

Terrell HeickFeb 15, 2023

Pre-writing can include clarifying audience and purpose to researching and outlining, making it crucial to the quality of the writing.

Sight Word Literacy Activities And Assessments For Elementary Students

contributed by Samantha Saumell As teachers, we may have moments where we stand in front of our bright-eyed students, and […]

How To Create An Effective Classroom Library

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

What’s The Writing Process?

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

Terrell HeickOct 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?

Terrell HeickOct 16, 2022

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

One Way To Teach The Writing Process

By demystifying the writing process through modeling, teachers demonstrate what writing looks like in all of its unedited, imperfect glory.