Giving Our Students Strategies to Expand their Vocabulary
Photo by Ena Marinkovic from Pexels Whether it is in a book that we read, news that we hear, a label that we read, or in a conversation with another, each one of us encounters words in our world that we are not familiar with....
Five Winter Read-Alouds for the Elementary Classroom
Photo by Mael BALLAND on Unsplash Winter is the perfect time to find a cozy book and snuggle down to read. In a classroom where literacy is of great importance, students always enjoy a good read from the teacher. These five books...
Image by Johnny McClung on Unsplash Studies done on children are showing a huge difference in vocabulary—a gap of up to 15 million words by the age of five. The studies have shown that even by two years old, the vocabulary gap is...
When we think of commandments in the Bible, these come to mind: “Be ye kind one to another,” “Love your neighbor as yourself,” and the “Ten Commandments.” But how about the phrases or sentences beginning with, “Consider”?...
They Read It, But Did They Get It? (Kendra Martin)
Most of us have been reading for all of our remembered life, and reading comprehension comes as naturally as driving a vehicle. Because we do not remember the process of learning it, it is sometimes difficult for us to break the...
