Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world. Family literary connections: Whether you are using a book at home,Continue reading “Literary Foundations: Winter’s Journals, Diaries, Letters”
Category Archives: Literary Foundations
Literary Foundations: Lists
Literary Foundations: Mysteries
Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world.
Literary Foundations: Thanksgiving Day Fun!
Veteran’s Day: Interviews
Additional Resources for extended learning: Arlington National CemeteryMore than 260,000 people are buried at Arlington Cemetery. Veterans from all the nation’s wars are buried in the cemetery, from the American Revolution through the Persian Gulf War and Somalia. Pre-Civil War dead were reinterred after 1900. American War DeadThe American Battle Monument Commission maintains this listContinue reading “Veteran’s Day: Interviews”
Literary Foundations: Reading Fluency
When it comes to helping children learn to read, experts say the role of audiobooks is twofold: to help children with the process of identifying words by modeling fluent reading and expanding their vocabulary, as well as helping motivate new or struggling readers by giving them a taste of how fun reading can be.
Literary Foundations: Seasonal Terms
Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world.
Literary Foundations: Weather Reports
Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy skills in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world.
Literary Foundations: Independent Fall Readers
Literary Foundations: Story Elements
Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world.