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 “Inking Thoughts: Winter’s Journals, Diaries, Letters”
Category Archives: Literary Foundations
Literary Foundations: Snowman Story Building
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Literary Foundations: Christmas Comic Strip
Literary Foundations: December Writing Prompts
Literary Foundations: Lists
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Reading Investigations: Independent Fall Readers
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: 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.