Listening To Books

Remember this face??? Can you hear the voice in your head???
Good for you!!
Now for the really good news —- This is Katherine Kinney (yes, I know, you’ll always think of her as Mimi) and she’s created a wonderful website for children.  MrsP.com
Students can listen to stories, watch videos, and play interactive literacy games.  This is [...]

Good Fit Books

This is not the time of year that most of you are teaching the “good fit books” lesson —- but it may be the time of year for a quick little review with your kiddos.
The Sisters gave us that terrific demo lesson with the shoes that so many of you love doing with the students [...]

Poetry Month: Prompts

One fun teaching blog, Bud the Teacher, has found a great way to get all of us involved in celebrating National Poetry Month. He’s inviting readers to write some poems and publish them on blogs, his site, etc. If you’re like I am, this is is easier said than done.  Apparently, Bud thought so too.  [...]

Trivia for Kiddie Lit

I’m not a huge fan of trivia questions as a part of reading instruction or assessment — but as part of fun —- count me in.  Trivia can be a huge source of fun and a way of playing games and working cooperatively on a subject.  It can also be a way of documenting surface [...]