Classroom Reading Tents
Classroom reading tents are commonly used in classroom reading nooks and reading corners. These tents need to be large enough to provide comfortable and inviting spaces for students to do…
Reading Bulletin Boards
It is easy to make reading bulletin boards for your classroom. To make a bulletin board that promotes a love for reading, it can feature a famous quote about reading,…
Books About Words – to Increase Vocabulary
It is so important for students to be exposed to a wide range of words so that they can master expressing themselves both orally and through writing. Sometimes, it is…
Using a Reading Tree to Encourage Reading and Book Reports
I hope that this post can interest you in Using a Reading Tree to Encourage Reading and Book Reports. Our library has started a reading tree to get the kids excited…
4 Easy Phonics Activities and Crafts
I think that the best thing about having to teach first grade this year is that I get to do more phonics activities and crafts with these younger students. I…
Comparing Movies to Books – Free Worksheets
Movies can be more than entertainment. In the classroom, they can be integrated into book study lessons which would encourage the reluctant readers to become actively engaged in fact finding…
Tips for Using the Kindle in the Classroom
I have been toying with a new idea for my class - using Kindles to promote literacy. I've seen my fellow teacher bloggers in the US do it successfully with…
Free Downloadable Kindle ebooks for Kids
It fascinates me to see how quickly children understand how to use anything with screens and buttons (especially the ones without buttons). If your kids are just getting into it like mine, let…
My Classroom Library Journey
Hi everyone! As you know, I'm an islander (and it's great to be living in paradise) but that means that I have a very limited access to classroom resources. For…
Using a Word Wheel for Phonics!
What is a phonics Word Wheel? It's simply two rotating cards that allow the reader to cover and hide parts of a word and to share these word parts with…