Here's a simple little classroom management trick that might help you keep your "cool" this week. When children are wound up, ...

Every day use a class puppet to introduce a vocabulary word that will be the password for the day. Use this chant to introduce the password:...

If you can DO it, then it's a verb!                                      Verbs, Verbs, Action Words  (Kiss Your Brain CD) Verbs, ver...

Purposeful practice for automaticity (aka repetition) is essential to skill mastery. The problem is when you drill children they get bored a...

Did you know that 3 words make up 10% of what we read? (I, and, the) Did you know that 13 words make up 25% of what we read? Did you know th...

Children can practice "building" words with some of these simple materials. These activities can also be adapted for sight words, ...

These center ideas will help children develop the concept that "letters make words."  They can be adapted for older students to re...