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PTA Parent Guide for Success - Second Grade
The national Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) has developed guides to help parents support their students. The PTA's guides include describing what...
PTA Parent Guide for Success - First Grade
The national Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) has developed guides to help parents support their students. The PTA's guides include describing what...
PTA Parent Guide for Success - Kindergarten
The national Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) has developed guides to help parents support their students. The PTA's guides include describing what...
A Quick Dip into Vocabulary and Comprehension
Join the IDOE Literacy Center for an overview of vocabulary and comprehension in alignment to the five components of effective reading instruction...
Semantris
Are you looking for a game-based platform that makes vocabulary building and synonym learning fun? Semantris, a Google Experiment, may be perfect for...
Interactive Media Bias Chart
This Interactive Media Bias Chart® is a data visualization that displays measures of news (and “news-like”) articles and sources generated by...
Teaching Poetry
Are you an educator preparing to teach poetry to your learners? Students love poetry! April has been deemed National Poetry Month, but you can truly...
Building Vocabulary & Comprehension Through Content Areas: Elementary
Vocabulary is the bridge to comprehension. Poor vocabulary knowledge directly correlates to reading comprehension + educational achievement. We will...
Building Vocabulary & Comprehension Through Content Areas: Lower Elementary
Vocabulary is the bridge to comprehension. Poor vocabulary knowledge directly correlates to reading comprehension + educational achievement. We will...
Play-based Phonological Awareness for Preschoolers
This presentation by Anne Gritt reviews phonological awareness skills that are appropriate for preschoolers, as well as the benefits of incorporating...
Writable: Get an AI Prompt Suggestion, Powered by OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT
Use the power of artificial intelligence to build writing prompts in Writable. Powered by OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT, simply add in keywords or...
Support Young Readers Before They Decode
#INLoves Reading Through Purposeful Play - Support Young Readers Before They Decode Through Playful and Word Rich Interactions with Texts Teachers...
Google Sheets Timeline Creator Blog from Eric Curts
This blog post includes everything you need to get started using Google Sheets Timeline Creator
20 Ways to Use Wakelet in Your Class
Learn about Wakelet and 20 ways to use it in your classroom.
Family Reading Reset
A blog post that provides six strategies for families to "reset" students' interest in and joy of reading.
How Telling Stories Helps Kids Learn
From PBS Kids Parents, discover how telling stories support student learning.
World Read Aloud Day Book Picks 2023
In celebration of World Read Aloud Day this year, Scholastic has highlighted 30 books that make us feel excited and inspired to celebrate reading...
Build A Story
This build-a-story challenge by LitWorld is a great reading and writing activity to celebrate World Read Aloud Day or another day in class. Have...
Storyline Online
If you are an elementary school teacher looking for straightforward ways to integrate story exploration into your classroom, Storyline Online is a...
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