After several decades of teaching first grade, I became a Reading Recovery teacher. Best. Training. Ever!!!! And, oh so, humbling. It...

While going through my files, organizing for the end of the year, ... ... I came upon the following poem.  At the end of my trainin...

It's almost turkey time , teachers!  In response to requests by some of my wonderful followers, I have created an emergent read...

In the course of your word work, teachers, it’s now time to introduce flexibility for spelling patterns that change sounds.  To this end,...

Who-oo-oo knows what time it is?  Yes, it's time , teachers, to move onto the next step in how words work. Th...

It’s about time, teachers, …  to begin working on  rimes .   At the white board, construct 3 known words that have the same ...