The Teacher's Pet Place

A snow and ice storm came through my neighborhood, here in the Midwest. That means school is closed. Many kids may be watching television...

By the fourth grade, and each grade thereafter, reading instruction time is reduced. Students are now reading to learn. Class instruction ti...

Students who are engaged in what they’re reading are involved in the stories, or informational material, they are reading. Fluent readers...

Reading and writing are intertwined in learning to read. Research shows us children who write about what they’ve read and experienced be...

Learning takes place when learners attach what they know, to what they’re learning. In order for children to read about ideas or a particul...

Parents of exceptional students attend several teachers’ conferences a year. During these meetings parents and teachers discuss the strengt...

: Read, Have Fun and Learn Children learn to read from stories, that is, “narrative” texts”. Today, public school reading programs are ...