What is Early Literacy? In my many years of being an early childhood and adult educator, I have believed that early literacy is a social...

In our reading workshop, we are applying our metacognition skills. Metacognition is thinking about one’s thinking. It is the foundation...

Readers make connections while they interact with the text that they read.

Here are some of my favourite books that can be used for Reader's Workshop, ideally in Grade 3: How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell...

Here are some of the books we read this week - books that support reader's and writer's workshop lessons. We had fun studying how authors...

A simple question “What do you notice?” allows young writers to see how sentences are being used to create meaning. The children are...

"I Am Every Good Thing" has a powerful positive message for all young readers. It encourages children to celebrate their uniqueness. I...

This book gives a strong message to the younger readers who feel that they are not good enough and they need affirmations from others to...

During Reader's Workshop sessions, children used thinking-stem statements ("I am thinking... I am noticing... I am wondering... I am...

The words and illustrations in 'Power of One' beautifully convey the important message of being kind to one another. We have to teach...

What is a small moment? A small moment is taking an event, "zooming in" on a specific thing that happened in that event and writing about...

How do you identify yourself? How do you see yourself? The Grade 2s have enjoyed exploring the concept of identity. They read a variety...

Grade 2 students are learning to be a purple person. A purple person is someone that asks question, stands up for what’s right and most...

We read various books and realised that while our worlds may look different, we are also very much the same. We also discussed our...

The new academic year has started! In the new normal thanks to Covid, the class set-up has changed drastically. But what doesn't change...