This book is a gem. My Very Favorite Book In The Whole Wide World is written by Super Bowl Champion and literacy advocate Malcolm...

I can't believe that the term is over... I was thrilled to see the children digging deeper, practicing their research skills. Being a...

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

Teaching trigraphs to Grade 2s.

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

"I don't have anything to write about", "I don't have a story" - sounds familiar? This seems to be a common roadblock between your...

Writing conferences happen when you converse with students; you listen to students talk about their writing. You look at students work...

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

During our Unit of Inquiry, students have enjoyed learning about what makes us unique as humans, what makes humans similar yet different...

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

We can see the presence of wonder in a Grade two classroom. Children thrive in an enviroment that supports their thirst for learning....

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

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...