4th

A Strategy for Spelling

Video

English

Not knowing how to spell a word tends to put the brakes on writing fluency and stamina building. In this video, Gail gives students an important strategy that will allow them to keep their writing flowing.

Use Text Features (Spanish)–Parent Pipeline

Parent Pipeline

Spanish Translation

The Parent Pipeline for the Comprehension strategy Use text features is available in Spanish.

Summarize Text; Include Sequence of Main Events (Spanish)–Parent Pipeline

Parent Pipeline

Spanish Translation

This parent resource will help our Spanish speaking families who want to support their child as they learn to summarize.

Pirate vs. Pirate By Mary Quattlebaum

Book Looks

English

September 19th was National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Did you miss it? Doesn't matter...it's never too late to share a good pirate tale.

Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics By John A. Van de Walle and LouAnn H. Lovin

Book Looks

English

We can’t count how many times we’ve pulled these off the shelf to help us work with individuals or small groups struggling with a skill or who came to us with missing pieces in their conceptual understanding.

Reviewing Good-Fit Books using Those Shoes

Lit Lesson

English

Teaching children to choose their own good-fit books is one of the greatest skills we can impart. Because we want the teaching to stick, we reinforce the lesson all year long.