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With the Fourth Grade ready to do research on their Science Fair topics, and Third Graders researching famous Americans, we had The Discussion: “How do we make this safe for our students?” We have our own Library Search engines, and that … Continue reading →

  Name __________________________   I learn best when I am in __________ The more I do my work, __________ The Specials I do best in are _______________ The Special I have the most trouble with is _______________ Reading is easiest … Continue reading →

I have some boys who are pronouncing /th/ as /f/ at the ends of words: “bofe” for both, “wiff” for with, and so on. I went to www.onelook.com to get all common words ending in th (just put *th in the search … Continue reading →

The number one effective way to increase reading speed, in my opinion, is phrase-slashing. 1. Take a magazine you can mark in, find an article you would have read anyway, and 2. Put a slash mark at every phrase: I pledge … Continue reading →

Our Grade 3 kids are about to begin Logic Puzzles. Anita Harnadek’s Mind Benders are what I’ve used for decades, but here’s an alternative: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/brain/gr3/ These don’t have graphic organizers, but they’re pretty good maybe for the kids at that stage … Continue reading →

I just did a great game with Avery. Here’s how you play: Materials: 4 poker chips or similar (1 a different color), dictionary, calculator Setup: Put “100+10″ on the calculator, and then press “=”. From now on, every time the student … Continue reading →

What does a working memory difficulty look like through the grades? Working Memory Through The Grades Age Working memory is crucial for… Indicators that a working memory needs exercise Pre school Learning the alphabet Focusing on short instructions such as … Continue reading →

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/subtraction/snowballFightSub.swf This site lets you pelt snowballs, but only if you answer the subtraction question correctly! You can specify the difficulty of the problem (“Do all threes”, or “Do 7′s through 9′s”), then you begin. I like that it gives … Continue reading →

Megan showed me a set of Lisa Mattes’s “Reading Strategy Animals” I really liked. I had it made into a poster for her room and am sharing the PDF with you. Any time you can make an idea into a … Continue reading →

I’ve found a new website, done by a teacher, for reading comprehension. It’s Mr. Nussbaum! http://mrnussbaum.com/readingpassageindex/ It lets the kids read the graded passage, and see only one question at a time (so as not to be visually overloading), or … Continue reading →