Do you teach annotation? This week's post from Andrea and ireneteacher (she/her) offers two classroom-tested approaches to teaching students how to annotate in a natural, non-prescriptive way. cultofpedagogy.com/art-of-annotat…

MORPHOLOGY MONDAY! Mother’s Day is next Sunday (May 12) in the US, Canada, & elsewhere. Here’s a word root resource to help deepen students’ understanding of the word root MATER = MOTHER and related vocabulary. Enjoy.

Poetry for Fluency! Thanks @poetry4kids

Word Ladder Wednesday! For Mother's Day - Mother > Love

Huge LitCon news! Brilliant author, researcher & educator Dr. Tim Rasinski will present the LitCon '25 keynote! Stay tuned for more exciting speaker announcements coming soon: literacyconference.org/keynote-speake… Tim Rasinski #K8LitCon

MORPHOLOGY MONDAY! May is “National Inventors Month”. Thus, this week's word root focus is VEN/VENT = COME.

FLUENCY FRIDAY! Friday May 17 is National Pizza Party Day (see Wednesday’s Word Ladder). Here's a yummy pizza poem by the great Jack Prelutsky for students to rehearse and perform to celebrate National Pizza Party Day (and build reading fluency at the same time)!

Scaffolding VS Differentiation...how do you tell the difference? sbee.link/e8pufhxavw via Caffeine Queen Teacher #educoach #teaching

WORD LADDER WEDNESDAY! Monday 5.27 is Memorial Day in the US! Here is a special Word Ladder to help commemorate this important date. Canadian, UK, & Australian colleagues, please save this one for Remembrance Day, 11.11.24 ! "ALWAYS REMEMBER!"

Fluency Friday -- For Memorial Day - A poem by poet laureate David L. Harrison. "Thank You"

Repeated readings work! Vocabulary and Fluency - and Fun!

Hope you can join - that’s 10 am Eastern time in the US

And this poem is for bldg fluency! Thanks Kenn.

Booo! 😊. Thanks Ken! (Perfect for fluency development )

Can't wait to explore morphology and the Art & Science of Reading with #k8litcon keynote speaker Tim Rasinski! Register now to save $100 with early bird rates: literacyconference.org/registration/

MORPHOLOGY MONDAY! October 24 is United Nations Day! Thus, this week’s Morphology/Word Root Resource focuses on the word roots NAT/NATUR = BORN/BIRTH. Morphology/Word Root instruction is an effective way to build vocabulary and improve comprehension. HAPPY UNITED NATIONS DAY!

Don’t miss this one!!!!

Learning starts with foundational concepts & skills. With intentional experiences, it can move to deep learning, where students connect concepts & skills. Learning can then reach the transfer level, where students apply skills independently in new situations. #CorwinTalks