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Category Archives: Language Arts
Including All Students in General Education Classrooms
Inclusion of special needs children into classrooms of general education students seems to be a difficult area for many teachers. Throughout my career, I was involved in many conversations about how to accomplish this very worthwhile task while meeting everyone’s … Continue reading
Inclusion: Language at the Center
Language is the center of learning. In fact, it’s at the center of all we do. It’s how we express our needs, and work together. It’s not a strange idea that language should be the core of classroom life. Language … Continue reading
Inclusion: Try a Workshop Style Approach
Workshop style teaching involves presenting a lesson to the whole group, releasing students to practice the lesson skills presented, working individually with students and small groups during the work period in order to learn more about what the students can … Continue reading
Choice in Student Writing
When I was in high school taking a typing class (yes, I really am that old), my friends and I who were very good typists had a lot of free time during class. We started writing stories together. We’d type … Continue reading
May Day Flowers
https://thematicteacherblog.wordpress.com/file-cabinet/science-files/may-day-flowers/ Just in time for May First, Mother’s Day, and all those blooming flowers during the month of May—here comes May Day Flowers, a language arts thematic unit that will immerse your children in the history of European May Day … Continue reading
Colonial America Natural Resources–Magnetic and Flannel Board Materials
I love flannel and magnetic board materials. I’ve used them for LOTS of things. Here’s a set of Magnetic Flannel Board pieces of resources used by the early American colonists. Set them out for center play, group activities, and story telling. … Continue reading
Theodor Seuss Geisel
These easy to make and wear hats will liven up your celebrations of Theodor Geisel’s birthday on March 2. Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904-September 24, 1991) was born in Springfield, Massachusettes. He published 46 books for children during his … Continue reading
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