Category Archives: Reading Skills
Affixes iPad Palooza!
Today, JG and the Boys (Ryan Stein, Jim Covais, Julie Goode, and myself) took the show on the road to the 3rd graders at Highland Springs Elementary! Our focus was on affixes: prefixes, root words and suffixes. We kicked off the lesson by rocking out to Flocabulary‘s Prefix Rap. After a quick review of prefixes, suffixes, and root […] Continue reading
Great Expectations Selfies!
At the request of an awesome teacher, Mrs. Dickey, I took the opportunity to teach two 9th Grade English classes at Deep Run High School. Yes, HIGH School. I had to put aside some of my “Elementary Teachiness.” I definitely didn’t put away the fun in the classroom, but the “Clap once if you can […] Continue reading
Enhance Your Vocabulary Instruction
The main topic at our Friday Staff Development K-12 ITRT meeting was on vocabulary instruction. We focused on Marzano’s Six Steps to Vocabulary Instruction. After lunch, we had the entire afternoon to build and come up with some new strategies and ideas that teachers could use in their classroom. The elementary ITRTs threw togehter this […] Continue reading
