K-6 Literacy Resources for Teachers & Parents
Who wants to teach dry or boring phonics lessons? No one, that’s who. That’s why short Halloween poems written especially for kids help make teaching phonics skills easier, more targeted, and definitely a whole lot more fun. Halloween poems are perfect for teaching literacy mini-lessons in October It would be a shame not to include …
It’s October, so get ready for Halloween It’s officially October and the countdown to Halloween! I’ve always loved the creepy vibe of the autumn season, so I was mighty disappointed when our school opted out of the school-wide Halloween costume parade and classroom parties, in favor of a more PC autumn festival. Fortunately, there are …
Here’s a poem I specifically wrote for teaching the rather small, but still important word family of -ould (should, would, could). Kids often misspell these words so they should be taught together…see what I did there? I like to think this also makes a good poem for teaching about logical consequences of behavior choices too …
I’ve been learning all about dinosaurs over the past several months, and I wouldn’t say I’ve become a master of the Mesozoic, but I have learned some pretty cool things. It’s probably too late for me to become a Paleontologist, but I really enjoyed writing these rhyming dinosaur poems. Of course, when writing for grades …
What is personification? Personification gives human qualities or characteristics to non-human animals, objects, or concepts. (As a clue, personification has the word person in the name.) We personify a non-human object when we humanize it through words we typically use to describe humans and human behavior. What are some personification examples? Here a (non-human) lighthouse …