Literacy

How do you teach sight words?  Can you still teach sight words? What are your favorite ways to teach sight words?   These are questions I get asked a lot and…

If you’ve been around TKS for a while, you know that Mr. Greg loves keeping things simple. I also understand the importance and necessity of low-prep, reusable, year-long ideas. Especially…

We recently asked our  Facebook teacher friends to share their favorite read-alouds for the end of the year.  We got a terrific response with tons of great ideas for read-alouds…

This year, I promised my students and their families during virtual learning: when we return to in-person learning, I would give the class THE BEST KINDERGARTEN YEAR EVER! And that…

We love going on an ocean adventure in our classroom and it’s always a blast!  We research, write, and label different ocean animals.  The engagement and excitement about each animal…

I learned to teach reading using the science of reading so that’s what I’ve always known and used.  Of course, we’ve had district mandates that we’ve had to use as…

Raise your hand if you love unicorns! I mean, who doesn’t?! They’re fun and happy and make everything better. I love using unicorns in the classroom because the kids love…

This week we kick off the final quarter of the school year. What!? Where has the year gone?! It seems like the year has flown by but it’s definitely been…

Spring time means it’s time for learning about plants and living and non-living things.  And that means we’re using our Plants Research Project! The ‘staches will be using our Plants research…

Who doesn’t love dinosaurs?  When I was a little boy I was obsessed with dinosaurs.  And trust me…my students are no different.  The excitement around our dinosaur unit is almost…