Part 1 features miniature 8 MONTHLY collections PLUS Literacy and
Sciencing poems, songs, and rhymes!
Poetry “I Can Read” Notebook Double Bonus
Part 1 features miniature 8 MONTHLY collections PLUS Literacy and
Sciencing poems, songs, and rhymes!
Poetry and Weather Connections
“Poetry is a rhythmical piece of writing that leaves the reader feeling that life is a little richer than before, a little more full of wonder, beauty, or just plain delight.” – Eileen Fisher The Earth Is Wet: Celebrate Every Season with Poetry The Earth Is Wet The earth is wet. The sky is gray. […]
February Poetry Notebook Freebie
February Poetry Notebook Freebie. Themes of Love and Friendship All Year Long
Enlarge the Print of Favorite Songs, Poems, and Rhymes
Give Each Child a Copy for Their “I Can Read” Poetry Notebooks
Students develop phonemic awareness, concepts of print, oral language, and reading
fluency as a part of memorizing familiar well-crafted poetic words!
K-1 News Stories: Writing Tips and FREE Resources
How News Stories Build Writing Independence, Motivation, and Stamina All Year Long News stories give students choice of writing topics. They find their voice and create stories about what is most important in their lives. There are few things more satisfying for a young writer than creating something that reflects their feelings and experiences. What […]
Kindergartners LOVE to Cook! (Guest Blog)
The first fully illustrated kids’ cookbook—over 150,000 copies sold Cooking with children—at home or in the classroom—is a messy, awkward, time-consuming venture…and worth EVERY minute of it! Hi! My name is Cindy Ulshafer. I was flattered when Nellie asked me to be a guest blogger. We work together in her office and swap stories […]
Poetry in the Lives of Children
Sunflower Children in September: Combining Experiences in Poetry, Art and Connections to Nature. Children explore the school grounds, gather leaves, and look for signs of the season. Returning to the classroom, they are immersed in literature, poems, and songs about leaves.
How to Organize Poetry (“I Can Read”) Notebooks
Favorite songs, poems, rhymes, chants and story excerpts are first learned orally. Children will both memorize and read the words from language charts, pocket charts or big books.
Using “I Can Read” Anthology Notebooks in the Classroom
Nothing supports a child as a successful reader, writer and speaker more than a rich storehouse of memorized language. It is this familiarity with the English language that allows the child’s decoding to be error free and their reading to be fluent.
