Transform your lessons with ideas and resources that align with your curriculum and inspire a love of learning. The Literacy Garden prioritizes helping teachers foster positive learning environments and student engagement. With our creative and thoughtful approach to content creation your students will thrive academically and creatively.
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Transform your lessons with ideas and resources that align with your curriculum and inspire a love of learning. The Literacy Garden prioritizes helping teachers foster positive learning environments and student engagement. With our creative and thoughtful approach to content creation your students will thrive academically and creatively.
I recently had a heart-to-heart with a student struggling on his reading comprehension assessments. Despite his ability to decode words, his comprehension score was surprisingly low. ME: "Jake, I am curious how you came up with this answer. Can you tell me how you figured it out?" STUDENT: (shrugs shoulders) ME: "Well, did you try to remember the answer, or did you look back in the story for the answer?" STUDENT: "I tried to remember." Sound familiar? It can be hard to get students to look...
No Names No More! For years I have been frustrated by the chronic problem of students handing in work without their name or number on it. I would hold up the paper and ask "Who's is this?" It was such a time waster. Of course, no one recognized their work. Worse was when there were multiple no-name papers! Fast forward to this solution :) Some clothespins and a letter holder transformed this problem. CLICK Here to Learn How to Implement This Have You Tried Using Mentor Sentences to Improve...