inferring

candy experiments: playing with color

November 6, 2011

It’s been a busy few weeks for us, between school, sports, Blogalicious, Halloween, and my parents coming down to spend time with the kids while I attended the NAEYC conference this past week. But when I returned Saturday night to a clean house and happy kids (Nanny and Pap ROCK!), we had all day Sunday [...]

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super-important inferring during read-alouds

October 7, 2010

Read-alouds are the perfect time to sneak in a little bit of learning, whether you’re talking simple reading comprehension strategies, concepts of print, or word recognition. Tonight, we rocked our nighttime read-aloud with a few more thought-provoking and difficult strategies than normal. We practiced inferring and drawing conclusions in only ten minutes.For the last week, [...]

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reading, learning, and dogs, dogs, dogs

May 25, 2010

Ever since Brady boy entered our lives, things have been hectic, nuttier than ever, and dog-crazy. While Maddy, Owen, and Cora have always been interested in animals, Brady takes the cake as far as pets are concerned. So at this point, my kids are willing and eager to read, play, talk, learn–do anything–related to d-o-g-s. [...]

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a scared and lonely bear: predicting

January 7, 2010

Predicting is one of the easiest comprehension strategies to use with emerging readers, and like many of these important components of early literacy, predicting can be taught even before children can read on their own. Today, while Owen, Cora, and I took a break from watching our electrician make sense of some aging and finicky [...]

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every picture tells a story

April 19, 2009

The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart and illustrations by David Small, is honestly one of the most beautiful children’s books I have ever read. The story takes place during the Depression and is told through letters that Lydia Grace writes to her Grandmother and parents after she leaves them to spend a year working with her [...]

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