be ___because I didn't take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience ___for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work ___out at a kindergarten.Now I've go...
Center time has just started in Miss Shipley’s Kindergarten classroom. The environment is bright, engaging, and buzzing with curiosity and “play”. Children are choosing what dress-up clothes to put on, building towers as high as they can, and listening to stories that build on the curricul...
Paris and Hoffman (2004), in a review of the different types of reading assessments teachers use from kindergarten through third grade, found that they ranged across observations, anecdotal evidence, informal inventories, and work samples as the main source of evidence for students' reading achieve...
I met Miss Clark about 45 years ago when she was my sister’s kindergarten teacher. I remember looking into her classroom wishing I was her student. My parents told me I could start school when I was 4. However, when I turned 4 in the spring, I couldn’t understand why I had to ...
“This book is intended to be a ‘one-stop shop’ for teachers in need of a plan, rationale, and materials to differentiate literacy instruction for all students in prekindergarten through 5th grade.” Tyner presents plans that address the six developmental stages of reading and writing: Emergen...
Advice from a Kindergarten Teacher November 14, 2014 byJim Thomas Over the last month my wife and I have been talking about board members. Please understand, this is not about the board members that I have in our church. I could not ask for a more helpful, supportive group of people. ...
The author ready to walk to kindergarten ca. 1966 Better site design would not have changed the world in one construction project, but de-emphasizing driving (even making it somewhat less convenient!) would have made encouraging walking easier (Hey school district – how about a Safe Routes to...
I met Miss Clark about 45 years ago when she was my sister’s kindergarten teacher. I remember looking into her classroom wishing I was her student. My parents told me I could start school when I was 4. However, when I turned 4 in the spring, I couldn’t understand why I had to ...