Welcome to reading2success designed to support parents, child care providers and teachers in coaching children to reading success. Best practices for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary school students will be discussed, reviewed and demonstrated. Although, we are known for reading, we have also included sections on writing and math!
Hula Hoops are easy to find, easy to use and adaptable for different grades and concepts. Venn diagrams are both a tool for teaching similarities and differences and as an assessment demonstrating kids' understanding of concepts by their placement of cards, stickers drawings and/or objects
Match - lesson purpose must match learning expectations
Have your kids add different combinations of numbers to total a definite number (depending on age). In the example shown kids were working on combinations that equal 20.
As an educator and parent this is an unsettling time for all of us, especially four our kids! This is our new normal for now! Keep a Routine Keeping a routine helps kids to find normalcy in the unknown. Getting dressed each morning,eating breakfast and having a place to learn provides a structure kids are familiar with.
Easy to Implement Reading -Phonics Lesson and Assessment
A common noun does not refer to a specific person, thing or place: girl, dog or amusement park. A proper noun does refer to a specific person, thing, or place: Mandy, Rascal and Disney World. Included are examples and activities for kids to complete.
Common Noun Examples
Proper Noun Examples
Type of Noun Identification
Free Downloadable Packet includes posters, practices pages and power point
March is the 3rd month of the year. This post features learning activities for the days of March. We begin with Idioms - In like a lion...out like a lamb and move on to Dr. Seuss and Green Eggs and Ham. Next, we work with words that when rearranged make other words. If that's not enough we also practice homonyms, consonant digraphs, Bossy R, counting gold coins and ending with a pot of gold bulletin board! Let's get started!
It is often said that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. This is called an idiom. It is not a literal phrase. The lion and lamb are symbols for the type of weather that occurs during March. Since the first part of March is still winter, the weather is harsh, unpleasant, stormy, cold and severe like a lion. The last part of March is spring, the weather is calm, pleasant and warm like a lamb.
March 2 is one of our favorite days - Dr. Seuss Day! On this day, we write Dr. Seuss Day on chart paper. Then we brainstorm a list of words that we can spell using only the 10 letters that are in - Dr. Seuss Day - On this list we wrote 43 words. Can you think of more words? We also made character puppets from his different stories
Green Eggs and Ham is a favorite book. After reading the story together brainstorm a class story and have children copy it or write their own telling where they will eat green eggs and ham.
This is fun! March is a word that when its letters are rearranged makes another word - charm. This type of word is called an anagram. Have students draw a line to match each anagram pair. The first pair is mug and gum. Answers follow.
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The word March is also a Homonym. It is a word that has two meanings. March refers to the third month of the year and march refers to a way off moving as in a band. This page shows three more homonyms - bark and bark, fan and fan, jam and jam.
Homonyms Practice Page
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The word March has a Bossy R. When the letter r follows the vowel a, they join together to make a new sound, the bossy r sound /ar/. Have students read the bossy r words below.
Bossy R practice page Circle bossy r words
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Consonant Digraph ch
Consonants c and h are blended together to make one new sound.
Indefinite Pronouns refer to general, non-specific people, things and places. They include the pronouns: someone, somebody, something, somewhere and many others. Definite Pronouns refer to specific people, things and places. They include the pronouns: I, he, she, it this, that and others.
Definite Pronouns Refer to Specific People, Things and Places
Examples of Indefinite Pronouns
Examples of Definite Pronouns
Indefinite or Definite Pronouns?
Write the correct type of pronoun, indefinite or definite, on each line.
Have children read this cute story. The Last Night, was inspired by the books Nocturnal Animals and The Hat. After reading The Last Night, have children complete the comprehension questions.
Have children read along with the video story
Comprehension Questions
After children read the story have them answer the comprehension questions. If needed, have children rewind the video to help find the answers
