1st Grade Read Alouds
The summer before my son started first grade, I hatched a plan. I scoured book lists and my local library to come up with a list of read alouds that would help my son be able to listen to chapter books read aloud.
Category: reading
More Challenging Literature Choices for a Younger Reader
Reading came easy to my oldest child. In an effort to seek to challenge my young reader, I researched classic books that would be appropriate for a younger reader.
Literature with Doctor Who
I designed this literature study for my 6th and 8th grade boys who love Doctor Who. Because my son wanted to do some kind of Doctor Who focused study, I looked around at what was available and considered our current needs. There is a study that focuses on the historical…
Picture Books as Reading Books: 3rd-5th Grade Level
As I was considering which chapter books would work best as readers for my daughter this school year, I decided to go a different direction. There are so many great picture books that are designed to be read aloud by an adult that would work just as well. I went…
Reading and the Visual Spatial Learner
The journey into reading has been a bit unusual for my visual-spatial learners and I’ve learned some lessons along the way. I don’t know if there is a “typical” visual-spatial learner, but Linda Silverman sums it up quite well with this: “The visual spatial learner thrives on complexity,…
Reading Books for 2nd and 3rd Grade
I’ve compiled a list of readers at the 2nd and 3rd grade level. I’m listing them in the order I plan to have my child read the books aloud. I looked up the grade level and the lexile level on the books by using the Scholastic Book Wizard. I wasn’t…
Free Dick and Jane Reading Books
In the process of teaching reading, I’ve stumbled around once my child completed a set of early phonics readers. I’ve tried several things and wasn’t happy with many phonics-based readers and other readers tended to rely mostly on sight words. So many phonics-based readers were incredibly boring and my…
Reading Aloud to a Visual Spatial Learner – Improving Listening Skills
As a parent I had envisioned times where my son and I could cuddle together and enjoy books. From the time my son was small, he would run around and play and interact with other things around him as I attempted to read aloud. Some kids have the ability to…
Teaching a Kid How to Read
Now that I’m teaching reading for the third time I think I’m getting the hang of it. Way back in my early years in college I took a class on how to teach kids how to read. I’m not sure why I took it since I had no interest in…
Alphabet World – Combining Early Reading Skills with Play
My daughter and I have had a bit of fun playing Alphabet World. Basically I get out our Melissa & Doug Upper & Lower Case Alphabet Puzzle along with my daughter’s stash of mini-figures. She loves her little figures and has been known to play with them for hours. My goal…
