by Mary Kate Bolinder | Oct 31, 2023 | Grammar, Literacy
Teaching is like a roller coaster. Some days you’re up, some days you’re down. But when it comes to teaching figurative language like similes and metaphors, there’s no need to spiral out! When you use these ideas to teach similes and metaphors in...
by Mary Kate Bolinder | Oct 17, 2023 | 2nd Grade, Grammar, Literacy
Have you found yourself in a homophones teaching funk? Are your students just not understanding this important grammar skill? If so, keep reading this post set up as a “homophone how to for 2nd grade”, to learn tips, tricks and strategies to launch you and...
by Mary Kate Bolinder | Oct 10, 2023 | Grammar, Literacy, Writing & Language
Enhance Literacy with Embedded Grammar Lessons Research on the Science of Reading (SOR) dating back to the 1970s shows that teaching grammar as isolated rules doesn’t effectively transfer to writing and speaking. What works better is embedding grammar within the...
by Mary Kate Bolinder | Oct 3, 2023 | 1st Grade ELA Skills, Grammar
By now, your learners have mastered the basic parts of a sentence. As their writing skills continue to grow, they will need to know how to write stories, and reports that tell what happened in the past, present, or future. Let’s dive into verb tenses! Enhance...
by Mary Kate Bolinder | Aug 22, 2023 | 1st Grade, 1st Grade ELA Skills, Grammar
Enhance Literacy with Embedded Grammar Lessons Research on the Science of Reading (SOR) dating back to the 1970s shows that teaching grammar as isolated rules doesn’t effectively transfer to writing and speaking. What works better is embedding grammar within the...
