Teaching

The Best Literacy Resources for Young Learners

There are so many fantastic literacy resources for young learners created by teachers/former teachers. Read on for my favorites, which are either free or inexpensive.

Word Attack Strategies

Readers always encounter words they don’t know while reading, but good readers use strategies to figure them out. Here are 4 strategies with examples for each.

American and British English

So you speak English? American English or British English? Here is a whole unit I’ve used to expose my American English-speaking students to British English.

Latin and Greek Word Roots

Why study Latin and Greek word roots? Because more than 60% of English words come from Latin and Greek and they’re a great link to Spanish and Italian, two languages I love.

My Literary History

I’ve always loved to read. In this post, I trace the beginning of my journey with books to all the way to what I’m reading now.