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How to Teach a Child to Read: The Ultimate Guide

Phonics, Teaching 101, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunFebruary 28, 2018

Inside: Follow these five steps to teach a child to read. Helpful for parents, homeschoolers, and teachers that are teaching beginning readers. This post contains affiliate links.     I looked like a mother hen with my chick gathered around me. Sitting on the floor with my legs crossed, I stared into six eager pairs…

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reading comprehension that will have your kids obsessed, a framework of 3 questions #readingcomprehension #literacy #teachingreading

Reading Comprehension Practice that Will Have Your Kids Obsessed

Comprehension, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunNovember 9, 2017

How to make reading comprehension instruction engaging with ideas from the book Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst This post contains affiliate links.   The Problem With Reading Comprehension Questions The book was thick and heavy with a dark blue cover. The print was small and the pictures were…

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Teach poetry writing to kids in elementary schools with these four easy skills #poetry #literacy #teachingwriting #2ndgrade #3rdgrade

Get Outstanding Poetry from Kids With 4 Simple Skills

Genres, Teaching WritingBy Hannah BraunApril 4, 2017

Inside: Use poetic devices to teach poetry writing lessons that will get your elementary students writing poetry in no time. There’s a little-known secret about teaching poetry writing that will blow your mind. I’m sure you’ve got a few kids in your class that would rather drop their pencil on the floor forty times in…

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teach word or story problems using the 12 problem types, a helpful math schema for first, second, and third grade teachers to teach

How to Teach Difficult Word Problems Like a Boss

Teaching Math, Word ProblemsBy Hannah BraunMarch 11, 2017

“And that is how we solve a compare problem!” I say triumphantly as I step away from a white board filled with pictures and numbers. “Ok, go ahead and try the next one on your own.” Quiet, blank stares, tapping pencils. No one knows what to do. That’s when I realized that I was teaching…

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Use this free song and video to teach your students verbs

A Fun Song for Teaching Your Students Verbs

Grammar, Teaching WritingBy Hannah BraunOctober 2, 2016

  I’ve got a new parts of speech video to share with you today and this time it’s about verbs! I love to practice songs like this one and my noun song during those extra two to five minute chunks of time that pop up now and then.        Help your students remember…

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How to implement a vocabulary word wall in your classroom

Using Word Walls to Increase Student Vocabulary

Teaching Reading, VocabularyBy Hannah BraunSeptember 19, 20162 Comments

  One year I had a juggernaut of a word wall (how’s that for vocabulary?…haha!) Adding a word frequently involved standing on precariously stacked kid-sized furniture or trying to check if a word was straight from an awkward crouch with my head held sideways.  Each day when I read my students a picture book, I…

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Use this free song and video to teach students about nouns, great for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade!

A Fun Song to Teach Your Students Nouns

Grammar, Teaching WritingBy Hannah BraunSeptember 5, 20162 Comments

Kids love music and it’s so helpful for memorization! I’ve written before about using music for learning parts of speech here and here. I’ve had a few people say that they wish they could hear the songs instead of just seeing them on a chart. I’ve been getting my feet wet with video lately and…

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FREE Bossy R song and video is a fun way to practice r controlled vowel phonics patterns

Teach the Bossy R Pattern with this Fun Video

Phonics, Teaching ReadingBy Hannah BraunAugust 20, 20162 Comments

If I were ever on a game show and asked to name all 50 states in alphabetical order, I could absolutely do it. And it’s not because I have a savant-like memory, it’s because in 8th grade we learned a song that listed all states in ABC order. I might not remember much else from…

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Gorgeous Classroom Bulletin Board Ideas

Classroom Management, Classroom Set UpBy Hannah BraunAugust 4, 20164 Comments

There are lots of things you won’t learn about teaching during your time in college.  How to start up your literacy block at the beginning of the year and what you should be teaching in phonics are on the list. Making attractive bulletin boards is another one of these topics.  Back-to-School bulletin boards welcome your…

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Help Students Understand Addition With Regrouping Using Sticky Notes

Computation, Teaching MathBy Hannah BraunJune 1, 20167 Comments

  Make addition with regrouping simpler! If you have laid a solid foundation in place value, your students are probably ready to take on addition with regrouping.  Kids can quickly get lost in what number to carry and where to write it.  Fortunately, there’s a teaching aid hiding right in your desk drawer…the versatile sticky note!…

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