Category: phonetic spelling

Teacher Home Visits by June Kronholz

The visit to Almard Bishop’s home promised to be a difficult one for his teachers. Almard had been held back in kindergarten because of his behavior, and now that he was a 2nd grader at C. W. Harris Elementary in Washington, D.C., things were no better. Almard had stalked out or been put out of class so often that the teachers hadn’t been able to test his reading and math skill...

The essential role of scribbling in the imaginative and cognitive development of young children

This paper sets out to explore the thinking underpinning young children’s earliest drawings, often regarded as ‘scribbling.’ It questions whether the physical satisfaction of making marks is sufficient reward for this often repeated activity, or whether with each repetition children…

SuperReader Phonics Level 4 English Word Blend Sound am | Best Phonics Reading Program

SuperReader Phonics Level 4 English Word Blend Sound am | Best Phonics Reading Program by Arlene Kay

EdNext Podcast: Do Teachers Matter Most? by Education Next

The Spring 2016 issue of Education Next is devoted to commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Coleman Report, a landmark study of equality of educational opportunity in the U.S. led by sociologist James S. Coleman. The Coleman Report is often…