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Learning to compare and contrast different ideas deepens students’ understanding of what they read. How should you begin? Have students think of a question that compares and contrasts concepts, cha...
Continue reading: Analyzing Relationships: Learning to Compare and ContrastOne of the most important things for an emergent reader to learn is to check that what they read makes sense, looks right, and sounds right. This is called self-monitoring. Often the teacher does t...
Continue reading: Early Emergent Readers: Learning to Self-Monitorliteracy footprints teaching tips
In my last post, I shared a video of educator, Amy Ferris, sharing about the data-driven teaching methods she is implementing at her kindergarten-only school in Richmond, Kentucky. My next data sto...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Collecting and Using Data to Inform Teaching, Part Two!Many years ago, I was sitting in the Columbus, Ohio, airport after presenting at the National Reading Recovery conference. I eavesdropped on a conversation across the aisle, and that’s how I met Ma...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Collecting and Using Data to Inform TeachingTeaching students how to locate cause and effect in the text can help them learn how to analyze relationships between people, events, and ideas. To begin, introduce cause and effect to students usi...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Cause and Effect in the ClassroomBeginning readers need to learn to check one kind of information with another; this is called cross-checking. Students might check meaning (via the picture) with visual information (via the first l...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Learning to Cross-Checkbookbuilder new at pioneer valley books
[This post is a guest post from our Marketing Coordinator, Rachel. Rachel handles lots of the marketing and social media business for Pioneer Valley Books. Today she’s sharing some awesome updates ...
Continue reading: Need More Books?fan mail new at pioneer valley books
We love getting fan mail from young readers here at Pioneer Valley Books! Students write letters to all our characters, but Bella and Rosie are definitely fan favorites around here! I especially lo...
Continue reading: Fan Mail of the Month: Thanks, Eliza!bookbuilder new at pioneer valley books
It’s September, which in our world only means one thing: back to school! Our BookBuilder™ Online tool is such a great resource for getting kids excited to be back in school. BookBuilder™ Online is ...
Continue reading: Get back into the school spirit with BookBuilder Online!bookbuilder new at pioneer valley books uncategorized
Every month, we create two free, printable books and make them downloadable via our BookBuilder Online. For August, we’ve got two awesome new stories for you! Because August means back to school se...
Continue reading: Our August BookBuilders!