Cross Posted from innovatingplay.world Written By Christine Pinto and Jessica Twomey If you are coming across this post, the information for our Number Story study is now available in our Innovating Play book! Chapter 6 includes a detailed lesson plan of the pacing for the duration of the study, supplemental resources, and of course Continue Reading â
As we nurture emergent readers and writers we take time explore the craft of the author and illustrator, and the role of each in telling a story. During this three week Character Study, children had the opportunity to connect deeply with a variety of characters. We focused on making meaningful Continue Reading â
Cross Posted from innovatingplay.world Written By Christine Pinto and Jessica Twomey We used books by Jan Brett to build connections to literature and her craft as an author and illustrator. In this Extended Reading experience, children were given the opportunities to make connections to the author and define their own craft. Jan Brett’s Continue Reading â
Thinking maps are helpful when organizing and elaborating ideas. In my classroom I like to put our alphabet thinking maps along the perimeter of the room, but all the other ones go into ONE Google Slides presentation. (Well, technically I took pictures of the alphabet thinking maps and put them Continue Reading â
It amazes me how my kindergartners were learning to identify letters and sounds at the beginning of the school year, and now they are learning about words with specific phonics patterns. When learning a new phonics pattern the kids will read a book with the pattern, participate in a whole class brainstorm Continue Reading â