I’m ambivalent about kindergarten graduation. But then, I’m not much of a party person. The other kindergarten teachers laughed when I told them that my idea of a class party was to have… more →
Teaching Kindergartenuvarichmondreading wrote 1 month ago: How many times have we heard, “just give it some time, he/she will catch up”; or “ … more →
Claire wrote 2 months ago: written Oct 14: Well…. phew! It feels like it’s been forever since we started City Year, … more →
John Young wrote 4 months ago: This is DIBELS. … more →
John Young wrote 4 months ago: The Christina School District has suffered for several years with poor DSTP testing results. We have … more →
teach5 wrote 4 months ago: I’m ambivalent about kindergarten graduation. But then, I’m not much of a party person. … more →
teach5 wrote 5 months ago: We finished doing the end of year DIBELS benchmark tests this week. All 25 kids benchmarked for the … more →
oswood wrote 5 months ago: Fluency has yet to enter the spotlight in reference to good reading instruction. However, we expect … more →
teach5 wrote 10 months ago: Let’s see, on Monday, one of the first things I heard after almost 5 weeks out, “Mr B.! … more →
jadmini wrote 10 months ago: DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards. … more →
teach5 wrote 12 months ago: These are my DIBELS scores from the 4th day of school. Look pretty good don’t they. The bigg … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: Every teacher just loves a good sub. It was SO good to be there Thursday testing the kids and watch … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: I read this this evening and it really was kind of a drag. How does THAT happen? Do what I say … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: I mentioned that the testing window at our school for the first benchmark test for Dibels is during … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: I ended my last post with, “Poor child, he thinks he’s going to get to play in my class … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: These three days before school starts are filled with meetings and a mad rush to get the rooms and e … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: OK, now I’m getting excited. Yesterday I went by my new school and got my room assignment. I w … more →
sarabangert wrote 1 year ago: The testing window for the DIBELS Beginning of the Year Benchmark Assessments is August 4th – … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: I am really proud of my class this year. I don’t know if it is because I just have one of thos … more →
teach5 wrote 1 year ago: I have some very high kids in my kindergarten class this year. While we have done a LOT of language … more →