authentic writing · early childhood · preschool

People, Places, and Things: Connecting Labels to Drawings in the Pre-K Classroom

Recently, I thought about what I could teach my particular group of pre-k students who are all getting to the point where they know most of their letters and sounds, and are up for a challenge. Knowing that they will be doing a lot of labeling next year in kindergarten, I thought, "Why not give it a try now?"

storytelling · wordless books

Using Wordless Picture Books to Support Storytelling

Who knew books with no words could help students learn to write? Today's post on #TWTBlog outlines methods that support storytelling with wordless picture books.