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Why is there so much hype about Science of Reading recently? Is Amplify the marketing arm of SoR?Science of Reading has been there for at least 40 years if not a hundred years as can be seen from extracts from the websites below.Why would some of these so-called top educators promote Science of Reading? Some of the salient points from my extracts below are: i.                     More than 100 years ago, educational psychologist Edmund Burke Huey made it his life’s work to bring science to reading, and reading to science. ii.                   Taken together, the findings from thousands of research studies over the...

Helping students learn early-addition needs to be hands on and engaging. Our little learners need lots of practice and repetition. They need opportunities to process all the information you've given them and explore the process for themselves. They need to do this often and with time and space to be active in their learning. To talk, make mistakes and learn from their peers too. Our printable card game Catching Cats can help students explore addition to 20. They will model different addition sums with the cat cards.  This is perfect for students who: need the support of counting-out groups of objects...

Need a little help covering life science with your kindergarten class?This handy standards-based unit will save you time and help you teach your students that plants and animals need certain things. They will learn that animals and plants live in places that meet their needs, and they will learn that animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.Students will learn about animal homes and the different things that animals eat. This complete unit is aligned with standards NGSS K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1 and Utah SEEd K.2.1, K.2.2, and K.2.3.  This is a HUGE unit with lots of different...

Learning different ways to make ten can contribute enormous power and strength to your learners confidence and fluency in math. These combinations are an essential foundation for many areas in math moving forward. Play loads of games so your students understand the combinations, they do not just rote memorize them too early!The ocmbinations are: 0 and 10 1 and 9 2 and 8 3 and 7 4 and 6  5 and 5 Play our math activity - Ice Cream Tens in your groups, rotation, math workshop or free exploration time. Your students will love discovering ways to make 10 by...

My students absolutely love my color by number worksheets!  I wanted to make fun weather versions to go along with our weather reading unit.  These are perfect math fact practice for math centers, independent work, fast finisher activities, to leave with a sub, and more!I love that they can't wait to practice skills such as addition and multiplication while coloring fun weather themed color by number worksheets.This post contains affiliate links. I earn a small commission each time someone makes a purchase using one of my links, which helps to support the blog.  All opinions are my own and I only promote brands and products that...