Word families are a playful yet powerful way to build early reading skills, helping first graders recognize patterns and decode words with confidence. From interactive board games to cut-and-paste ...

Key points All first graders should show development in two critical phases, Phases 3 and Phase 4, leading to automatic word reading and spelling. In Phases 3 and 4 writing samples, you see evidence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN, Texas – Most years, by the third week of first grade, Heather Miller is working with her class on writing the beginning, ...

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...