Meet 5 inspiring women in government and focus on character trait vocabulary themed around the qualities of a strong leader. Let’s be honest, GIRLS run the world and it’s time to celebrate that!
Category Archives: Vocabulary Teaching in the Content Areas
Word Conscious Economists
As elementary school teachers every minute of the school day is precious. We have so many standards to meet from September to June. Any chance we get it’s important to combine literacy learning into the content areas of social studies and science. My favorite way to do this is through my interactive read aloud time.Continue reading “Word Conscious Economists”
Teaching Election Buzz Words
I am a big supporter of the magazine Time for Kids. They have sophisticated, kid friendly, current events articles at a variety of reading levels. For the last election, I used TFK to introduce election specific vocabulary!