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Rainbow Fish Literacy Lesson Plans

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Access This Literacy Unit This mini-theme is based on the literacy selection “Rainbow Fish” written by Marcus Pfister.  Other similar selections written by this author could also be used for instructional purposes.  This lesson plan is part of an entire literacy program.  A balanced literacy approach is used within the Kinderplans teaching resources.  This approach …

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Is Teaching Printing Still Important?

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Increasingly more students are arriving in our classrooms never having the opportunity to hold a pencil, coloring and cutting with scissors and fine-motor skills are lagging.  I have certainly noticed a significant decline since I started teaching 38 years ago. This blog post is meant to address some of these concerns.  How often do you …

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