Welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, our region's largest classroom. My name is Julia, I'm a second grade teacher at the Soulard school, and here for Teaching in Room 9, my lessons focus on letters and ...

Julia starts by reviewing previously learned skills. Julia starts by reviewing previously learned skills and uses an anchor chart, whole brain teaching, and songs in order to practice syllable ...

Second-grade teacher Evelyn Mendez admits to getting a bit frightened whenever she ponders her primary responsibility: making sure each child learns to read before summer vacation. “Third grade will ...

Educators around the country have embraced the “science of reading” in their classrooms, but that doesn’t mean there’s a truce in the reading wars. In fact, controversies are emerging about an ...

Educators are rethinking how to teach young children to read, blending research-backed strategies with playful, multisensory activities. From phonemic awareness games to structured literacy programs ...

Peek inside a kindergarten, first-grade, or second-grade classroom at Midland Public Schools any day of the week, and you’re guaranteed to see adorable kiddos and a flurry of activity. What you’re ...

I am not surprised at the vitriolic remarks made by Rhonda Stone and Joanne Yatvin in their Jan. 7, 2009, letters to the editor excoriating my ostensible focus on “phonics” at the expense of reading ...