Reading Tips for Parents (Phonics Vs. Whole Language Debate) I was a teacher in grades 4th-8th for eight years and at four different schools; we moved around a lot for my husband's job. I found that each school I taught at had a different approach to how they wanted to teach reading. When I first started teaching there was a huge push towards the whole language movement. After teaching a little while, I then encountered co-workers that said … [Read more...]
What is Mommy Reading? – “The Killer Angels” by, Michael Shaara
November 8, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Normally it's my husband sitting down with a good historical fiction book based on some war somewhere, but this time I was the one in the corner with such a book. I could not put this book down. I was dreading reading it for book club. I thought, who wants to read a history book for book club? The writing style of the book was told in a story like fashion. It was not a bunch of facts written down, but a story with a plot and character … [Read more...]