Essential instructional practices in early literacy
Amid all the rhetoric, how do you choose solid instructional practices to improve the literacy skills of students in your classroom?
Next Generation Academies for Arts Integration offered
The Kentucky Department of Education has partnered with the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts since 2000 to provide Arts Academies. This year, the partnership continues with two Next Generation Academies (NGA): NGA for Integration of the Arts and World Languages (Spanish, Chinese and NEW this year – French) NGA for Integration of the Arts and Emergent & Early Literacy (NEW [...]
Emphasis on informational texts enhances literacy at early primary level
Young children are drawn to informational text, especially when the subject interests them.