Prereading

Alan ate an apple, and awesome it did taste. Ava ate an apricot, and not a bite did waste. Andy watched a little ant crawl along the ground. And Allie watched an alligator swim without a sound. The...

Bobby Bugsby had a bike, a birthday present from his brother Mike. His big boy bike was shiny black, with a bell on the front and a flag on the back. Lots of words begin with the letter b! When you...

School was interesting growing up because the kind of school you were in really depended on the county. You know, certainly if you were in a military school, it had to do with what was going on in...

Here's an unshmoopy question you may find on an exam... What is the probability of rolling two dice and getting a one on each? And here are the potential answers... OK, so what is this...

I was in 6th grade and here's a list of 25 books that we were actually not allowed to check out on that visit because they were all being challenged at the same time. So I took that list home...

Here’s your shmoop du jour: Given the chart below, what is the mode? And here are the potential answers… OK, what is “mode”? Very nice… looks like you’ve earned your allowance. But we’re talking...

This question should put a little shmoop in your step… What does the absolute value of negative 6.23 equal? And here are the potential answers… Ahh… translations… learning to speak... math. So… let’s...

How to develop pre-cognition. I've got to go back to a personal story. Many years ago, the then editor of the New York Post, Gary, called me up out of the blue and said "I'm...

During Reading 12-17—Part 1 For this lesson, you need your Self-Assessment Questionnaire of strategies that good readers use. Look under the heading of During Reading. Look to see how you rated...

Hi. my name is Anne Glass. I'm a reading and learning specialist at a private school in New York City and I work with Kindergarteners through 3rd graders on Reading, Word Study, and Writing...