Psychology Today

What Your First Grader’s Writing Shows About Reading

In this second of a two-part post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham University to show how analysis of writing in children as young as kindergarten shows evidence of foundational ...
The Hechinger Report

‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

First graders learning through writing to pen pals

OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at Rogers Elementary School have been focusing their lessons on writing skills, increasing their vocabulary, and strengthening their grammar over several months ...
Killeen Daily Herald

Fairview first graders demonstrate interest in letter writing

Letter writing has become a bit of a lost art — with the rise in popularity of text messages and email. Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary students in teacher Miriam Marczewski’s first-grade class are ...