http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/primary-education-blog.html The Primary Education Oasis Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to Primary Education Oasis. Subscribe here. en-us primary education Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:30:51 GMT Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:30:51 GMT primary-education-oasis.com http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/primary-teaching-resources.html Primary teaching resources that are evidence based. Author studies, worksheets, professional books and more for your classroom. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:30:50 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-comprehension-exercises.html Reading comprehension exercises through Reading Karate will make strong, eager readers! Real text with reading comprehension worksheets will deepen meaning! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:29:04 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-intervention-strategies.html Do you need specific reading intervention strategies that can be used whole class or individually? Learn how to use evidence-based interventions that are proven teaching reading strategies. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:05:19 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-interventions.html Suggested tiered reading interventions for implementing RTI. These interventions can be implemented based on data gathered through DIBELS or PALS universal screeners. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:02:05 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-fluency-activities.html Reading fluency activities must be done on a daily basis. There are many reading fluency strategies for teaching fluency, and here are some of the best. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:35:49 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/author-studies.html Using author studies in the elementary classroom is a wonderful way to get children reading books. It increases reading comprehension and can hook students to a particular genre. 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Students who display characteristics of gifted chidren must have differentiated instructional activities. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:30:35 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/six-trait-writing-process.html Six trait writing process makes teaching writing strategies a snap. Six trait writing terms explained with links to creative teaching activities! Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:52:38 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/benefits-of-journal-writing.html Your students need the benefits of journal writing. Journal writing ideas are used for more than just a daily creative writing exercise! Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:08:55 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/kindergarten-writing-activities.html Kindergarten writing activities for non-fiction reports? This type of writing in kindergarten can be done! Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:55:25 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/five-paragraph-essay.html Need to know an easy way to teach the Five Paragraph Essay? Read on, view a sample five paragraph essay, and be ready to start teaching it tomorrow! Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:49:07 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/how-to-teach-spelling.html Here is how to teach spelling correctly, with meaningful results. You can improve spelling in your students writing, and provide strategies for difficult spelling words. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:50:15 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-library.html The best way to get children reading books is to create a fantastic reading library. Here's how to organize a library that will support reading fluency strategies. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:35:43 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets.html Reading comprehension worksheets and activities are designed to support current teaching of skills or genres. Here are free evidence-based elementary reading worksheets to use in your classroom. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:22:43 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/teaching-reading-strategies.html The best way for teaching reading strategies for comprehension is to teach students to question and reflect during reading. Children reading is more than sounding out wordsit is making meaning throu Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:16:47 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/reading-comprehension-activities.html The best reading comprehension activities cannot be found in a worksheet. Teaching reading strategies is best done when a teacher does guided oral literacy with students. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:29:53 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/literacy-block.html What should be included in a literacy block? Authentic tasks where the students are becoming readers and writers. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:08:45 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/interactive-read-aloud.html An interactive read aloud is a powerful literacy tool that will help your students make huge gains in their comprehension. Read this article to learn how to get your children reading by using it. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:03:05 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/free-reading-comprehension-activities.html Need more free reading comprehension activities that work? Try these easily implemented and fun activities in your classroom! Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:47:43 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/children-reading.html Children reading...could there be anything more important? Learn why stimulating a love of reading is essential and how to build it with reading activities for children. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:32:23 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/benefits-of-reading-to-children.html Why read aloud? The benefits of reading to children are many, and both parents and educators need to know the importance of reading to children. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:22:11 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/math-games-using-dice.html Fun math games using dice make math learning games exciting. Here are easy to use math dice games for any classroom! Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:33:34 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/mexican-american-culture-differences.html Need to know information about Mexican American culture differences. Understanding the Hispanic culture is key to reaching ESOL students from Mexico. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:31:36 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/customs-in-India.html Teaching in India? Learn the cultures and customs in India and the meaning of Indian gestures before you go! Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:28:01 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/french-social-customs.html Here is what you need to know about French social customs. International teachering in France means you have to learn about French culture and customs! Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:26:09 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/kids-learning-styles.html Do you know your kids learning styles? Free learning styles quiz to find out what they are and how to best meet those needs. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:23:15 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/assessment-in-education.html Assessment in education is meant to inform us about student progress and needs. What types of assessment should teachers use? Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:21:26 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/blooms-taxonomy.html What you need to know about Blooms Taxonomy, implications about blooms taxonomy questions, and how it can be used with differentiation in the classroom. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:18:13 GMT http://www.primary-education-oasis.com/elementary-poetry.html The best way to use elementary poetry lesson plans? Teaching reading with poetry. 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