Students will practice reading and analyzing poetry. In this lesson students will practice reading and analyzing poetry with Mrs. Wright and enjoy a read aloud of the book Under the Snow written by ...

Students will learn how to compare and contrast. In this lesson, students will learn how to compare and contrast. Mrs. Wright will read the book Who Would Win? Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear by Jerry ...

A parent posted the note to Facebook, and it went viral. As of this afternoon, it’s been shared more than 73,000 times. In the note, teacher Brandy Young wrote, “research has been unable to prove that ...

Second-grade teachers at Taylor Elementary School in Arlington, Va., had an idea: Look at the research on how homework affects young students and do what it says. They read studies done by Harris ...

When I toured a public elementary school last spring, one question in particular seemed to make the principal squirm. Do the kindergartners get homework, I asked? Yes, he replied, explaining that it ...

As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas ...

In 2016, a teacher in Texas made headlines for her unique approach to homework — or lack thereof. Brandy Young, a second-grade teacher at Godley Elementary School in the suburbs of Forth Worth and ...

Don’t get the wrong idea about a Godley Elementary second-grade math and science teacher’s new homework policy. Yes, teacher Brandy Young set off a sensation with her letter to parents announcing, ...

I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject. I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.) With that being ...

Duff wrote about the challenges of helping her son with his homework. Hilary Duff opened up about the challenges of parenting and admitted that she is not the perfect mother. In fact, her son's ...