First graders nowadays are better readers than they were more than a decade ago, evidence, researchers said, kids are learning in kindergarten what they used to in first grade. That's according to a ...

Key points All first graders should show development in two critical phases, Phases 3 and Phase 4, leading to automatic word reading and spelling. In Phases 3 and 4 writing samples, you see evidence ...

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 ...

This randomized control trial examined the efficacy of a multitiered supplemental tutoring program within a first-grade responsiveness-to-intervention prevention model. Struggling first-grade readers ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

Edgewood Elementary School held its Accelerated Reader Awards for kindergarten on May 22. The top winners were Terrance Brooks and Jayden Moody. Jayden passed 63 Accelerated Reader tests for top ...

The first day of school. That phrase can stir up a lot of different emotions: excitement, dread, nervousness, anticipation and more. What do you think of when you hear the phrase? Are you taken back ...

Last month, Scholastic launched Dav Pilkey’s fifth Dog Man graphic novel, Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, with a three million–copy first printing. That was big news, dwarfing Scholastic’s initial print ...

Fond du Lac residents shared their first-day-of-school photos with the Fond du Lac Reporter, spanning different decades and even countries. Sister Stella Storch's 1950 photo from Germany shows her ...