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LaDonna Helm
| Name | LaDonna Helm |
| Location | Urbana, Illinois |
| Role | Kindergarten Teacher |
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"Teachers continue to perfect their craft by participating in quality forms of professional development. ReadWriteThink gives me the opportunity to grow as a teacher while developing resources that I can use in my own classroom."
LaDonna is a graduate of the University of Illinios, where she received her bachlor's and master's degrees in early childhood education. She has taught kindergarten for eleven years in Urbana School District #116. She is currently a candidate for the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, which has proven itself to be the most rigorous and valuable experience of professional growth for me.
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Contributions on ReadWriteThink.org |
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
Guess What’s in the Bag: A Language-based Activity
Students play a guessing game to practice using descriptive language.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
It Doesn’t Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature
After listening to the beginning of a story, students use details in the text, personal experience, and prior knowledge to predict the way the story will end.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
Using Children’s Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
Inspired by the book It Begins with an A, kindergarten students are invited to turn their curiosity and guesswork into a class book, complete with illustrated objects and descriptive language
Grade K | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
Using Repetition and Picture Cues to Foster Independent Young Readers
Kindergartners share their knowledge of letters and sounds in a large group setting, giving teachers an assessment opportunity. Each student contributes a page to make a repetitive classroom book.
