Use colored construction paper and toilet paper rolls to make a simple turkey. Teachers, if you’re looking for some creative ideas for Thanksgiving crafting projects in your classroom, we’ve got detailed materials lists and directions for a couple of fun projects for your students. Turkey Toilet Paper Roll Supplies and materials you’ll need Two cardboard toilet paper rolls or [...]  » Read more

TRC Exclusive Publication New Releases Tangram Alphabet We have been working hard to republish all of our TRC Exclusive publications and so far we have 15 available to order. Remember all orders for our books are eligible for free shipping on orders over $25 so pick any 2 books and order today and you won’t pay shipping costs! View [...]  » Read more

Halloween Crafting Great Fun for Kids of all Ages   Classroom Crafts Projects for Halloween Fun Halloween craft projects you might like to try with your class. FREE craft ideas include: Decorative Halloween Tote Bag Spider Pumpkin Decoration Pumpkin Funny Faces Mummy Mobile All projects include materials list and easy-to-follow directions. Free [...]  » Read more

Halloween Crafting Great Fun for Kids of all Ages Teachers, if you’re looking for some creative ideas for crafting projects in your classroom, we’ve got detailed materials lists and directions for several fun projects for you. Check back during October for more Halloween crafts projects. Decorative Halloween Tote Bag Supplies and materials you’ll need: Pacon Construction Paper in Assorted Colors Any [...]  » Read more

Poem of the Week Book 2: Initial Consonants with a Sprinkling of Vowels - Now Available     Poem of the Week Book 2: Initial Consonants with a Sprinkling of Vowels Teaching Resource Center is pleased to present a new version of Poem of the Week Book 2: Initial Consonants with a Sprinkling of Vowels, written by the esteemed [...]  » Read more

All Sorts of Sorts 3 Now Available   All Sorts of Sorts 3 We are happy to announce that Sheron Brown’s book "All Sorts of Sorts 3: Word Sorts for Vocabulary Development in the Content Area" is re-published and now availalable at Teaching Resource Center for [...]  » Read more

Use Poem of the Week to create a fun and exciting poetry learning center in your classroom! Recently one of our Subscribers asked about setting up a ‘Poem of the Week’ writing center for her 4th and 5th graders. Poetry is an important learning center in any K-8 classroom and a Poem of the Week center is [...]  » Read more

Word Sort activities are a powerful classroom tool that help students better understand the relationships between words and build vocabulary skills! Perhaps no other classroom activity is more effective in teaching emerging literacy students than using word sorts to emphasize students’ grasp of the meaning and relationships of words. An alternative to more traditional phonics and whole-word [...]  » Read more

Teaching Resources Publications Now Available   All Sorts of Sorts We are pleased to announce that many of the Teaching Resource Center exclusive professional books have been updated and are now available to order. And, thanks to our trusted publishing partner Amazon.com you no longer have [...]  » Read more

Self esteem is a critical component of early childhood development. Parents and teachers can have a large part in helping kids become self confident in handling conflict, resisting negative influences and thinking independently. Children with low self esteem tend to feel anxiety and frustration managing challenges and learning at a steady pace. These children are less apt [...]  » Read more

As a parent, the odds are good that your child’s safety is your highest priority.  In fact, child safety is one of the highest priorities of our society. And rightfully so, without our children we are all lost. So to keep our children safe we make sure they wear protective gear, read warning labels, and talk [...]  » Read more

Developed in 1948 by Edward William Dolch, Ph.D, the Dolch high frequency word list has held up amazingly well in teaching beginning reading. While you can find the Dolch words in various books, learning activity tutorials, early literacy lesson plans, flash cards, word puzzles and other forms, we have published the complete list below for your [...]  » Read more

Melinda Michalec Melinda Michalec is the developer of WriteReflections™, an innovative writing enrichment curriculum. "Originally, I developed it to meet the challenge of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in writing, which measures a students’ ability to write a five paragraph essay,” says Michalec. “One school that used this writing curriculum achieved tremendous results with their fourth grade [...]  » Read more

Professor Donald Bear Donald Bear is director of the E. L. Cord Foundation Center for Learning and Literacy where since 1986 he has worked with children who struggle to learn to read and write, directly through assessments and tutoring programs in the center and through Reading Buddies tutoring programs. About Professor Donald Bear Donald is a professor in [...]  » Read more

Carla Soffos is a literacy coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her 16 years in education include eight years as a first grade teacher. Carla works daily with classroom teachers in implementing the Arkansas Literacy Coaching Model, and she presents workshops to school districts across the United States. She is the co-author of Scaffolding [...]  » Read more