Teaching grammar and language art skills can be a challenge for anyone. How do you hit all of the skills...effectively? How do you know your students are
2nd Grade English Worksheets are such a fantastic way for kids to learn their grammar. Worksheets are fun and your kids can have fun while learning better communication. Adjectives, antonyms, compound words, verbs, nouns and pronouns can all be more fun with worksheets. When they’re done, they’ll make sentences like nobody’s business. Print them all […]
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It amazes me how much class size affects my teaching and my students. I started the year with 31 students. I just lost my second one at the beginning of this week, so I'm down to 29. I've had 2 kids out all week on long vacations and 2 more out sick. So I've had a class of 25 ALL week!! It's been a big difference. Even though the ones gone are little angels and I still have all the hard ones, it really makes a BIG difference!! Our district and researchers keep telling us that class size doesn't make a difference but I have to beg to differ with them. It makes a HUGE difference in first grade. With a smaller class I can spread myself out more- work with more kids, more often, for longer periods of time. We can get more done- 25 kids take less time to finish an assignment than 31. With all the activities we do in first grade through out the day it can really add up. With less kids, fighting for my attention, I can give more attention to those that really need it. During class discussions, there is more participation by more kids. The shyer kids start to open up. It just feels more like a close knit community rather than a big city. I can hardly imagine what it would be like to teach less than 20. What a dream!! Back to reality. Our school has been doing training in SIOP this year. It stands for Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol. You can find out more HERE. It actually is training in teaching English Language Learner but our school does not have a very high percentage of ELLs. We actually have only 3 out of 180 in our grade level. But the SIOP model is really best practices and a great review in how to teach better. With the new common core our principal thought is would be a great help. We've had to do lesson studies and just finished one yesterday. Our team did ours on Synonyms. It's great to collaborate and work together as a team developing and analyzing a lesson. Here's a practice page we used and a cute song we found. I don't know who to give credit for the song but our kiddos really liked it. Click HERE if you'd like to grab a copy. Hey, believe it or not but it's FRIDAY tomorrow- again! Gotta love FRIDAY! I hope you all have a GREAT one.
Handy, free printable Synonym Puzzles are a great way for kids to practice and build early literacy skills with fun synonym activities .
Learn new ideas for helping English Language Learners understand and practice figurative language. Plus get a free figurative language poster.
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My students complain that ecology is a very boring topic. To help them survive another lesson about it, I have prepared a set of 22 "crazy" questions concerning ecology, e.g. ´Deforestation is a serious problem nowadays. Would you agree to use reusable toilet paper to solve it?´ This task can also be used to practise 2nd conditional. - ESL worksheets
Last week we started our study of verbs. I have used a few free verbs study packs I've found on TPT to introduce the concept. I love thi...
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It's an interesting worksheet for intermediate students who learn the first and second conditional. They have to read the texts and do the exercises I hope you will enjoy! Have fun! :-) - ESL worksheets
A colourful poster to show the difference between their, there and they're with pictures and explanations.Includes a full colour, semi colour and black and white.I also have a poster of the same style for Your and You're available here.Idea adapted from Artline AU.
Try some of these fun, no-prep games to help your teach English to young or beginner level students.
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Shop more of The Moffatt Girls products: Click Here! This November NO PREP Packet for 2nd Grade is FILLED with hands-on, engaging and FUN resources that cover core skills for 2nd Grade! The activities in this packet can be use for group work , centers, small groups, homework and more! The BEST part is that there is NO PREP! NO costly colored ink, NO laminating, NO cutting …. just PRINT! *Please note that this is a downloaded pdf file. No physical product will be sent to you. ************************************************** ⭐️ This packet is targeted for 2nd grade, but can be used for high flying first graders and struggling 3rd graders. This packet includes the following resources: Money: Coins- Look at the price for each item and find two different ways to pay by showing the coins you can use. Double Digit Addition with Regrouping- Solve the problems and color the baby turkey that matches your answer. Double Digit Addition with Regrouping - Solve the problems and color the part of the turkey dinner that matches your answer. Double Digit Subtraction with Regrouping- Solve the problems and color the path from the turkey to the poult. 2-Digit Addition with Regrouping- Solve the problems and color the sums with an odd number to help the baby turkeys get home. 2-Digit Addition with Regrouping - Help the baby turkeys find their mommies. Add and connect the pairs that have the same answers. Mental Math - Adding Doubles (50 problems) Measurement: Centimeters Elapsed Time by 5 Minute Increments-Write the time for the 1st clock and then show the elapsed time for the 2nd clock. Place Value to 1,000- Write the value of the number in the thousands place. Order the four dice to make the largest number. Place Value Equivalences- Find the turkeys that have the same value. Word Problems- Addition and Subtraction word problems. Inches or Feet? Look at each item and decide if you would use inches or feet to measure. Singular and Plural Possessive- Read each phrase and then write the correct plural or singular possessive phrase. BOGGLE - Use the letters to make new words (2 sets of Boggle Boards) What is Your Prefix Worth? Read the sentence with the prefix and decide how much the prefix is worth by adding up the scrabble tiles. Write the definition of the word. Dictionary Skills: Guide Words- Look up the given word in the dictionary, write the page number and the two guide words. Homophones- Read the sentences and choose the correct homophone. ABC Order- Put the 4 sets of words in ABC order to the 2nd and 3rd letter. Subject and Predicate- Use the color code to color the subject and predicate. Subject and Predicate II- Finish the subject or predicate for each sentence. My Word Search Puzzle- BLANK word search puzzle template for students to use with their spelling words, thanksgiving words or any other word list. My Digraph Word Search- Create a digraph word search using the given digraphs. Have a friend find the words. My Blend Word Search- Create a blend word search using the given blends. Have a friend find the words. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives - Complete the chart using comparative and superlative adjectives. Syllable Sort - Read and sort the words into the correct syllable count. Break apart the given words into syllables. Analogies - Fill in an analogy with the given words. Using Reference Materials: Encyclopedia and Dictionary. Use the set of dictionaries to find the correct answer. Use the given guide words to find the word that would be on the page. Fiction and Nonfiction Text- Decide if the text is fiction or nonfiction. Write four titles of nonfiction text and four fiction text. Roll and Find the Base Word- Roll a die, read a word in the column, write the base word and the page number you find it on in the dictionary. Pronouns- Read the short story and fill in the correct pronoun. Read the sentences and write a pronoun. Writing Titles- Roll a die and write the names of the people correctly. Homonyms- Read the sentences and decide which homonym picture best fits the sentence. Roll and Write the Correct Date - Roll a die and fix one of the dates in the column using the correct abbreviations and commas. Writing a Friendly Letter- Write a friendly letter using the five parts: heading, greeting, body, closing and signature. Adverbs- Cut and paste the adverb to the correct column: how, how often, when or where. Prefixes, Root Words and Suffixes- Read each word and write the root word, prefix or suffix in the correct column. Verbs: Past and Present- Write the words in the correct column. Graphing Grammar- Circle and write each word in the correct column: nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns. Consonant Blends- Read each word and color the beginning or ending consonant blend. Solve the consonant riddles at the bottom of the page. Box up Synonyms- Read each word in the box and find the word that is a synonym in the word bank. Use the sound boxes to box up the word. Box up Antonyms- Read each word in the box and find the word that is a Antonym in the word bank. Use the sound boxes to box up the word. Roll and Write Plural Nouns (Irregular and Regular Plural Nouns)- Roll a die and write the plural form of the nouns in the column. Making New Words With THANKSGIVING. Use the letters to write new words. Be sure to follow the Moffatt Girls on: Visit my blog at The Moffatt Girls Blog Follow me on Facebook Follow me on Instagram Join my private group, The Moffatt Girls-Engage Group, to see how other teachers, parents, and homeschoolers are using and organizing Moffatt Girl Curriculum!
Creative ideas to get kids excited about reading deeper.
Use the train analogy to teach students about subjects and predicates! This blog post contains an anchor chart and several matching activities.
Teaching grammar and language art skills can be a challenge for anyone. How do you hit all of the skills...effectively? How do you know your students are
Synonyms and Antonyms Anchor Chart! This blog post contains the material to create this anchor chart, plus a FREE interactive notebook entry for synonyms and antonyms!
Hello Everyone! I hope you are all having a good week so far! This week in writing along with "showing, not telling," we are also working on adding adverbs to make our good writing even better! I had the kids close their eyes and I gave them the sentence, "The fish swam." Then they had to describe the picture they had in their head. All the pictures were different! Then I gave them the sentence, "The mama fish swam quickly upstream after laying her eggs." (We are studying the life cycle of fish this week!) The kids described their visualization and were so much closer in what they "saw." Adverbs are a way to revise writing to make our stories more clear for our readers! We want to make our good writing even better! We brainstormed three different kinds of simple adverbs. Then the kids got busy creating and building their own sentences full of adverbs. A quote from one of my little cuties, "I just love doing this! I can't wait to use adverbs in my draft book writing!" They were so proud of their 15+ word sentences!! I was too!!! I did create a little unit (of course) just to keep me organized and on track. Here are a few pics. Unit includes nouns, verbs and adverbs. The kids know how to add adjectives. If you would like a quick copy of this unit, click HERE!! OK! Gotta run!! Working on some decor for our school's 10 year birthday party!! It's going to be spectacular!! Have a great rest of the week!! Don't be shy! Leave a comment! Your words make me want to be better! Joyfully! Nancy
A collection of ESL worksheets to teach past tense verbs and sentences to English language learners.
Do your students struggle to remember irregular verb tenses? Use this great matching activity to help students connect the present to the past. They'll be using irregular past tense verbs with confidence in no time! Download to complete online or as a printable!
