Hello Everyone! Thanks for stopping by our blog to see what's happening in our first grade classroom! This week we are working very hard on "retelling"stories we have read. Learning how to retell a story helps our little learners as readers and thinkers. It helps to organize thought, and recognize the thoughts we have during reading. It helps us recognize when our thinking changes throughout our reading. Characteristics of good retelling are: using character names, telling about the setting, including the happenings or plot (beginning, middle, and end), discussing the problem the character is having, and describing how the problem was solved. Today I introduced our "retelling rope." Each symbol represents the parts of a story. I have used retelling ropes before, but revamped this with some better visuals. The kids really get it when they can actually manipulate the parts. This year I wrote a simple poem to go along with our retelling activities. We practiced retelling several stories together using the large retelling rope, and then the kids got to make their own mini one to manipulate during their own reading time. After putting these together, some kids chose to work with others to retell a common story (The Lorax has become a favorite for some reason :) !) We also practiced recording our retelling thoughts. We will continue to work hard on this important skill! When I read a story! For your printable of these pages plus larger visuals to make your own retelling rope click here! :) here's the link to the printable with student rope pics! :) Or click here! :) I love helping kids improve their retelling skills!! Don't forget to retell your own stories with your kids!!! Stop by again soon!! Joyfully! Nancy

We all know the importance of Algebra in mathematics. It grows as the classes go higher. Unfortunately, the truth is that a lot of students hate algebra. Most of them feel it is a huge burden to keep track of formulas and properties while applying logic to the question.

Laminate this printable roman numerals chart and display it on a classroom bulletin board in your math center. Duplicate on card stock paper as an individual student reference card. Add to students��� math journals and or math folders to create individual reference books.

Working with kids and young adults who are oppositional can be challenging. Being oppositional might mean refusing to do work, breaking rules, and engaging in other challenging behaviors. The truth is, many kids can be oppositional from time to time, so many of these strategies work with all learner

Use this free printable adverb chart to visually break down adverbs into 11 categories. This anchor chart will provide you a quick overview of adverbs.

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Here is my printable latin noun declension chart to go along with my verb conjugations chart I have done in a previous post.

Show Don't Tell Anchor Chart! This blog post contains a complete writing lesson and the printables you'll need to create the anchor chart and replicate the activities!

Hello Everyone! It is so nice to have time to put some finishing touches on a couple of units that we have coming up! Another historical figure we will study after Eleanor Roosevelt is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a nation we celebrate his life daily! Thank you Dr. King! Officially we celebrate on the third Monday of January. I have posted about our activities before, but I went through and cleaned up, and added to my unit. Here are some pics from the updated unit! If you would like the 30 page free printable unit CLICK HERE!! :) My second offering for today is a unit our curriculum team worked on this summer. We had fun integrating reading and social studies and are finding it a natural way to teach and get everything in. This next unit is about other important historical figures. It includes posters about Alexander Graham Bell, Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Garrett Morgan, and Richard Allen along with reading strategy practice activities. It also includes an invention home project packet for kids. The unit ended up to be over 50 pages! I am excited to include this unit in our curriculum in a few weeks!! Here are a few pics from the unit! For your free 52 page Inventors Unit CLICK HERE!! :) So glad I had time to share these endeavors! Hope you can use at least parts of either one! It is my joy to be able to share and help your journey in the classroom or homefront become a little less stressful. As always, please let me know if this is something you can use, if there are any typos or problems, and if you would like to see something else in particular on this little blog. I hear from teachers and parents from all over the world, and I am so grateful for all of you!! Joyfully! Nancy

Check out these great ideas for teaching conjunctions including a video lesson with an organizer, posters with rules, and anchor charts.

Diagramming sentences helps kids see English grammar at-a-glance. It's easier to practice analyzing English parts of speech on the diagram charts and worksheets.

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Anchor chart for common pronouns. Also black and white printables for students to do along with you.Added an assessment page to use with the chart.***updated***new graphics and fill in the blank chart with word bank...

You just never know if you will win, who knows maybe this is your lucky time. Go to my previous post and scroll down to enter or just click here to get you there. Today's post will be nice and short. We worked on land forms and made an anchor chart together. They each made a land form poster and they came out cute! And something waaaaay off topic. I left this cute little surprise in our fridge for my husband. Can't wait to see his reaction when he open the fridge door. And of course I added something sarcastic in the end hehe. There is nothing more awkward than walking in a store with beer in your hand and trying to hide from possible students. I'm pretty sure many teachers can relate! HA!

Future Perfect Tense! In this section, we are going to be looking at how to use the future perfect tense as well as a selection of examples to give you a

In this blog post, read about my best teaching strategies to teach writing narrative endings. Grab all the freebies to help you teach.

Pronouns can be so tricky to teach and learn! I shared a photo of an anchor chart I made on Instagram for helping students to understand the concept of a pronoun. With help from TeacherspayTeachers - it received a little bit of l-o-v-e! I received some requests for a printable poster, and I am pleased to say you can download it from TpT HERE for FREE! I hope your students like it. I have started a little packet of printables that would be useful to accompany this and hope to have it finished next week. In other news, I have some new charts that will help your students track their progress towards 100 days at school! You can add a sticker to them each day and count forwards and back from 100. Once you get to the 100 days with your students, use this fun free activity to practice counting to 100 by tens! Thanks so much for stopping by today friends!

One effective way of checking how you feel everyday is by tracking it. Use any of these free feelings charts for adults and get to know yourself better.

Are your students learning about Prime and Composite Numbers in Math Class? I have 2 student worksheets and 2 colorful charts for you that can also be used as answer sheets. Just click on the link below to grab your freebies. ~ http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Prime-and-Composite-Number-Charts-and-Student-Worksheets You Might Also Like:Developing Sportsmanship FreebieNeed a Good Website for Your ... Read More about Number Charts and Student Printables – Prime and Composite

Although these 5 tips apply to teaching any new concpet, this blog post focuses specifically on applying the strategies to teaching suffix spelling rules.

Check out these activities for teaching interjections including mini posters, Youtube songs, games, suggested books to use, and more.

I work with angry kids every day I go to work (and sometimes at home with my own 3 kiddos). We all feel anger. Anger is not bad in of itself; it's what we do when we are angry that matters. Anger is a secondary emotion that is displayed in an effort to protect the person from feeling other emotions that may be more uncomfortable or less socially acceptable. For instance, it may be easier to feel angry at someone who shared a secret rather than to feel embarrassed. This poster is a great visual aid when explaining how anger works

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We have prepared a list of worksheets and charts based on “This and These” for kids. It contains 6 pages. You can download the PDF below, Download: Printable This & These Charts and Worksheets

Parts of Speech Chart with Examples (Free Printable Chart): Knowing the parts of speech is essential for effective communication. Without knowing what verbs, adjectives, or adverbs are, your communication could be misinterpreted.

This blog post uses An A from Miss Keller as a writing mentor text. It includes a personal narrative checklist anchor chart, a writing lesson and FREE printables!

Check out these activities for teaching interjections including mini posters, Youtube songs, games, suggested books to use, and more.

Are you overusing your commas? Perhaps you may even be underusing them. Learn how to use them correctly with the nine rules of commas.

A simplified chart of all English tenses together with their forms and common usage. The table includes present, future and past tenses in their simple, continuous, perfect simple and perfect continuous forms. - ESL worksheets

Children will practice using context clues as they identify the correct homophone in this grammar and spelling worksheet.

Hi there! It’s Deb Hanson from Crafting Connections, and I've decided to share an adverbs anchor chart and free printable with you today. First, however, allow me to express my dismay. Did you know that adverbs are specifically mentioned in the 2nd grade Common Core State Standards, but are not named in 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade standards?!? This puzzles me. To fully understand the purpose of adverbs, students must first have a firm grasp on nouns, verbs, and adjectives. I must admit, I don't know many second graders who possess that strong necessary foundation! In fact, I have found that most upper elementary and middle school students are easily tripped up by adverbs. Just a few weeks ago, I overheard my daughters (a 5th grader and a 7th grader) moaning about adverbs. My fifth grader was really struggling to complete her language assignment (that focused on adverbs), and my seventh grader stated how "bad at adverbs" she was, too. After helping Brooke complete the homework exercises, it was apparent that she still had no real grasp of what an adverb was. She definitely needed a LOT more practice. Each day that week, I helped her with her homework, and I paid close attention to the concepts that were causing her the most difficulty. (I must admit that I used her as my own little case study!) These are the three adverb concepts that were most challenging for her: Yes, adverbs modify verbs. However, they can also modify adjectives and other adverbs, too. The -LY rule! Many adverbs end in -ly, but there are also many adverbs that do NOT end in -LY. Furthermore, there are words that end in -LY that are NOT adverbs. When adverbs modify verbs, they can answer the question where. However, words like "park", "hospital", and "school" are nouns, not adverbs. Adverbs that answer where tend to be more general in nature, like "here", "there", "high", "low", "outside", "inside", "backward", and "forward". I observed Brooke's understanding of adverbs increase with each passing day, and by the end of the week, she aced her adverbs assessment. Furthermore, I put my case study to good use, and I created a line of adverb resources for my TpT store that directly address the "problem areas" listed above. I also decided that this would be a good topic for a blog post to share with all of you, which leads us here today. :) I created this adverbs anchor chart. It directly addresses the first two challenging concepts listed above. I created a blank anchor chart for you to give to your students. I suggest creating an anchor chart similar to the one shown above prior to the beginning of class. After you discuss your anchor chart with your students, you can distribute the student printable (shown below). I recommend requiring students to write their own example sentence in each box. This will allow you to check their true understanding of each category of adverbs. After you have checked their anchor chart, you may wish to have your students glue it into an interactive notebook for future reference. Click HERE to download this FREE printable! Here is an example of a finished anchor chart. If you'd like to view some of the adverb resources that I created, just click on the image below. The resources pictured can be purchased as one bundle, or all of the images are available for individual purchase, as well. Finally, I ran across a fabulous read aloud book that focuses on differentiating between adjectives and adverbs. Hop over to my blog to view the book, and discover how I plan to use it when I teach about adverbs! Thanks for stopping by today! FREE Newsletter! Blog TpT Store Instagram Facebook Pinterest My YouTube Video

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Learn about English verb tenses with our comprehensive guide! Discover different verb forms, usage, examples, and tips to master past, present, and future tenses. Perfect for all learners looking to enhance their grammar skills.

Are you looking for some preposition activities to add to your lessons? Check out these posters, videos, anchor charts, and teaching ideas.