In this article, we’re excited to share with you some reading resources we created to meet the same reading standards in Chinese Language Arts, and we hope you can find them useful for your Chinese immersion classroom.
Woo Hoo! I'm so excited and thankful for all of you for your support! Language Arts and Math FREEBIE – Here’s a FREEBIE for you to help celebrate reaching my 2nd TPT MILESTONE. This milestone was made possible by the support from all of my followers through your purchases and feedback. Thanks to everyone for helping me achieve this milestone. In celebration of this achievement, I have created this new eight page freebie to share with everyone as my way of saying “THANK YOU” for supporting my store. This eight page freebie sampler includes language arts and math skills from the following resources available in my store. These resources include writing (tell a story), reading comprehension (Who? What? Where?), fix it up sentences, scrambled sentences, morning work, addition word problems, subtraction problems with manipulatives, and ten frames 11-20. ***This sampler also includes links throughout the pack to similar resources that you may find useful for your classroom. When printing, to save on ink, make sure to only print every other page (even pages). Click on any of the photos below to view this FREEBIE! FREEBIE for 2nd TPT Milestone Celebration! I hope you find all of these resources to be useful for your students in your classroom. Please leave me some feedback on this freebie. I love reading your comments. Thanks again to everyone who has supported my store. Also thanks to TPT for the opportunity that you provide for me and other teachers to create and share our teaching resources with others as we provide for our families. Finally, I would like to thank the many talented creators of clip art on TPT. Without you, these creations would not be possible. You may also enjoy my 29 other FREE resources. You can find them HERE!
Grammar is one of those subjects that kids typically don't enjoy. It's really not that much fun. I was probably one of the weird ones in school that actually enjoyed grammar. However, as a homeschool
In my guided reading group, we have been focusing on answering "WH" Questions. I thought we would fly through a brief review of the different questions types, but it is proving to be a bit more challenging! I found this great "WH" visual from Lisa Geary (FREE ON TPT) which I used to introduce the topic to my group. At first, I tried asking a variety of WH questions with our visual out in front of us. When asking these questions, I referred to some picture cards of people engaging in different activities (as seen below). This went pretty well. But then, I took the visual away and I realized my kids were having a hard time discriminating between question types. So, I decided to back up a bit and just focus on "Who" questions. My kids got this pretty quick, so then we started working on "Where." Once they got this down, I started mixing up the 2 question types. We did a variety of activities to work on "Who" and "Where" questions that I am excited to share with you. We played the "Who" and "Where" card games from Sasha Hallagan. We also completed these great worksheets from Letha Anderson . We did some read-alouds, and worked on answering "who" and "where" questions every couple pages. We also used our visual to answer "when" and "what" questions about the story. Here is a link to this "WH" worksheet FREEBIE! We brainstormed "who" and "where" answers on the board. Then, we took some of our answers and mixed and matched to create a silly sentence and draw corresponding pictures. We did "who" and "where" timings in a notebook. Students had 2 minute to come up with as many "who" or "where" answers. Also, since it is the beginning of the year, we did a lesson on the different types of drills we do during the school year (tornado, fire, and lockdown). We discussed "where" we need to go for each drill and "who" comes to the school. We then filled out this cute graphic organizer (I cannot remember where I found this or who the creator is! If you know, please let me know so I can give them credit!! Thanks!!). Last, but not least, we took a "Who" and "Where" quiz. I created 2 versions of this for my group. The kids did so well...I was super proud! Next up, we will be moving onto some "What" questions in isolation...then mixing them in with our "who" and "where" questions! I'm looking forward to some of the activities I have planned for these! I will definitely share them with you once we have tried them out!
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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Like me, you already know that teaching prefix and roots can help improve vocabulary. Do you ever wonder how much to teach-or worry that you are just doing the same things as the language arts teacher? What specific skill set do we bring in as speech language pathologists when thinking of vocabulary? That’s the question I’m …
This is the second week of the Reading in the Wild book study! Several amazing bloggers are sharing how they arrange their Reading workshop. Here is an outline of what my Reading & Language Arts weekly schedule looks like. We have a large block of time in the morning, where we do mini-lessons, vocabulary, grammar, and Daily 5, […]
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This is a wonderful free game for teaching nouns in first grade! Kids look at each common name and tell if it's a person, place, object, or animal. #grammar #nouns #firstgrade
Here is a collection of eight class discussion techniques to structure classroom discussion and ensure all students' equal participation.
Click here to download free activities for teaching homophones and antonyms. These free activities were created for 1st grade but could also be used in kindergarten or 2nd grade.
Can you sort out your VCCV from your VCV syllable patterns? (Hint: the "V" stands for vowel, and the "C" stands for consonant.)
Analyzing Conflict has become one of my favorite activities to teach my students. Identifying the type of conflict is usually pretty easy for kids to grasp, but analyzing things like the origin of the conflict, things that contribute to the conflict, and what events help to resolve the conflict can be difficult to understand. I teach analyzing conflict in steps. We start out simple: identify the types of conflict in the story and provide text evidence that supports the conflict. As soon as they start to master that skill, I throw in a new element. I keep adding new twists throughout the year. Because I like to teach in steps, I have created eight different activities that are meant to be progressive. I believe kids thrive when they have a clear routine, but I also believe that repeating the same lesson over and over again leads to less engagement. These activities are just different enough to add some variety without losing the gains they have made. So far this year I have used three of these activities with my eight graders, and I am looking forward to taking it to the next level with them in our next unit. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Graphic-Organizers-for-Analyzing-Conflict-3440217 All of these activities require the students to cite relevant evidence. With my 8th graders I am color coding these activities for our different units. After grading, the students will keep them in their binder so we that we can not only see the progression, but we can also compare and contrast the impacts of conflicts between texts. Some of the analysis tasks in this set include: Conflict origin Character influence Setting impact Events that lead to resolution How the conflict impacts the characters, setting, theme, and plot Positive & Negative Outcomes Making Connections Synthesis Here are some samples: I hope you enjoy these activities that I have put together. Many of these are tasks that I have taught for many years, as I am sure you have too, but putting them together in a new format has been energizing for both me and my students! ~L
If you are looking for comprehensive and kid-friendly no-prep 2nd grade language arts worksheets, you've come to the right place.
Reading Comprehension can be difficult for student, even those with great reading skills. Support students by giving them the language they need.
Help your first grader out by clearing up any confusion about the three to's: to, two, and too--and then giving her a chance to practice using them properly.
Every English language arts teacher needs a variety of successful, student led discussion strategies that will provide opportunities for student learning.
1-2-3 Come Do Some Vowel Activities With Me “When two vowels go walking the first one does the talking.” Is a simple & very popular rhyme that helps children read a variety of words with a vowel digraph. (Such as CVVC) However, so that children are not frustrated, it is extremely important to add “…sometimes but not always.” after they recite the rhyme, as there are lots of exceptions to the rule. I've included this sentence in my poster set. To build vocabulary, improve fluency, as well as spelling, I teach the “rule breakers” along with the words that follow the rule. This has been so successful with my own students, that I decided to design the "Vowel Villains" & When To Vowels Go Walking" packet. I found it an especially appropriate title, as the word villain is a rule breaker! Instead of being frustrated when they are tripped up by a rule-breaking word, my students get very excited because they’ve found yet another “convict word” to “jail”! Believe me, your students will LOVE this approach to word work. Choose from a large variety of super-fun "rule-breaking" options. My kiddos were constantly on the look out for CVVC words. They enjoyed determining if a word followed the rule or not, and took delight in finding “culprits” that they could add to the jailhouse. Another thing that I include in the packet is some Rhyme Time activities. There are posters with matching 2-on-a-page worksheets for time-saving printing. Rhyme time, is another quick, easy & fun way to build vocabulary and help students find more examples of words that fit the rule. Here are some of the things that the packet includes:* 3 large “When two vowels go walking…” anchor chart posters, with a smaller version showing all of the posters on one page, along with matching bookmarks. * 7 large vowel digraph posters to use as headers for a word wall. * “When 2 vowels go walking…” finger puppets. A set of boys, plus a set of girls in both black & white, as well as color. They provide a super-fun way to introduce the rhyme & help children remember it. * A set of 8, Mix & Match, “build-a-bookmark” patterns (boys & girls, black line & full color). I’ve included completed samples, so you can quickly & easily make examples to share with your students to help explain what you want them to do. As you can see by the photograph there are lots of ways to mix & match the heads, feet & bodies to come up with a cute "Walking Vowel Bookmark". * 338 (10-on-a-page) word cards for ai, ea, oa, & ee; including a blank set of cards so you can program with more words, plus a tip list of what else you can do with the word cards, including the“Kaboom” game. These words are also listed on anchor chart posters. * A variety of “rule breaking activities” including a rule breaker song to the tune of London Bridge * 74 rule-breaking word cards, with a blank set to program more. * An assortment of “Lock them up” worksheets, with answer keys; ai, ea, ie “I broke the rule” posters, along with a set of rule breaker,“build-a-bookmark” convicts, in color plus black & white. * And as always, directions, tips, samples, links & photographs I sincerely hope that your students enjoy learning tricky vowel combinations with these interesting techniques, as much as my students have. Click on the link to pop on over to my TpT shop to check it out: "Vowel Villains & When 2 Vowels Go Walking...Packet". It's a whopping 135-pages, and just $4.95. Today's featured FREEBIE comes from the packet. It's the 3 "When 2 Vowels Go Walking..." poster set." I really enjoyed creating the graphics, & hope you like them too. Click on the link to get your copy. Well that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by. My bones are achy, so I'm hobbling around with my cane that I haven't used in months, reflecting on how much we take for granted when we are healthy & buzzing around. Wishing you an energizing day, filled with lots of memorable moments. "You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae." -Paul Walker
In today's post, I'll share 10 quick, meaningful “follow-up” activities that you can use in your guided reading lessons - all materials are FREE!
