Includes anchor charts, interactive notebook pages, and activities for teaching cause and effect in upper elementary.
As a teacher, you know that one of the most important skills your students can learn is how to respond effectively to what they read. Whether they’re reading a textbook, a work of fiction, or an article online, understanding and engaging with the material is crucial. Getting students to do this can be easier said than done. Here are 5 tips to help you out when teaching students to respond to reading. Want to know more about reading response? Visit my website!
Exit slips can be an efficient way of gathering formative data on your students. Read this article for tips at how to maximize their use and purpose.
A worksheet for practicing tonal pattern writing. This worksheet contains 9 tonal patterns (tonic and dominant) in G-Major. Underneath each pattern is a blank staff on which students can copy the pattern. I also added a prompt for students to label each pattern as tonic or dominant.
This NO PREP lesson plan guides you through the steps for teaching your students how to find the point of view in a narrative story. Includes all the materials you will need to teach this in your 3rd-grade classroom! Visit Teaching in the Heart of Florida on Teachers Pay Teachers!
Les fulgurolistes sont des listes pour s’entrainer à lire rapidement des mots. Je distribue la première liste aux élèves. On la lit ensemble. Chaque élève s’entraine à lire sa liste, à l’école (quand il a un peu de temps) ou à la maison. Il peut venir demander comment se lit un mot s’il l’a oublié. […]
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Like most teachers, you want your students to be successful readers. But what do you do if they struggle with reading fluency? Poor reading fluency can impede a student’s comprehension of text, leading to frustration and discouraging readers. Fortunately, targeted interventions can help improve reading fluency. If you have students struggling with reading fluency, try out some targeted reading skills interventions to help them improve. Visit my website to learn more!
Graduation season is upon us and with it comes the quest for graduation song ideas.Here are 20 popular graduation songs for elementary school ceremonies!
Embrace the spring fever in your classroom with these spring activities for upper elementary students, including several freebies.
This post shares how I teach word study and spelling words in my 5th grade classroom. This word study "program" works well in upper elementary grades.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays to incorporate into the classroom. I have compiled my favorite Thanksgiving activities for upper elementary grades in this post.
Check out these poetry activities for upper elementary that your students will love! This post includes a FREE poetry types booklet and a FREE poetry terms Bingo board!
As a teacher, you understand the importance of helping your students develop their reading comprehension skills. But how do you know if they truly understand what they’re reading? Formative assessments are invaluable for helping teachers gauge student progress and optimize their reading comprehension. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do with the data you collect. Want to know more about using formative assessment data in your classroom? Visit Teaching in the Heart of Florida for details!
Do you use writing in math to help your students deepen math comprehension? Writing about math in 3rd grade helps students solidify their understanding of the concepts they are learning. Math can be challenging, & often there are multiple ways to solve a problem. Writing about math forces students to slow down & think about what they are doing. It also allows them to see the different steps involved in solving a math problem, which can be helpful when they get stuck. Learn more by following Teaching in the Heart of Florida!
Elementary teaching ideas and resources.
