Get your students excited to learn about forces causing movement with these fun and engaging activities they will love.
Who has time for drama?I have so much stuff I need to teach that I can’t afford to spend time letting the kids act out goofy little skits.Have you heard these excuses before? Have you used t
Do you ever have those magical moments during guided reading? Today I worked on character analysis with an advanced reading group. All of th...
This worksheet includes four exercises about verb to have. Students can practise the affirmative, negative and interrogative form. It is useful for all levels.I hope you like it! - ESL worksheets
We know how important it is to teach our students to make inferences when they read. It's a tricky concept, and one that needs to be taught again and again. Students often confusing inferring with making predictions and observations, and some are just confused all together! Som
Learning theories: There are five learning theories, that having been ruminated, will be discussed in relation to my primary subject area(s) here; behaviorist, constructivist, cognitivist, and the …
Our Poem Types Poster is a great educational resource that will help you create relevant and engaging English Literature classrooms.
There are 7 written syllable types used in English spelling (six if you combine vowel teams and diphthongs). Knowing these helps with reading and spelling.
For the past two weeks, my class has been learning about figurative language and how to use it to enhance writing. We worked through 6 elements of figurative language: similes, metaphors, hyperboles, idioms, personification, and onomatopoeia. Here is a listing of picture books I used to teach figurative language and the activity we completed for each piece of language: My lovely student teacher started off with a T-Chart on the board with "like/as" in the center. She had a variety of pictures and words on magnets. Students came up and moved the pieces to create similes such as "busy as a bee" or "cool as a cucumber." She then read the class "Crazy like a Fox." Afterward, she brainstormed with the class characters and a plot to create a class simile story. Pairs of students were assigned a page and had to write a few sentences, including one .". They are currently working on finishing off the illustrations. This story is great to read to your class even if you aren't teaching figurative language! It's all about a boy who can't help but shout out and the strategy he learns to stop it from happening. I didn't do much beyond read the story as the students were able to easily understand having done similes first. Again, I LOVE this story! There are two sequels as well: "More Parts" and "Even More Parts." They are quite funny. The entire book is an exaggeration, but there's also some idioms in here as well. I started off this lesson by having students wash their hands. They were so intrigued just from that! When they returned to their desks, there was a bowl of Alpha-bits cereal on each table group. I gave them 5 minutes to make as many words as they could. After, I told them "Eat your words." :) I explained that in this situation, I actually meant "eat your words", but that's not what the saying really meant. Only one student has actually heard the saying before, so they explained it to the class. As I read "Amelia Bedelia's First Field Trip" (you could read any Amelia story, they are all full of idioms) the students munched their snack and were on the lookout for other things that sounded one way, but actually meant something else. They were able to find them all! I didn't use a book for this one. We talked about onomatopoeia earlier in the year when working on "great grabbers" for writing. A student did tell me that Batman comics would be really useful for teaching this though. I heard about this book on my favourite website - Pinterest. I ordered it off Chapters website and am very happy I did. The little red pen has a whole lot of marking to do, and none of the other school supplies want to help her. But, when she falls into the Pit of No Return (the garbage can) the supplies get together to help her out. I started off by making a chart with all the supplies as headings. I also had an actual red pen, stapler, eraser, push pin and green highlighter. I had the students describe the items. After reading the story, we added more to the chart based on how the books are in the story. I called a student up to circle any "alive" words. It was at this point I introduced the term personification. Students made their own chart that had the headings: noun, verb and adjective. The added at least 5 items under each. From there, they could create personification sentences such as "the wind tapped softly on my window" or "the car grunted as it slowly climbed the hill". What books do you use for teaching figurative language? Leave me your suggestions in the comments!
Children will practice using context clues as they identify the correct homophone in this grammar and spelling worksheet.
This ws consists of 2 exercises based on there is / there are. The 2nd one also includes the negative form. - ESL worksheets
This worksheet is a fun, creative way to support students as they learn to identify and use verb tenses.
I have been busy creating resources for my class and TPT. One topic that has been hard for my students in the past is geometry. There is SOOOOO much vocabulary that students have to understand about the attribute of lines and angles before they can then use those attributes to classify polygons. Heck, who am I kidding...I still had 4th graders who could not identify the basic regular polygons, much less classify quadrilaterals by the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines. And now with Common Core's expectation for 4th graders to be able to use protractors, something we had not done before, I knew I needed more resources. My math program doesn't give students much direct instruction with the attributes of lines, angles, or polygons. Much of the geometry unit uses "Power Polygons", little plastic pieces that students use to make other polygons. While the kids have fun with them, they weren't transferring the concepts to the more abstract questions that might appear on an assessment. This year, I kind of did my own thing, with SMARTBoard files I created after studying exactly what the Common Core expects for geometry. I created a file for lines and angles, which I taught first, and then followed up with a file for Polygons, since students need to understand the attributes of lines and angles before they can classify polygons. After using these files with my class, (and not using my math book..shhh), my students scored the best on the spring assessment that any class of mine had ever done! Many scored in the advanced range for the geometry strand. This summer I tweaked the contents of the files and now have them up on TPT in a variety of formats. I have them bundled with pdf printables or by themselves Geometry SMARTBoard File: Lines and Angles Geometry Printables: Lines and Angles Geometry SMARTBoard and Printables Bundle: Lines and Angles Geometry Vocabulary Cards for Lines and Angles Geometry SMARTBoard File: Polygons Geometry Printables: Polygons Geometry SMARTBoard and Printables Bundle: Polygons Geometry Vocabulary Cards for Polygons Since using a protractor was a new skill for my kiddos, (and maybe a rusty skill for some of you)... like it was for me...I created this "How to Use a Protractor" Freebie. Click the picture to get yours! And finally for the giveaway! Leave me a comment and become a follower, if you aren't already and I'll pick a random name to receive the Geometry product of your choice for free! I'll pick the winner next Sunday, July 28.
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Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
Cooperative learning. Find out what it's all about and get some great resources to help you use this strategy well in your classroom.
Teaching Canon Singing. Organized Chaos. Strategies for introducing canons in elementary choir or general music lessons.
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
This blog post focuses on teaching the various genres to upper elementary students. It includes a genre anchor chart and multiple free activities!
Fun and engaging grammar games for your secondary ELA classroom! These grammar games will get your students collaborating, moving, and discussing those critical sentence structure and grammar skills! Bring fun to grammar instruction!
This set includes 20 color and black and white images of prepositions of place: above, below, against, behind, in front of, between, in, on, next to, and under The images will have high resolution, so you can enlarge them for your teaching materials. They are in .png format, so you can easily layer them in your projects. GRAMMAR BUNDLE #1 Multiple Meaning Words 1 Multiple Meaning Words 2 Antonyms 1 Antonyms 2 Homophones 1 Homophones 2 GRAMMAR BUNDLE #2 Verbs 1 Verbs 2 Compound Words 1 Compound Words 2 Prepositions of Place Prepositions of Movement *** People can easily lift clip art or edit your work and re-sell it. Please make sure you secure your file with Adobe Acrobat Pro or flatten your work with PowerPoint. *** All free and paid graphics from Tiny Teaching Shack may be used for personal and commercial use; however, you must credit me back with the logo image included in the file. Thank you! Thank you for visiting my store!
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Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
A short passage about a lady who goes to visit an artist friend. There is a true or false section and some comprehension questions. A key is provided. I must admit, when it comes to modern art, I show my ignorance. It just doesn't do anything for me:-) - ESL worksheets
