With this exercise, students will learn some of the most common ways to use a comma.
How do you teach writing to Kindergartners? I am sharing some tips on Teaching Guided Drawing to Beginning Writers. Drawing is an important skill!
These kindergarten anchor charts will give you the tools you need to teach math, reading, friendship skills, and much more!
Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing. Download to complete online or as a printable!
When it time for kids to do some story writing, often it’s difficult for them to start because either they don’t know exactly how to organize their story or they don’t know what to write about. This FREE Story Writing Pack helps with both problems! *This free printable pack can be found towards the END of ... Read More about Story Writing Ideas for Kids {FREE Pack}
This is a reading comprehension worksheet about different uses of the INTERNET in relation to age and purpose. You can find the information about the advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet today. I hope you find it useful. - ESL worksheets
Do you do this too? Snatch out a moment anywhere you can to keep up with a great action book? That's Stephen King reading Lee Child's Tripwire between innings at the baseball—looks like he’s deep into one of Jack Reacher’s exploits. (Apparently King’s a big Boston Red Sox fan, so it’s not
Psychiatrist Jonathan Peeples debunks common misconceptions about bipolar disorder and offers tips for writing it accurately.
Here's how to spot a big fat liar.
How to outline your novel in 15 easy steps. Part of the How To Write A Novel blog series. Learn how to outline your novel and other great tips.
As writers, our class is in one of two categories - comma kings and queens or Nate the neglectful. So we, as writers, decided to make a ple...
This myth is from the Aboriginal people of Australia. In this reading and writing worksheet, your child will read a short myth and then answer questions about the story.
Reading and emulating professional screenplays is a common way to learn screenwriting, but make sure to pick up the right lessons and habits when you do.
A1 worksheet planned to revise how to describe a person. Key provided. More similar practice on: https://en.islcollective.com/mypage/my-creations?search_key=people&type=printables&option=published&id=620769&grammar=&vocabulary=&materials=&levels=&studentTypes=&skills=&languageExams=&dialect=&functions=&page=1&sorting_type=most_newest&filter_type=filter_all&view_type=list&view_length=12 - ESL worksheets
Hi! And welcome to another free download. Today I’ve uploaded the 26 letters of the Grade 1 Braille alphabet as vectors. Braille is a language for the deaf and hearing impaired that was devel…
A community helpers unit with a fabulous freebie for your primary students!
One of my favorite ways to outline or plan a story is to map it out like a subway or road map. Here's how this technique works. Each road or subway line
September Writing Prompts are here just in time for fall. Get your Narrative, Informative and Opinion Organizers and Draft pages today.
I learned about asemic writing a few years ago, and it immediately reminded me of kids trying to write before they actually learned how. They madly scribble
If you are looking for some high interest activities to enhance your perspective lessons, try using animated shorts to teach reading skills.
Hi all! The big day is Tuesday! That's my first day back with my little sweeties. I'm getting excited and nervous. Yeah, can you believe after all these years of teaching I still get excited and nervous! I'm starting again this year with 30 firsties and I'm sure it will increase. I guess I should be used to it but I don't think I ever will. I thought I'd share with everyone some little tools I print to have on hand when I'm working in guided reading with my kiddos. I print several copies and have a stack of each of these by my reading table so I can quickly grab some for my lessons. Let me start by telling you that I tell my firsties they are 'smart readers under construction'. We talk about what that means and I tell them I am going to help them in every way become a smart reader. I love the word 'smart' more than 'better'. It seems more positive to me. When I think of 'better', I think well maybe I'm not very good to start with and I want my kiddos the think of themselves as good reader and I'm just going to help them be smarter reader. The first is sorting pages. I have 2, 3, 4, and 5 way sort pages. I use these a ton of ways. I might have them list short vowel words, long & short vowels, word families, inflectional endings, root word and ending, suffixes, prefixes, characters and describing words, who & what, hard & soft c or g words, the list can go on and on. Sometimes I give the words, sometimes they find the words in their reading. You can use it with the low, middle and high kids. It's open to whatever you can think of to use it with. It's a fun, quick easy practice or assessment for your kiddos. I don't make them into a booklet because I want the kids to take them home so parents can see what we are doing. The next one is the character sheet. I use this one a lot especially after I've taught describing words. I can generally use this one at the beginning of the year with my high students too. Another one I use is Did You Know. This one is great for non-fiction books. These sheets don't have to be used only in guided reading. Sometimes I'll use them with the whole class like when I read Boxcar Children. We fill out a 4-way sort on the four characters and what we know about them. There are so many possibilities, just use your creativity. If you'd like a FREE download just click HERE. Oh and some super GOOD NEWS- I have a new grandson!! This is Elijah Ray Robison. Born August 15th. He was 10 lbs. 5 ounces. My daughter has BIG boys! I just LOVE all the dark soft hair! Thanks for stopping by. I hope everyone has a terrific week!
Are you thinking of writing an autobiography? People who choose to write their biographies for the world to see have different reasons as to why they decide to do it. It could be that they would like…
