Teaching theme in fourth grade is not easy, but it is very rewarding to see the students' little light bulbs come on! In my experience, students need many
I love using picture books as inspiration for children’s art projects. Over the past 13 years I have curated a a massive list of project ideas and lesson plans. Here is my growing list of picture books and coordinating art projects for kids: A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni Abe Lincoln’s Dream by Lane Smith
Making inferences worksheets and activities aren't always easy for students, but there are fun ways to teach this challenging reading skill.
"This doesn't change anything, i still hate you." "God i love that." Shes lost in a world full
The list below contains the books I have used over the years for teaching figurative language. Some of them are designed to teach about figurative language and some of them are books with figurative language woven naturally into the poem or story. Just recently, we shared how we used one of these books to do a text ... Read More about Books with Figurative Language
So much Twitter love from my post about my walls this year. Y’all know how to make a girl feel good! I don’t have my lesson plans ready, and am not entirely sure what I’m doing on…
Using wordless shorts in language therapy gives you so many options and your clients will LOVE it! Links to the best wordless videos!
3 visualizing activities for first grade
Want to teach rules and expectations in an engaging way? Use picture books! These 15 picture books are some of the best to start your year.
These 15 picture book activities go great with your preschooler's favorite stories. Great hands-on activities that help to further explore the books!
While all of our students don’t need ALL of these strategies, I’ve organized a lot of the things mentioned in this series of blog posts into six big categories. I hope that they’ll help you wrap your mind around SIMPLE things that you can do to help your students with some of their biggest learning obstacles in math. Place Holders & Trackers For many of our students, keeping track of their place is HARD. However, I love to have a few tools handy to help them keep track of where they are and what they’re doing. Bingo Markers Desk Pets…
STEM books can spark interest in any child. This list of great STEM books aren't just for reading, they also have fun activities.
This list of must have picture books for your classroom library includes a wide range of titles from seasonal to teaching points. Free activities too!
"This doesn't change anything, i still hate you." "God i love that." Shes lost in a world full
YAOI WARNING!⚠️🔞 Other than that enjoy!😀
I’m just a big kid at heart because I love picture books as much as any child! There are so many great picture books available, with great ...
When we started working our way through all of the letters of the alphabet, we decided that we wanted to create something that we could hold onto and look
I love using interactive lapbooks in the classroom. They are fun to create, engaging and can be used throughout the year to review skills taught. I finally completely my Lapbook Bundle and I am happy to share the lapbooks included with you. Whether you think your learners will enjoy creating all of the lapbooks, if you
I love teaching letter writing in the classroom. Students love writing friendly letters to each other. I've got 6 ideas for making teaching letter writing easier for you including sample anchor charts, picture book ideas and extension activities.
I don’t know about you – but I am in love with clip art! There are so many talented artists out there! I love to use clip art for products I create, and I know many teachers also love using clip art to spruce up their newsletters, planners, or other classroom decorations. Here are some […]
Major confession: I have loved reading for my whole life but I am not good at reading novels out loud. I can get by with picture books; I don't do voices
While all of our students don’t need ALL of these strategies, I’ve organized a lot of the things mentioned in this series of blog posts into six big categories. I hope that they’ll help you wrap your mind around SIMPLE things that you can do to help your students with some of their biggest learning obstacles in math. Place Holders & Trackers For many of our students, keeping track of their place is HARD. However, I love to have a few tools handy to help them keep track of where they are and what they’re doing. Bingo Markers Desk Pets…
Read on to see my list of the 12 best mentor texts for teaching fictional narratives to 3rd grade students. You'll love these picture books!
This is the label I made for my Daughters Mandrake costume. You can see the costume here, craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-little-mandrake.html And here craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-little-mandrake.html And I used it for a miniature mandrake I crocheted for a swap. You can see a picture in this post. craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2009/05/reducio-sock-swap-gif... Please feel free to use my label. I would love to see a picture of your costume, craft,... Just leave me a link. :)
I know I have said it before but...... Making Memories Month by Month is one of my favorite books published by Creative Teaching Press. T...
Reinforce text connections using picture books and oral questioning (questions
Teaching Geography and Cultures with Living Books using the Around the World with Picture Books from Beautiful Feet Books!
Kindergarten is a most delightful ages for read alouds–kids are full of wonder and silliness, and the selection of excellent picture books is enormous. Here are 50 of the best books for kindergarten.
The first day of school is full of so many things: anticipation, wide-eyes, school supplies, new faces, maybe a few butterflies. And I...
One thing I know for sure is that our use of math manipulatives is going to look very different. With these printable versions, we can use them in the classroom (and not worry about sharing supplies), or send them to families to support remote learning.
Making connections when reading these suggested picture books will help your students use their prior experiences to make sense of the text.
Use this picture book list to increase literacy skills and comprehension of science concepts in your grade 4 5 6 classroom.
Suzanne Collins biography, graphic novel style! Students should enjoy reading, right!? And there's a reason why young children love picture books: images are appealing. Do I prefer reading a graphic novel version of my favorite books? Not really. But, that doesn't mean none of my students do. In fact, I would say quite a few of them would prefer it. If I want my students to enjoy reading, I need to offer plenty of choices. The same with writing. Some kids are happy to write a classic book report. But some aren't. So why not give them choices? With the recent announcement on the Hunger Games Fireside Chat of Sara Gundell's comic-style biography of Suzanne Collins (author of The Hunger Games), (see picture) this reminds me that there are so many appealing ways to entice students to read rather than the traditionally printed book. I offer loads of choices in my high school classroom because we all have different tastes. I do love reading comics and have Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Close to Home, and Frazz books for students to read. Of course I offer the classics along side them, but I would much rather have a student read something over nothing. We need to admit that it is OK to allow these choices in our classroom. Students DO learn from reading non-academia texts! Reading the Guiness Book of World Records is still helping my students' reading skills. How? Because they are reading! It doesn't matter what they are reading. The act alone and repetition of it makes them better readers. It is the same with writing. The more they write, the better writer they become. So why do we assign the boring 5-paragraph essay over and over again so they learn to hate writing? I don't know (well I do...because we are forced to). It's crazy. I would rather assign them more relevant and personally-connected pieces because 1. they will enjoy it, and 2. the chances of them copying & pasting text from the internet is less likely. Here's a free download for you: comic strip panels to use to assign a comic bio or book report. Download all of the pages here: I created them using Pasq.com's Comic Life program. You can head to my teacher store to find additional ideas for literature- and history-based learning. Sample pages:
