Looking for some engaging, standard based ELA Valentine's Day Activities for your 4th and 5th graders? Check out these ideas.
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These five Thanksgiving grammar worksheets designed for high school students aren't your typical Thanksgiving grammar exercises! These are truly NO PREP, print and go, age-appropriate exercises to challenge and review your teens' grammar skills during November.Student Experience: These grammar activ...
Evidence charts and summary sheets are excellent reading comprehension strategies. Increase the rigor in student response with text evidence.
Do you want to keep your students engaged and reading during reading time? Read this post to learn about 10 reading centers for upper elementary.
When readers are really thinking about what they’re reading, they sometimes make connections to what’s going on in the world right now or how it may connect to past events. These text to world connections can cause students to activate their background knowledge and can help keep them engaged with the text. The more students […]
Teaching students the difference between literal and inferential thinking is one of my must-do lessons of every single school year
In search of some fun and engaging Pi Day ideas for the ELA classroom? Here are some activities you can share with 4th & 5th grade students.
Help students break the reading ‘code’ with these games for teaching themes in upper elementary.
Have you ever tried student-led reading groups in your classroom? Have you ever felt like your students were not putting forth their best effort? Using
Do you like reading holiday books to your upper elementary students? This post shares my three favorite Halloween read alouds with freebies!
Tried and true teaching tools, tips, ideas, lessons, and differentiated resources for the upper elementary classroom.
Have you been looking for the perfect project based learning curriculum? If you've been on the lookout for a game-changing approach to captivate your upper
This post explores the benefits of using reading centers in upper elementary and includes a free reading center.
The Ultimate Picture Book inventory (editable) is unlike any other resource available. This book inventory contains over 3,000 books (and will continue to grow). You will forever have access to this database.What is included in The Ultimate Picture Book inventory:1. An editable version of the full i...
Anchor Chart for what information writers do
Root words, Suffixes/Prefixes Bell Ringers are the perfect and super quick way to teach your middle school students this important ELA skill.
Cross-curricular activities have so much impact on students. Let's dig into a few simple ways you can link subject areas in your elementary classroom.
Whether you are into the holidays or not, this Figurative Language Holiday Craftivity will provide a fun, engaging, and educational opportunity for filling
Nothing makes me happier and more excited about starting a new year than a stack of brand new picture books to add to my read aloud collection. 2020 has been a year like none other (at least in my lifetime) with the challenges of a socially-distant society due to COVID-19 and the struggle against ra
