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!
Earth Day is the perfect time to revisit how we should be caring for our planet. Check out this post for several Earth Day activities that are perfect for upper elementary students.
Classroom management is crucial to your students' success. Read my top classroom management tips for upper grades on this post.
In my first few years of teaching, helping struggling readers felt like an uphill battle. I was fighting huge gaps in knowledge, disinterest, time, and increasing requirements of state assessments. I want to share with you the 8 ways that I have used to help struggling readers find success (and a love of reading).
Embrace your students’ excitement about Halloween with these Halloween activities for grades 4-5, including math, science, and reading! Freebies included!
Includes anchor charts, interactive notebook pages, and activities for teaching cause and effect in upper elementary.
My students are always using and referring to different writing tools. I created these individual writing toolkits with lots of free writing resources.
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.
These fall engineering activities are perfect for upper elementary. Use the seasons to sneak in engineering tasks that promote creativity, teamwork, etc!
Help your students become more empathetic and compassionate with these social emotional learning lessons and activity ideas that are perfect for back to school or for building classroom community any time of the year. Pull out a copy of Each Kindness by Jaqueline Woodson and your students will be ready to discuss creating a more compassionate world!
Text structure for upper elementary ideas, tips, anchor charts & information about how & why to teach 5 text structures to 3rd, 4th, 5th grade lessons
5+ new ideas for teaching theme in upper elementary. Use these suggestions for activities, scaffolding, projects, and review to give your students a firm foundation of theme in literature.
Every teacher knows the reality of the summer slide. This post shares some ways to prevent summer slide for upper elementary students.
Word problems can be really difficult for students. This post shares 8 ways to help students be successful with word problems in upper elementary grades.
Tips and activities for how to teach poetry in upper elementary. Includes National Poetry Month activities, links to lesson plans, and more.
Spelling strategy is an important part of upper elementary literacy instruction. Read tips and download resources for 4 key strategies.
Discover new teaching ideas with these inspiring resource ideas! Add excitement by trying out fresh resources and strategies in your classroom.
