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What's In Your Test-Taking Strategies Toolkit? 5 Printables to Help Students Ace Assessments!

Assessment is a daily part of the educational landscape, and students often express dismay that they “don’t test well.” Whether it is a classroom assessment or a high-stakes...

Historical Fiction Reading & Writing Activity: Nory Ryan's Song, Grades 5+

If you are looking for a good historical fiction novel, set in Ireland, to use during the month of March, Nory Ryan’s Song, by Patricia Reilly Giff is a great choice. This is...

How to Create Student Vocabulary Game Boards to Review Words, Grades 3–12

Have you seen my Vocab Land Game Board? Out of all of the amazing creations the graphics team has come up with based on my simple, typed ideas, it is my absolute favorite....

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Rainbows & Rainclouds Phonics Game

Grades K–3

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Vocab Gal's Favorite Test Prep Resources Kit

Grades 3–12+

Teach Literary Elements with a Plot Boat Narrative Poster

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) require upper elementary grade students to have a clear understanding of literary elements and text structures. ...

Interactive Read Aloud: Freedom on the Menu, The Greensboro Sit-Ins

This critical thinking lesson is an example of an interactive read aloud that can be modified to use with grades K-5 utilizing the Revised Bloom’s Cognitive Process...

Dr. Beverly Ann Chin: Developing and Improving Students’ Written Language Proficiency

All English language arts educators are concerned about developing and improving students’ written language proficiencies. Wherever I travel in the United States and the...

Interactive Read Aloud: Officer Buckle & Gloria

This critical thinking lesson is an example of an interactive read aloud that can be modified to use with grades K-5 utilizing the Revised Bloom’s Cognitive Process...

Design Your Own Dwelling Vocabulary Activity, Grades 2–12

It’s always interesting to see where people live and how they decorate their homes. Getting a glimpse of a persons living quarters can tell you a lot about their personality...

Reading Strategy Lesson: Questioning, Grades 3 & 4

For the last two years, questioning has been a school-wide goal where I work. We started by looking at the types of questions we were asking students. We then began to very...

Treat Your Students with the Grammar Land Game Board, Grades 3–12

With an 11 and 9-year-old at home, board games are a great way to spend a weekend evening. Knowing how much we enjoy playing board games at home, I began to wonder about...

Pin the Part of Speech on the Pig Grammar Game (K–5)

The Pin the Part of Speech on the Pig Grammar Game combines learning the parts of speech and a modified version of the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. For each day of the...

Go Fish Vocabulary Game, Grades 1–12

Today I'm sharing a fun, relatively quick vocabulary game that helps students master a few of their trickier vocabulary words! The idea came to me when perusing official...

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