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Rethinking Grammar: This Ain’t Your Momma’s Instruction Book, Grades 6–12

My mom likes to tell a story about her high school English teacher, who carried a ruler and rapped students’ knuckles when they struggled with grammar exercises. Instruction...

Interactive Read Aloud: White Socks Only

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...

Genrifying Your Classroom Library

I love a great library, whether it it’s my school library or my classroom library, and I have found that the best way to get students the books they want is to organize the...

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Rainbows & Rainclouds Phonics Game

Grades K–3

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Grades 3–12+

Vocabulary Checkers Game, Grades 1–12

I adored playing checkers growing up, and I thought that a vocabulary version would be fun and easy to play, as well as a great review for students. ...

Interactive Read Aloud of The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

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...

Snow Day Details Vocabulary Activity, Grades 1–8

Last year when many of us were experiencing severe "Polar Vortex" storms, I shared a simple writing activity where students describe their ideal snow day using vocabulary...

Picabulary Vocabulary Game, Grades 3–12

Although I am a terrible artist, I do enjoy the odd round of Pictionary every now and again. It is quite easy to play a simplified version of the game with your students as a...

Interactive Read Aloud of Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

This Critical Thinking Interactive Read Aloud of Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts provides the thought-provoking questions essential to every interactive read aloud. Your...

Cooking the Perfect Turkey Sequence Writing Activity, Grades 1–3

One of my all time favorite Thanksgiving activities to do with my students is a sequence writing lesson entitled, 'Recipe for Cooking the Perfect Turkey'. I begin the lesson...

Thanksgiving-Themed Reading Resources, K–5

Keeping reading activities fun, yet meaningful, can be a daunting task. I usually look to the holiday of the current month (provided there is one) for inspiration. Today I'm...

Mr. Turkey 5W's and 1H Graphic Organizer

Bring some holiday fun into the classroom with a simple Thanksgiving-inspired reading exercise! Below is a Thankgiving book and a 5W's & 1H reading graphic organizer I use...

The Turkey's Talking Vocabulary Activity, K–12

How can a turkey get out of Thanksgiving without being eaten? By describing how delicious all the other foods at the table are, of course! ...

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