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Grammar Mini Lesson: Parts of a Friendly Letter, Grades 3–5

I use letters in every class in a variety of ways. High school and middle school students can write letters to their teachers, introducing themselves. Upper elementary...

Complex Sentences Grammar Practice, Grades 3–5

I love using previous student work to improve student writing. Sentence combining is the strategy of joining short sentences into longer, more complex sentences. The value of...

5 Tips for Selecting Nonfiction Texts (to help you comply with the Common Core State Standards requirements)

For many of us one of the greatest challenges the Common Core State Standards poses is the amount of nonfiction texts we need to now use with our students. I know most of my...

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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+

Adverbs Grammar Practice, Grades 3–5

Students love to discuss what is better. I enjoy listening to their conversations during football season. Where I live, the Denver Broncos are faster, stronger, and quicker...

Awesome Anchor Chart for Indentifying Adverbs

When an English Language Arts standard focuses on developing and strengthening writing skills, students can also focus on grammar usage. One way to edit and revise writing is...

Activating Prior Knowledge Lesson Plans, Grades 3 & 4

As a literacy specialist, I believe one of the most important things I can do for my students is to teach them a myriad of strategies to interpret texts independently. I want...

Bingo Vocabulary Game, Grades 1–12

While many may already be playing Bingo to review vocabulary with their students, it has taken me until this year to actually to create my own Bingo board. I was too lazy to...

Pin the Part of Speech on the Pumpkin Grammar Game, Grades 1–5

Halloween provides countless images and games that children associate with this fun holiday. I have provided a great grammar game, Pin the Part of Speech on the Pumpkin! It...

Halloween Reading Graphic Organizers

The Halloween graphic organizers I use for reading comprehension are some of my favorites. Having a seasonal version of all my graphic organizers is a simple way to add some...

Interactive Read Aloud of How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull

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...

4 Tips for Making Grammar Instruction Meaningful and Enjoyable

Grammar teachers everywhere struggle to keep students engaged and interested while teaching the technical side of language. Dangling participles and superlatives may sound...

Strategies for Helping Readers: Activating Prior Knowledge

I'll never forget reading Mosaic of Thought by Ellin Oliver Keene & Susan Zimmerman in college. While studying the benefits of strategy-based comprehension instruction, I was...

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