Have you ever read a book with your students when suddenly an idiom shows up and someone asks, "What does that mean?" Idioms without the proper context clues can be really difficult to understand especially for nonnative English speakers. This is why teaching them the most popular idioms for kids is important. Not sure where to start? Here a few idiom activities that will make teaching idioms a ... Read More about Idiom Activities for Upper Elementary
Fun New Year Activities for Students in Upper Elementary
Happy New Year, my Co-Teacher! As we get ready to head back into the classroom, here are some fun New Year activities for students you can do with your upper elementary students. (This blog contains Amazon Affiliate links, which means that Amazon throws a few pennies my way if you purchase something through that link at no additional cost to you.) 1. Learn about the Different New Year ... Read More about Fun New Year Activities for Students in Upper Elementary
40 Picture Books that Teach Grammar to Upper Elementary
Introducing grammar lessons with picture books that teach grammar skills is an excellent way to engage your upper elementary students and set the stage to engage them. Fortunately, many authors have realized the importance of incorporating picture books into lessons, and they have written some fun books that explicitly explain parts of speech and grammar rules within the text. Here are a ... Read More about 40 Picture Books that Teach Grammar to Upper Elementary
Singular and Plural Nouns Activities for Upper Elementary
Singular and plural nouns are first introduced in kindergarten and first grade, but if you are an upper elementary teacher, you know that plural nouns can pose challenges for many 4th and 5th grade writers. Reviewing the plural nouns rules and referring back to them throughout the year is not just important, it's necessary. This post will provide you with several ideas, ... Read More about Singular and Plural Nouns Activities for Upper Elementary
Fun Socially Distanced Classroom Ideas
Teaching in 2020 has been nothing less than challenging. Whether you are teaching face-to-face, virtually, hybrid, or using dual modalities, these times in the classroom are not what any of us ever thought we would be doing. As co-teachers, I honestly do not think there has been a time more important time than these to share ideas with each other of things that are currently working for us. ... Read More about Fun Socially Distanced Classroom Ideas
Teaching Dependent and Independent Clauses
I had never really understood the importance of teaching dependent and independent clauses until I started to closely analyze my students' writing. Do some of your students often write incomplete sentences or sentences that seem to go on and on? Every year, I have quite a few students who start off just like that. Helping them identify the types of clauses is a necessary stepping stone to ... Read More about Teaching Dependent and Independent Clauses
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