By Rachel Lynette
Here is a fun activity to do on Leap Day with your students! Mad Libs are not only fun, they are a terrific way to practice parts of speech! This one is designed to easily be used individually, in pairs or small groups, or with the entire class. Another option is to send it home as a fun homework assignment! Download Yours Free Right Here
I had the honor to guest post for PediaStaff this week! The post is on teaching inference and there are a ton of great ideas for teachers of all populations.
This prompt picker is included with the free Dr. Seuss download! Need some Dr. Seuss themed writing prompts? Whether you’re studying Dr. Seuss or just looking for something fun for your students to write about, these fun writing prompts might be just the thing you need! Perfect for journals, writing centers, bell work, or discussions! Try some of these with your students! You may also
Leap year only comes once every four years, so why not have some fun on Leap Day? This activity is perfect for upper elementary students. Use it with the whole class, as enrichment or even homework. Get Yours Right Here!
Nonfiction texts can seem a little overwhelming at first. Encouraging students to view a nonfiction book in terms of its parts or features can help quite a bit. The very first thing that students should understand about most nonfiction texts is that they don’t need to read every word from start to finish. A nonfiction book can be compared to a grocery store. You buy what
This set of Presidents’ Day task cards is a great way for your students to learn some fun facts about the presidents while practicing their higher-level thinking skills. Each of the 20 cards includes a piece of presidential trivia, along with a creative or critical thinking challenge. These would work well at a center. Another idea is to choose one each day for your students
Just in case you missed them, here are two Valentine’s freebies. Enjoy! Valentine’s Logical Thinking Activity Free Valentine’s Mad Lib Activity If you want more, then you can spend $3.00 and get this pack of 12 Valentine’s Day Activities. There is a nice mix of ELA and math, all with an emphasis on higher level thinking. Happy Valentine’s Day!
I was so thrilled to find out that PediaStaff named my Inference Pinterest Board as their Pin of the Week! PediaStaff places pediatric therapists in schools, clinic, and hospitals throughout the country. In addition to their highly informative blog, they also have a huge Pinterest account with over a hundred boards with pins pertaining to education, child rearing, special needs, and various kinds of therapies.
Here are some interesting writing prompts to try with your students this week: Write about a person that you love. What makes this person special? We often say that we “love” something. For example, “I love chocolate.” What is the difference between loving a person and loving a thing or activity? Do you think that animals feel love? Do you think a dog can feel
I enjoyed writing my post on Ideas for Using Inference so much that I thought it would be fun to do a link up for Reading Strategies! I am using the term Reading Strategies to refer to strategies students can use before, during, and after reading to improve their understanding. Some examples include: visualizing, questioning, making connections (text to self, text to text, text to
Taking a little break from the serious… If you haven’t stumbled across them yet, there seems to be a “Hey, Girl” trend using pictures of actor Ryan Gossling. Though not really a fan, I thought the “Hey, Girls” were so funny, I created a whole Pinterest Board of them. But, I couldn’t just stop there, so I created a few of my own. Hope they
Inference can be a tricky reading strategy to teach, which is a bit ironic since most of us are constantly inferring things about the world around us and have been since a fairly young age. The trick is to help kids learn how to do it with text. Here are some suggestions for helping your students to learn this skill. NOTE: As Amazon Associates, we
