Jan 17
Are you looking for a new twist on teaching poetic elements? Check out these seven activities that use winter figurative language and poems. Winter idioms, Jack Frost, and snow make for high-interest topics during the cold, winter months. Students will find rhyming schemes, identify figurative language, and analyze what is taking place in the poems. …
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Jan 10
If you are looking for a book will a likable character that will make you laugh and cry, look no further. Ghost by Reynolds is a fantastic book! Throughout the story, the reader follows Castle ‘Ghost’ Crenshaw as he struggles with a mean dad, a school bully, doing what is right and wrong, and belonging. Ghost …
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Jan 03
Students will love reading From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks. In this realistic fiction, Zoe struggles to free her father, serving a sentence in prison for a crime he never committed, a disagreement with her best friend, and a desire to be on the Kid’s Bake Challenge television show. From the Desk of Zoe …
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Dec 13
A Long Walk to Water is a moving dual‑narrative story that highlights resilience, hope, and the extraordinary strength of the human spirit. Through the intertwined journeys of Nya and Salva, readers witness the daily struggle for water, the impact of war, and the courage it takes to survive and help others. Reading Level Lexile 720L …
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Nov 29
Let’s face it. Some lessons are just more fun for teachers as well as students than others. Students would rather read the next chapter of an exciting cliffhanger, than study skills. So, how do you make teaching capitalization and punctuation fun for students? The answer is to use animated shorts and games. Free Capitalization and …
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Nov 15
If you are looking for some Christmas stories to teach your students how to compare and contrast, check out The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree and Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story. These two stories are set in the Appalachian Mountains and have heartwarming and educational themes. They are suitable for students at a mid-third-grade reading level, …
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Nov 08
Are you looking for some new activities to add to your lesson plans? Inspire your students this holiday season with these 10 Christmas Compare-Contrast Writing Prompts. Whether you’re looking for quick morning reviews, entry or exit activities, or even assignments for learning centers, these prompts are perfect. Plus, they’re available in printable and Google Slides …
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