Oct 04
If you’ve ever searched for Halloween animated shorts, you know the struggle is real. One second you’re watching a perfectly adorable cartoon… and then BAM, something wildly inappropriate pops up in the last five seconds. (Cue teacher panic: Where’s the remote? Where’s the mute button?). I’ve already done the heavy lifting for you. These films …
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Sep 27
Are you tired of the same spelling routine? With this Teaching Spelling with Animated Shorts Series, students will be highly engaged in learning how to spell. With weekly animated shorts and monthly review games, students will be excited for spelling class to begin. Spelling with Animated Shorts – The Routine Here is how it works: …
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Sep 13
Ready to challenge your middle school students with analogies that go beyond simple synonyms and antonyms? This blog post shares five engaging activities that explore a variety of word relationships—perfect for grades 6–8.Each activity is designed to deepen vocabulary knowledge, boost critical thinking, and enhance students’ understanding of analogies using relationships like part to whole, …
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Sep 07
Kids love puzzles, and analogies are word puzzles that sharpen thinking while expanding vocabulary. Teaching Analogies with Synonyms and Antonyms is a powerful way to help your 4th and 5th‑grade students learn new words. In this blog post, you’ll discover engaging, hands‑on activities that introduce analogies using synonyms and antonyms—two of the most common and …
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Aug 30
Every year Roald Dahl Day is celebrated on September 13, Dahl’s birthday. Have an exceptional Roald Dahl Day with some of these resources! Lesson Handout The handouts for this post are available in the Fall Vault, along with other fun fall activities your students will love. You’ll find printables and instructions for all the activities mentioned …
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Aug 10
For some students, knowing when to use formal or informal language comes naturally. For others, it is a skill that must be taught in steps. This post offers six teaching ideas from recognizing what is formal and informal to creating formal and informal texts. Start by getting the handout Formal vs Informal Language using the …
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Apr 19
Save Me a Seat centers around two characters that are in the same 5th-grade class at Albert Einstein Elementary School in Hamilton, New Jersey. Ravi is “just off the boat” from Bangalore, India. His dad has been transferred. Joe is all American. He has APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) which causes him to not be able to …
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