Welcome to my index blog page, where I share literacy ideas and teaching materials for upper elementary students. I create various resources to help educators teach multiple reading skills to their students.
My blog includes several series, such as “Teaching Types of Conflicts with Movie Trailers,” “Plot Structures,” “Making Connections,” “Story Elements,” and “Figurative Language.” These series make learning engaging and interactive. I also offer resources to teach literacy skills like vocabulary, comprehension, figurative language, and spelling.
Teaching literacy can be challenging, so I give away many free resources that educators can use in the classroom or at home. I want to provide educators with practical, easy-to-use tools to help their students become confident readers.
I hope my index blog page will inspire and motivate educators to use innovative teaching methods and help their students excel in their literacy skills.
Dec 15
Introducing students to the world of reference materials is crucial in developing their research and information literacy skills. This blog post includes a Reference Materials Mini Lesson with fun activities that help students understand the different types of reference materials and their purposes. Be sure to get the handout. It includes the printables and links …
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May 02
Students need to understand mood and tone to fully comprehend a novel. Read definitions, examples, and activities that will aid your lessons. Describing the tone of visual and multimedia elements begins with the following fifth-grade Common Core Student Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a …
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Jan 28
In some ways, I guess you could say I have spoiled my students with great literature because on the days we don’t read at least one chapter I see their disappointed expressions. I began to think about this “problem” and decided that I could teach skills with short, traditional literature. These include well-known stories my …
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Aug 13
Your students will enjoy practicing prefixes and suffixes using sentences from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Students know this well-loved story through the classic movie. This makes using sample sentences from the story ideal. Students can complete the activities even if they have not read the book. You will find four activities. The prefix and …
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Jul 23
Turning skill practice into a game is not only fun for students but will help them learn the skills so much more quickly. These prefix activities for con-/com-, uni-, and ex- use sentences from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for practice. Learning how to use prefixes is a skill that is covered in each grade …
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Apr 16
Are you looking for engaging ways to teach your upper elementary students complex concepts? Word clouds are a fun activity and an excellent tool to achieve this goal. They allow students to visualize and analyze text, making learning more interactive and memorable. This blog post will explore how word clouds can be utilized as a …
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