Feb 20
Teaching prepositions can feel a little tricky. Students often mix them up or struggle to see how they actually change the meaning of a sentence. The good news? With the right mix of visuals, movement, and practice, prepositions can become one of the most fun grammar lessons you teach. Below you’ll find engaging preposition activities, …
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Jan 16
Adverbs can be so much fun to teach once students understand how they bring action to life! The trick is showing them how adverbs answer the questions how, when, where, and to what extent. With the right mix of songs, games, books, and visuals, students will start spotting adverbs everywhere. Below, you’ll find classroom-tested adverb …
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Nov 28
Verbs are the engines of sentences. They show what is happening, what has happened, or what will happen. Helping students understand action, linking, and helping verbs (and their tenses) gives them the tools to write with clarity and power. This post is packed with engaging activities, videos, games, books, posters, and free resources you can …
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Oct 24
Conjunctions may be tiny words, but they do some heavy lifting in sentences. Without them, our writing would sound choppy and robotic: I like pizza. I like pasta. I like tacos. (Yawn.) Throw in a conjunction and suddenly things flow: I like pizza, pasta, and tacos. Much better! If you’re looking for ideas to make …
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Oct 03
Take some of the stress away from teaching endless rules for understanding pronouns with some of these fun hands-on activities. Try teaching pronouns using these posters as a classroom display for students to reference. Turn practice into game-like activities. Read fun books and play catchy songs. Finally, show videos that review rules. Your students will …
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Sep 19
Adjectives bring language to life, and teaching them should be just as colorful. This post offers eight classroom-tested activities to help students master adjective clauses, ordering rules, and comparative forms through literature, visuals, and sensory experiences. Teaching Video with Organizer This video is a great overview of several rules about adjectives. It includes definitions and …
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Aug 29
Nouns are the building blocks of language, and teaching them can be both playful and powerful. This post offers nine classroom-tested activities to help students master concrete vs. abstract nouns, singular and plural forms, possessives, and more through literature, visuals, and movement. If you would like to read more about teaching vocabulary, here’s a link to a …
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