How to Teach Common and Proper Nouns: Resources, Games, & Scavenger Hunt Looking for common and proper nouns activities? I used to feel like common and proper nouns were one of the most gray areas to learn for my students. Country isn’t capitalized, but the names of them are. General directions aren’t capitalized, but street […]
The 4 Rules to Live By When Teaching Singular and Plural Nouns Looking for singular and plural nouns activities? Teaching singular and plural nouns is TOUGH. Maybe that’s just me being dramatic. 😉 But seriously, it seems as though there are so many rules and “one-offs” related to singular and plural nouns. When teaching these […]
Simple Activities and Resources for Teaching Sequencing of Events Looking for sequencing of events activities? Sequencing is one of those skills that you don’t realize how often you use on a daily basis – even as adults! Driving to work in the morning requires a series of following certain directions after leaving your house, step-by-step […]
Cause and Effect Activities for Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Children Looking for cause and effect activities? While cause and effect may seem like a literacy strategy discussing what happens between characters or story events, the idea of cause and effect can be applied to literally every aspect of our lives. Seriously – every single […]
3rd-Grade Reading Comprehension Online ROUND UP Looking for 3rd-grade reading comprehension online? I got you! I put together blog posts and Google Classroom products that will make your 3rd-grade reading comprehension lessons easy-peasy! Read below to find a treasure trove of ways to make your 3rd-grade reading comprehension lessons engaging AND easy to prep! […]
3rd Grade Reading Strategies Activities ROUND UP Looking for 3rd-grade reading strategies activities? I got you! I put together blog posts, interactive notebooks, and Google Classroom products that will make your reading strategies lessons easy-peasy! Read below to find a treasure trove of ways to make your reading strategies lessons engaging AND easy to prep! […]
Digital Games and Activities for Finding Subject and Predicate Need subject and predicate activities? How many of you have listened to your students read aloud and it sounds like one sentence has turned into an entire page? Or have you graded a paragraph where those 5-6 sentences that should be there are actually just one […]
Elementary Reading Comprehension Strategies: Before, During, and After I have Elementary Reading Comprehension Strategies for you! To help your students become the best readers they can be, it’s critical to not only teach reading comprehension strategies, but also teach your students why it’s important to use them before, during, and after reading! There are multiple […]
4 Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension Looking for strategies to improve reading comprehension?! There’s good news and there’s “not so good” news when it comes to teaching reading comprehension. I’ll give you the “not so good,” first. 😉 There are so many different areas that play a role in overall reading comprehension and it can […]
Activities and Resources for Teaching Main Idea Looking for main idea activities and resources?! Teaching the main idea can be a very tricky concept to get students to understand! It’s not about everything you learn while reading the paragraph, or the overall theme. It’s about teaching students to find key sentences, and using text features […]
How to Make Teaching Grammar Fun Looking for fun ways to teach grammar?! I think teaching grammar used to be my most favorite thing to do when I was in the classroom! Yes, it can be a little bland and isn’t necessarily a subject kids are super excited about. But, the key is to teach […]
Compare and Contrast: Increasing Critical Thinking Skills in Young Readers One of the best things you can do for your students when teaching your compare and contrast unit is to incorporate a wide variety of resources and activities! Like many other teachers, one of my favorite ways to practice comparing and contrasting used to be […]
Building Confident Readers By Teaching Nonfiction Text Features Looking for nonfiction text features activities?! Sometimes there’s a stigma that comes along with nonfiction reading and the idea that it’s mundane. As a society, we tend to portray nonfiction texts to be for research or teaching purposes, but not very often do we view it as […]
Looking for FUN reading comprehension activities? Looking for FUN reading comprehension activities? I got you covered! I’m going to tell you all about my Reading Digital Mystery Pixels that will change the way that you assign reading passages and assess student understanding of reading strategies in your classroom. There’s also a freebie at the end […]
Building Vocabulary Activities Grappling with building vocabulary activities? We focus on helping our students make inferences, predictions, and how to foreshadow. We ask them to read fiction and non-fiction. We teach phonics, fluency, and comprehension like our lives depend on it. All of this sounds great (and really, it is!), but too many times we […]