English Language Arts

Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Junior, Martin Luther King Junior Resources for Kids, Teaching Martin Luther King Junior

Martin Luther King Junior resources are here! Engage your intermediate-grade students with text, activities, video, audio, and crafts. (more…)

Teaching Possessive Nouns in Three Days

October 23, 2016

plural possessive nouns, singular possessive nouns, teaching possessive nouns

Teaching possessive nouns can be a train wreck. But have no fear! Your third, fourth, and fifth grade students can learn this tricky skill in just three days. (more…)

Halloween Reading – The Headless Horseman

October 9, 2016

Halloween Reading, Headless Horseman, literature, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Let the Headless Horseman gallop into your classroom. His eerie presence will send chills down students’ spines. Who is this creepy character? Why does he show up in folklore around…

Halloween Writing – Carving Pumpkins

October 2, 2016

Halloween writing can be a snap! Just ask kids to write about carving pumpkins. Soon they’ll be planning and penning the step-by-step process. This writing activity works well for third and…

Fall Foliage Interdisciplinary Teaching Ideas

September 11, 2016

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Engage, English Language Arts, Math, Science

Fall foliage sets the stage for some great interdisciplinary teaching. Plan a full day or sprinkle activities through the season. Grab your students’ attention with a colorful leaf chromatography experiment. Continue with…

Fables First – Beginning Narrative Writing

August 28, 2016

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Fables first! Begin your narrative writing unit with fables. Kids choose a moral, think of a situation that will teach it, and develop animal characters with human traits. After a…

Teaching Poetry with I Spy Books

August 21, 2016

I Spy, poetry, teaching poetry

Teaching poetry with I Spy books sparks kids’ imaginations. It’s fun, easy, and active. After a little instruction on verse, stanza, rhythm, and rhyme, students are ready to create their own I…

Crafting Better Paragraphs with the Hamburger Analogy

June 26, 2016

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Crafting better paragraphs can be fun and easy. Help kids remember the process with this new twist on the hamburger analogy. First, gather three or four closely related details. This is the meat of…

Enjoy Teaching Prose, Drama, and Poetry

June 18, 2016

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