Simple yet engaging ways to make your upper elementary lessons meaningful and fun!
π Reading practice, minus the extra work
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βββ Not everything needs to be invented from scratch, Reader. So if you need to come up with a way for students to respond to reading that doesn't interfere with your plans to binge The Pitt this week (because how is it the season finale already), may I humbly suggest this done-for-you option:
They work with independent reading, centers, homework, small groups, and pair beautifully with whatever reading curriculum you are already using. So instead of spending your evening coming up with fresh response questions, you can just find the reading skills you want students to practice, hit print, then hit the couch for a night and worry about Dr. Robby instead of your reading block. In this pack you'll find:
Students get the practice they need. You get the responses you've been trying to squeeze out of them since September. See the reading response sheets here πππ: Reading Response Activity Sheetsβ Talk soon, P.S. When my school had a reading log "requirement" for homework, I used these sheets instead...and never looked back.
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Simple yet engaging ways to make your upper elementary lessons meaningful and fun!
Scroll to the PS for an important Mother's Day activity note No offense to the moms out there, Reader. ...but May is packed. It's a little tricky to fit Mother's Day* in between, you know, ::gestures vaguely:: That being said, you know you have at least one sweet friend who will look up at you with those big eyes and ask, "Can we do something for Mom?" And you, with the willpower of a squirrel near an unattended bird feeder, are going to say yes. So why not make it an easy one with this...
Trying to make history interesting, Reader? It can be a tough sell. One quick way to reel them in? Find a story they can see themselves in. And the Battle of Puebla has that built in. You've got: π’ A smaller Mexican army.π’ A much larger French force.π’ Long odds.π’ A victory that surprised everybody. It's the kind of underdog story students connect to. But hereβs the problem: Reading passages about historical events tend to be long. And dry. And hard to understand. So when a teacher told me...
Earth Day Every Day, Reader. ...unless you're a busy teacher prepping for test season. As much as torn construction paper collages and recycled art projects have their moment, this time of year is not exactly overflowing with extra wiggle room in upper elementary. You need your seasonal activities to pull their weight. Luckily, this one does: GET THE SCAVENGER HUNT Students move around the room reading Earth Day fact cards, answering text-based questions, working with vocabulary, and...