Whether you’re using more digital activities because of distance learning or you are just wanting to incorporate more technology in the classroom, Google Forms is an excellent option. One of the best parts about Google Forms is that they are not limited to Google Classroom users. In fact, you can use Google Forms with any online platform or website that allows you to ... Read More
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How to Assign Google Slide Activities (Free Guide)
Have you used Google Classroom before? While the interface may not be user friendly for organizing assignments, the ability to assign interactive assignments through Google Slides is a game changer with digital learning. This post will share a brief overview of how to assign Google Slide activities via Google Classroom with a free downloadable guide you can use as a ... Read More
How to Assign Google Forms to Your Students
As we move more to online learning, teachers are having to post work online for their students. For many teachers, that means assigning work on Google Classroom. For other teachers, that means emailing work to students or their parents or posting work on their websites or other learning platforms for students to download. One easy-to-use option for teachers to use no ... Read More
Tips for Home Learning | Remote & Distant Learning Tips
Home learning/distance learning/remote learning (or whatever your school is calling it) is definitely new territory for most (if not all) of us. Here are some tips and strategies that I think will help make this process more effective for you, your students, and your parents. Some of these apply to digital learning but many are applicable with printable work as ... Read More
The VERY Simple Writing Graphic Organizers My Students Use | Free Writing Graphic Organizers
I never realized I had a strong opinion of the writing graphic organizers I exposed my students to until a few years ago when I worked closely with other teachers (I worked as an ESOL teacher who supported the students in writing). Each writing prompt the students were given had its own specific (and very cute) graphic organizer to go with it. The problem was that the ... Read More
Free Context Clues Activity for Grades 4-5
One of the best ways to see if your students have mastered a reading skill is to see if they can apply it in their writing. I love doing this with themes (read more about how I teach theme and use a working backward activity by clicking here) and text structure. It also works perfectly with context clues. This post will share a simple (but rigorous) context clues activity ... Read More
Around the Room : An Engaging Review Activity
Reviewing is a must in any classroom and subject area. My favorite ways to review are review activities that are low-prep, collaborative, and involve movement. Around the Room is one of my favorite ways to review that incorporates all of these characteristics. Keep reading to learn more about this low-prep engaging review activity that gets students moving and ... Read More
Free I Can Statements – 4th Grade Literacy ELA
Having I Can Statements prepped and ready-to-go can help make your lesson planning a little easier. This post shares ready-to-print 4th Grade Literacy I Can Statements using the common core standards, including a link to an editable version. Want 5th Grade Literacy I Can Statements? Click here! About the 4th Grade Literacy I Can Statements There is one page for ... Read More
Free I Can Statements – 5th Grade Literacy ELA
Breaking down complex or tricky standards into digestible "I Can" statements can be very helpful for students and teachers. This post will share free 5th grade I Can Statements for literacy, including ideas on how to use them in your classroom. Need 4th Grade Literacy I Can Statements? Click here! About the Literacy I Can Statements This free set of I Can ... Read More
Free End of Year Writing Prompts
By the time the end of the school year arrives, I am digging down deep in my bag of tricks and searching my resources for new ideas to engage my students. Often, we have used our best activities and resources well before the final month of school. This post will give you some fresh end of year writing prompts just for that final month of school (with ideas on how to make ... Read More
Word Work Activities with Jenga (Free Printables)
Engaging word work activities for upper elementary grades can be hard to find. On this post, I will share three free word work activities to use with Jenga blocks. These are super engaging and can be used in a literacy center or played whole group if you have multiple Jenga blocks. Amazon affiliate links provided if you wish to purchase the Jenga blocks mentioned on this ... Read More
Prefix and Suffix Review with Jenga | Free Printables
Prefixes and suffixes are one of those skills that students need lots of practice and repetition with (in addition to seeing words with affixes while they are reading). This post shares an engaging prefix and suffix review that the students "play" with Jenga colored blocks. Amazon affiliate links provided if you wish to purchase the Jenga blocks mentioned on this ... Read More
