Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes
Introducing new vocabulary skills to students each year is crucial to their success in school. Sometimes it can seem a little overwhelming when trying to decode words and learn new…
Category: Reading
5 Fun & Exciting Tips for Teaching Theme in Fourth Grade
ELA is so much fun to teach. Reading short stories, fables, and novels with your class is such an amazing experience. There are so many important skills and concepts that…
Story Map Graphic Organizer Ideas
There’s a fine line between teaching reading skills and making reading boring and too academic. It’s important for students to love reading for school and for pleasure. Building in free…
5 Interactive Notebook Ideas for Your Classroom
Interactive notebooks are all the rage lately. And for good reason! They allow you to mix up your teaching style all while creating rigor and engagement in your classroom assignments….
Upper Elementary Reading Centers for the Entire Year
ELA is a huge part of the day in an elementary classroom. There are many standards and skills to cover, in order to help our students develop into strong readers…
May Reading Activities
May is such an exciting time of year with so many things to celebrate. As the school year begins to wrap up, we can almost taste the sweetness of summertime…
