No matter what study you read, the evidence always shows that students who read over the summer are more successful in the fall than those who don’t. How can you help your students avoid the summer slide? I always try to encourage my students to be independent learners and to take ownership of their own…
Consider it the ultimate list of language arts lessons for elementary teachers! With over 50 teacher-tested, classroom-proven lesson and activity ideas, this list is filled with teaching goodness. Bookmark it and return later for ideas for every week of the school year!
It starts in early elementary school. The breaking down of sentences and the discussion about parts of speech begins on those alphabet printed area rugs where kindergarteners spend their morning meeting. For those little learners and the ESL/ELL students who are learning English, it can be a challenging prospect. That’s when creating silly sentences makes…