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Free printable vocabulary game for grades 3-5 (editable!)

by Anna G February 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

Looking for a meaningful vocabulary game to help your learners master those words? Try this editable activity! Have you seen my series about how to teach vocabulary? It starts with a post about 10 mistakes to avoid. From there, I give ideas for teaching vocabulary to primary and intermediate learners. I also provide free vocabulary journals and more! Check out the free vocabulary series here if you haven’t seen it… 

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Books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

by Anna G January 12, 2019 4 Comments

Looking for some strong picture books to read aloud to your learners? Choose from this list of books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! This post contains affiliate links. Today I’m sharing a collection of strong picture books to read aloud – perfect for learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement in America. If you’d like, click here for a printable list. My Daddy, Martin Luther… 

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Free games to reinforce subject-verb agreement rules!

by Anna G January 5, 2019 9 Comments

Those pesky subject-verb agreement rules can trip us up! Use these games to help kids master them. Are you a grammar nerd? I was one of those weird kids who actually liked diagramming sentences in high school. But even for a grammar nerd like me, subject-verb agreement rules can be tricky. So I decided to create a set of games to reinforce them. To set up the game, you need the… 

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How to get started with literature circles

by Anna G November 17, 2018 9 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Have you ever been part of a book club? A number of years ago (pre-kids and gray hair), my sister taught kindergarten and I taught first and second grade. Though both of us had started our careers with older learners, we loved our young students –  and we constantly sought out ways to improve our teaching. But we also knew that our content knowledge was… 

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12 Books for Veterans Day

by Anna G October 27, 2018 6 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. I grew up near a large naval base. Many of my friends had dads who served in the navy – dads who were “out to sea” at least half the year. I remember how excited they were when the deployment was nearing its end! I have a huge amount of respect for those who serve in the military and for the families that keep things… 

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Free editable fall spelling game! (grades 1-5)

by Anna G October 16, 2018 8 Comments

Check out this fun editable spelling game – perfect for fall!   I know how hard it is to spice up spelling practice … so I created this simple fall spelling game. The game cards are the same, but you can type your own words into the spelling word cards! The game is cute, but not too cute, so you can use it for kids in (late) first grade through fifth… 

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Children’s books with alliteration

by Anna G October 7, 2018 6 Comments

Teach students how to have fun with figurative language by reading aloud these books with alliteration! This post contains affiliate links. What is alliteration? Alliteration is the purposeful repetition of the intiial sound – most often a consonant or consonant cluster – in two or more words of a phrase. For example: He spluttered and splashed. Why is it important to teach our students about alliteration? Alliteration is important to… 

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Free alliteration activities for kids (grades 2-5)

by Anna G September 29, 2018 10 Comments

If you’re looking for alliteration activities, you’re in the right spot! I promised more activities for older learners, and today’s game fits the bill! Plus, it comes in four different levels – so you can use it with learners in grades 2-5! What is alliteration? Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of many or most of the words in a sentence. Peter Piper picked a… 

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Christopher Columbus children’s books

by Anna G September 23, 2018 9 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. In my first year of teaching, I taught a combined class of third, fourth, and fifth graders. In an attempt to teach critical thinking, I gave my fifth graders articles and books that were up front about Christopher Columbus and some of his not so heroic behavior. Just recently I had the opportunity to visit with one of my former students, and at 28 he still… 

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15 Strong picture books for grades 3-5

by Anna G September 20, 2018 2 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Picture books? In grades 3-5? You bet! Many teachers find strong picture books to use as interactive read alouds – and you can, too. In fact, I wrote a post all about how using picture books to build comprehension in the intermediate grades – you can read it here. Today I’m sharing 15 strong picture books that you can use in your third, fourth, or… 

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