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Supplemental ELA and math resources designed to enrich your lessons, differentiate for diverse needs, and bring more joy to your upper elementary classroom.

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Beyond the Curriculum: The Best Supplemental ELA and Math Resources for Upper Elementary

This post explores different approaches to narrative writing and narrative writing mentor texts that help all upper elementary students become stronger writers.

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Narrative Writing Mentor Texts

With the right strategies for differentiated instruction, planning tips, resources, and mindset, differentiated instruction doesn’t have to be overwhelming.

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The Best Strategies for Differentiated Instruction (Without Burning Out)

Curated book lists, practical teaching tips, and resources that will make teaching your upper elementary units of study so much easier to plan.

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Units of Study Using Rich Picture Books

Learn how to use student assessment data to improve student growth and achievement. Interpret scores, group students based, and plan differentiated lessons.

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How To Use Student Assessment Data: Practical Tips for Differentiation and Growth

This picture book collection features women who embody courage, perseverance, and empowerment to create meaningful Women's History Month activities.

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Women’s history month activities for upper elementary

This series of high-interest reading lessons and slides will help your students become confident readers and thinkers with accompanying slide guides.

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Reading Lessons Made Easy

If we want to nurture proficient readers who truly comprehend, prioritizing fluency is non-negotiable. Fluency task cards can help!

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How To Use Fluency Task Cards

Download FREE Rockefeller Christmas tree literacy activities, informational text passages, comprehension questions, depth and complexity discussions, and more!

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Free Rockefeller Christmas Tree Literacy Activities

When we truly learn how to teach poetry effectively and its benefits, poetry can be a meaningful (and fun!) addition to our literacy block all year long.

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How to Teach Poetry All Year

First Chapter Fridays is an engaging way to introduce new books, authors, and genres. These tips keep students engaged during whole-class reading.

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First Chapter Fridays and Novel Read-Aloud Engagement Tips

"Giggles and Grammar" is the BEST grammar curriculum that engages students in meaningful, systematic grammar lessons and helps students LOVE learning grammar skills.

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“Giggles and Grammar” Curriculum for Upper Elementary

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This was truly a standout activity last year! 👏 This was truly a standout activity last year! 👏  Comment below, and I’ll send you all the info for implementing this in your classroom! More details ⬇️ 

💚🧡 Last October, I read each of these books (on different days) during literacy, and we did a super quick comparison of the characters, problem/solution/plot, and theme of each book. 

🧡One week, we spent several days during morning meeting discussing The Little Ghost for an extended lesson on self-esteem.

🧡 Once we had read and discussed each book, students wrote a short creative essay answering the following:

👻 Imagine you are writing a new picture book to go on this display.

1️⃣ First, explain what specific theme your book would teach about standing out.

2️⃣ Describe your main character, the problem they would face, and the solution.

3️⃣ Finally, explain why your story would fit well with the three books we read.
FREEEEE and so much fun! Comment below, and I’ll FREEEEE and so much fun! Comment below, and I’ll send you this free assignment that’s perfect for enrichment, teaching alliteration or parts of speech, or early finishers! 💖 

🫶We read @oliverjeffers super fun book (it took us several days, reading a few letters each day), and then students created their own mini alliterative stories after some solid brainstorming sessions. 

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I’m SO excited to start this next week! These fo I’m SO excited to start this next week! These four books complement each other spectacularly well and are perfect for incorporating “spooky season” into your classroom without focusing on Halloween! 

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I love each and every one of these books, not only for the beautiful messages embedded throughout, but for their glorious art and thought provoking themes. This year, I plan to read one each week during morning meeting and complete the same four tasks each time, as shown on the anchor chart. ⬇️ 

🧡 Character Change throughout the books
🧡 Themes of each book and then an overarching theme of all four
🧡 Themes/Vocab/Imagery/Connotations associated with themes of light and dark (this is my favorite part)!
🧡 First impressions and what’s actually under the surface
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Designing Place Value Parks will NEVER get old! Co Designing Place Value Parks will NEVER get old! Comment below, and I’ll send you this freebie so your Monday plans are ready. 🤗 This was the very first of a dozen FREE Math Pictures I created, and it still lives on as a favorite! 

So…. You might be wondering: How do you end up with eight slides in your Place Value Park? 🧐 By having a zip code with an 8 in the ten thousands place, of course! 🤩 🛝
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