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Tips and resources for teaching persuasive writing in upper elementary, including the difference between opinion and argumentative writing.

Tips and resources for teaching persuasive writing in upper elementary, including the difference between opinion and argumentative writing.

Teaching Persuasive Writing

November read alouds for upper elementary students, related lessons to use with each book, and seasonal activity ideas too!

November read alouds for upper elementary students, related lessons to use with each book, and seasonal activity ideas too!

November Read Alouds for Upper Elementary

Upper elementary tips and resources to help you provide engaging instruction and meet all students' needs using authentic texts

Upper elementary tips and resources to help you provide engaging instruction and meet all students' needs using authentic texts

Integrating Authentic Texts into Your Curriculum

How To Use Reader’s Theater Scripts in Your Upper Elementary Classroom

Here are some of my favorite fall read alouds, along with different fall literacy activities that are all great for upper elementary.

Here are some of my favorite fall read alouds, along with different fall literacy activities that are all great for upper elementary.

Fall Read Alouds and Literacy Activities for Upper Elementary

Learn how to use podcasts in the classroom to challenge students' listening skills, and integrate content related skills too.

Learn how to use podcasts in the classroom to challenge students' listening skills, and integrate content related skills too.

Incorporating Podcasts in the Classroom

Learn how to integrate daily grammar practice into your routines to save valuable time and strengthen grammar skills too.

Learn how to integrate daily grammar practice into your routines to save valuable time and strengthen grammar skills too.

6 Ways To Integrate Daily Grammar Practice Into Your Routines

Spelling strategy is an important part of upper elementary literacy instruction. Read tips and download resources for 4 key strategies.

Spelling strategy is an important part of upper elementary literacy instruction. Read tips and download resources for 4 key strategies.

4 Spelling Strategy Tips for Upper Elementary

Learn how to use literacy centers in upper elementary for engagement and differentiation. Increase independence and collaboration too!

Learn how to use literacy centers in upper elementary for engagement and differentiation. Increase independence and collaboration too!

Tips for Using Literacy Centers in Upper Elementary

Teaching punctuation in upper elementary involves advanced topics like quotation marks, dialogue, and apostrophes. Learn how to make it fun!

Teaching punctuation in upper elementary involves advanced topics like quotation marks, dialogue, and apostrophes. Learn how to make it fun!

Activities for Teaching Punctuation: Quotation Marks, Dialogue, and Apostrophes

Back to school read alouds are a great way to build community, get to know your students, and discuss important topics for the year.

Back to school read alouds are a great way to build community, get to know your students, and discuss important topics for the year.

A Complete List of Back to School Read Alouds

Teaching Informational Text Skills

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Celebrations Around the World like you’ve never

Celebrations Around the World like you’ve never experienced before! 🎉 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you a link to this cross curricular project that hits so many math and literacy skills!

One million hours later, and it’s done. 🚢 I h

One million hours later, and it’s done. 🚢 I have literally never done a Lego set in my entire life, but my husband gave my Titanic-loving-self the biggest set they’ve ever made, and I committed to finishing it by this Christmas, so here we are. 😅🤷🏼‍♀️ #9090pieces #myfingershurt #titanic #titaniclego

I have always included morphology in my instructio

I have always included morphology in my instruction, but it’s a MAJOR goal of mine this year. Anyone else?!💥 I took the week long Orton-Gillingham training and have been busily incorporating these skills while making it challenging and engaging. This activity was SO much fun and super easy to differentiate.

First, students had to read a paragraph with a bunch of missing un- and re- words (picture 1️⃣). We brainstormed words that might go in the blanks based on context clues and what we know about these specific prefixes.

Then, I gave them vocab cards with the meaning of the words. They created word sums (picture 2️⃣) for each and then began placing them into the story (picture 3️⃣).

Finally, they flipped them over to reveal the completed words and read the story (picture 4️⃣).

There are so many ways you can do this — if your students need more scaffolding, place the cards/definitions directly into the story instead of having them determine where they go!

I’m always on the hunt for problems like this!!

I’m always on the hunt for problems like this!! 🧠 Swipe for the answer and tell me how you’d use this in your classroom and how you’d guide students toward an answer. 🤔

If you need awesome tasks like this, Nrich is the BEST! ❤️

I look forward to this Seasonal Writing Activity E

Did one of your favorites make the bookshelf? 🍁

Did one of your favorites make the bookshelf? 🍁

I use this FREE Text Structure Sort every year, an

💥 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you a l

💥 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you a link! 💥 Are you ready for the most engaging, content-heavy, cross-curricular reading project of them all?! 👏

I created this regions literacy unit to hit almost every single informational text standard while engaging every student (and being low-prep for you)!

Whether you study the regions during your social studies curriculum or just want an amazing reading unit, this project fits the bill!

Students synthesize information from many different sources to create a scrapbook to document their travels. 🧳

🚘 Grab your road trip snacks, and let’s go!

Who is focusing more on grammar instruction this y

Who is focusing more on grammar instruction this year?! 🫣 Your students will thank you later for teaching them the correct way to punctuate their family name on Christmas cards. 😂 🎄

I know it can be overwhelming, but it’s amazing how much progress you’ll see when you explicitly teach these skills, incorporate authentic texts as examples, and use mentor sentences regularly.

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