"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

Brew up some with these upper elementary Halloween literacy activities guaranteed to provide seasonal fun while also addressing your important literacy standards.

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Upper Elementary Halloween Literacy Activities

Picture books serve as great mentor texts for demonstrating how to connect with others and build relationship skills. Here are six lessons for upper elementary.

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Using Picture Books to Help Students Build Relationship Skills

Download lists with the best upper elementary books and free printable bookmarks with reading response questions to share with families throughout the year.

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The Best Upper Elementary Books and Free Printable Bookmarks

Picture books to teach self-awareness are great resources for introducing social-emotional learning concepts to children in an accessible and engaging way

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Using Picture Books to Build Self-Awareness

Teaching a vocabulary word of the day helps upper elementary students develop a wider knowledge of words, tackle complex texts, speak confidently, and think critically.

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Increase Word Power with Vocabulary Word of the Day

Using picture books to teach writing in your classroom is one of the most effective ways to engage your students AND teach them critical writing skills.

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Using Picture Books to Teach Writing 

These tried and true literacy teacher observation lessons are perfect to use during your teacher observations for the beginning, middle, and end of the school year.

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Observation-Approved Literacy Resources: Tried and True Literacy Teacher Observation Lessons 

This Leap Year Activities Bundle challenges 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to think critically and apply their new knowledge about Leap Year.

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Leap Year Activities For Upper Elementary School

Wordless picture books are magic tools that we can use in our classrooms to help students make connections and draw inferences effortlessly! 

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The Benefits of Wordless Picture Books

Use these book recommendations to find age-appropriate books for advanced readers in upper elementary and meet the unique needs of all readers.

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The Best Age-Appropriate Books For Advanced Readers

Browse a full year of lessons focused on critical character-building skills for social and emotional learning (SEL) with picture books.

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The Best Way to Teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) with Picture Books