Elementary language arts

Hi Friends.... The past two weeks we have been working on Prefixes and Suffixes in our second grade classroom! My kiddos were having such a good time brainstorming words with prefixes and then figuring out the meaning. They really had a strong grasp of the concept... I will pretty impressed. After our whole group lesson on Prefixes and Suffixes, my kiddos completed my Prefix Presents Tab-Its and we just started working on my Suffix Stems Tab-Its on Friday. We will finish up Suffixes on…

37 fun language arts games and activities to teach kids in kingergarten through middle school the fundamentals of language and literature!

I made this Subject & Predicate Writing Game from craft sticks as a fun way to show the students that every sentence need a subjects and a predicate. I made the sentence options very simple,

So you have 100 minutes, but how exactly do you plan and schedule your language arts block for the junior grades?

The start to the school year for newcomer ELLs can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking. It is our job to set them up with tools to help them feel comfortable exploring a new language in a

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Do you have struggling writers who just don't seem to be growing? Do you have reluctant writers who don't seem to get much writing completed? In every class that I have ever taught, there has always been a handful of kiddos that just don't like writing. These students can be toughest to reach. You have

Figurative language review for similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idioms and more for upper elementary students.

Do you want to keep your students engaged and reading during reading time? Read this post to learn about 10 reading centers for upper elementary.

This post features literacy center ideas and printables for 4th-grade classrooms. It includes reading centers for fourth grade.