Scripted SCIENCE lessons for kindergarten - Engaging, easy to prep, and includes everything you need! Nonfiction read-aloud books, PowerPoints for every lesson, student activities and workbooks... Kids LOVE this program! NGSS and TEKS aligned.
Grab a set of printable contraction puzzles to use in your next grammar lesson for kids! There are 84 awesome grammar contraction puzzles in the set!
Learn about an easy routine for decoding multisyllabic words in 2nd grade text. Free tools included!
The advantages and disadvatntages of data collection methods and techniques. How to choose the best data gathering method? Top data collection tools.
37+ Free Printable color by number worksheets - they're a great learning activity for your little one.
ANT's are automatic negative thoughts that impact our thinking and beliefs about ourselves. Have students write various ANT's in the jar, then have them challenge each ANT with positive thinking outside the jar.
Introducing our "Back-to-School Icebreaker Resource" – the perfect tool to kick off the school year or welcome a new class. It helps students introduce themselves and break the ice effortlessly. Here's how it works: Begin by sharing a bit about yourself, then invite students to do the same using our four unique worksheets. They can later present their introductions to the class, fostering connections from day one. This resource is flexible, suitable for various age groups, and available in English, Catalan, and Spanish. Start building connections and a welcoming classroom environment today.
A set of cards to practice the unreal conditionals questions and short answers for your students. They work in pairs or groups and interview each other. They will help your students develop their speaking skills. - ESL worksheets
Fun vocabulary games can be a powerful tool in the upper-elementary classroom! As elementary students progress from learning to read to reading to learn, content area vocabulary becomes a crucial part of instruction. Each content subject area such as math, social studies, and science has its own unique set of vocabulary words. Students need to be introduced to and repeatedly exposed to the vocabulary terms that are important in each unit if they are to develop a deep understanding of a specific content area. Fun and Easy Vocabulary Review Games I have found that incorporating a variety of fun and easy vocabulary review games into our schedule motivates my students to spend a few extra minutes studying their words in preparation for the big game! Egg Hunt Review Egg hunt review is a game that my students always love to play! It gets them out of their seats and moving around as they search the classroom high and low for plastic eggs. The only materials needed to play this game are plastic eggs, some strips of paper, and notebook paper. Before your students come into class, number and write a definition on each slip of paper. For example, one slip of paper might read, "1. a written request from a number of people". Fold up the slip of paper and place it inside one of the plastic eggs. After recording all of the definitions and placing them inside of the eggs, hide the eggs around the classroom. When you're ready to play with the class, have each student take out a piece of paper and number it accordingly. If you hid 20 eggs around the room, tell the class to number from 1-20. It's always more fun to play with friends, so I have my kids work in pairs or small groups. When the game begins, one student from each group goes on the hunt for an egg. Egg Hunt Review They bring the egg back to their group, open it up, and read the definition aloud. The students then need to figure out which vocabulary word goes with the definition and write it on the corresponding line. If the definition read, "5. a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign country", then the students would write "mercenary" next to number 5 on their paper. The student who found the egg then puts the slip of paper back inside, places it back wherever they found it, and then returns to the group so the next student may take their turn finding an egg. One of the things I like about this vocabulary review game is that I can just set a time limit based on how much time we have available to play. When time is up, I tell all the students to return their eggs, and then we begin going over the answers. I draw a random name stick and have that student go find an egg and read the definition out loud to the class. We discuss the correct answer, and students check their own papers to see if they got that one right. I collect the slip of paper and empty egg from the student, and call another name to find our next egg. By the time we are done going over all of the answers, I don't have any clean up to do on my own. Hoop Shoot Review Hoop shoot review is another class favorite that only requires a trash can, a ball or wad of paper, and a list of the words and definitions for you to use. Divide the class into two or more teams. Place the trash can in a strategic location and mark the spot on the floor with tape to indicate where the students need to stand. One student comes up to the line, and you read them a definition. If they identify the correct word, they earn their team one point. Then they attempt a "free throw" at the trash can to earn a bonus point for their team. So easy and always a hit with the kids! Vocabulary Bingo Elementary age kids always love a good game of Bingo, and I found the perfect online Bingo card maker! You can play virtual Bingo or print out cards. It's free for up to 30 students! My Free Bingo Cards First, you need to decide which size Bingo card you would like to create. On the left-hand side, go down to "Templates" and choose between a 3x3, 4x4, or 5x5 card. Click on the template you would like to use. My Free Bingo Cards Templates Next, you will type in your title and all of your vocabulary words. Free Bingo Card Maker Click on "Next Step", and you are ready to play Bingo online or print your cards! This is such an easy way to create a vocabulary word game that you can use year after year. Swat the Vocab! Swat the Vocab is the vocabulary review game that my students request the most! It gets very competitive and exciting! All you really need to play is a whiteboard or chalkboard and some fly swatters. For social studies, I have all of the content vocabulary words printed on cardstock with an image of a fly, but you can just simply write the words on your board. Make sure to spread them out as much as you can. Divide your class into three or more teams. Have one player from each team come up to the front and get a fly swatter. Read a definition out loud, and watch out! The student who swats the correct vocabulary word first earns their team a point. It happens so fast, I had to tell my kids to hold their position when swatting so I could see which fly swatter had swatted the word first. Swat the Vocab! I have no doubts that if you begin playing these fun vocabulary word games with your class, they will be more motivated to study their words!
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Roll and Re-Tell Game Instructions Card In this game you will work with your group, take it in turns to read out one of the stories from the story cards, pick any one you like and read it out loud to your group. Once the story is read, go around the circle with each student rolling the dice and answering the question related to the number they rolled, share your answer to the question with your group, pass the dice to the next person to have a go. Once you have all had a role, pick a new reader and a new story to complete the game again with another story. Extension: Students can try and come up with their own questions to ask about their book for a six-sided dice. Pack up, collect the story cards and put them back in the bag.
Go beyond think-pair-share with ten discussion strategies that will engage your students in meaningful paired and small group discussions.
Cooperative learning. Find out what it's all about and get some great resources to help you use this strategy well in your classroom.
Looking for an easy and fun teaching idea for your students to practice their vocabulary words? My students loved it and never realized they were learning! This strategy can work for any grade, from kindergarten to high school!
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Yesterday I was working one on one with a student during Recess. Normally I don't like to keep students in during recess, but this particula...
Here are some resources available to aid your students students conquer irregular past tense verbs in English.
Today I'm excited to have Corrina from From Mrs. Allen's Teaching Files here to share a really fun and exciting activity to use when talking about self control. Self control is such a hard
Kids may think they need candy and video games, but parents know better. Help your child learn the difference between a want and a need with this worksheet.
Pin Hi there! Welcome to English Daisies: English for Families. This website is dedicated to helping parents teach English at home. There are audios, grammar…
I’m currently researching how to teach (my oldest) the art of conversation. She’s been given the gift of gab. And although I know we can use her ‘power’ for good, it someti…
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In first grade reading comprehension is something new, challenging, and difficult to teach because even though they’re all 6 or 7 they’re developmentally so different. Head over to my blog to get this comprehension page. Depending on what grade you teach it’d be great for: homework individual assessment small groups partners intervention challenging gifted students ... Read More about Reading Comprehension
Avoidance and safety-seeking behavior serves to maintain anxiety, and exposure to the fear stimuli/situation is an effective treatment for anxiety. This Avoidance Hierarchy CBT worksheet helps clients to plan exposure tasks.
These job cards are for cooperative learning groups. Each card has the job name and tasks for each student to complete. ...
I temper my rage when I hear these kinds of things coming from kids' mouths - and yes, I’ve heard them before. And I teach students first - not curriculum.
This 3rd part of ESL ideas (view other parts of the series here: part 1, part 2) features 7 more quick but powerful tips. Some of them will will definitely come in handy one day. Who kn
This fun game is perfect for practicing the parts of the body with your ESL students. Have them roll a die and color the body parts in the correct colors.
Student engagement is my number one goal in the classroom. None of the academic goals can be achieved without student engagement. It is essential! My biggest advice to you is to decrease teacher talk and the time students spend in their desks.I want to share some more specific ways that I keep my students engaged
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Developing a growth mindset for kids may require that adults shift the way they talk to students about abilities, intelligence, effort and strengths.
We've been learning about the parts of speech in the most fun ways. A parts of speech printable and flip book, writing our own mad libs, and more.
