Teaching the difference between facts and opinions is such an important comprehension skill for students – actually, for all of us! Just because we saw it on TV or read it on the internet does not make it a fact. The first step in discerning the difference between facts and opinion is to understand what each […]
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As adults, we often walk into a bookstore with a certain genre we are ready to peruse the aisles for in order to find our next read. Would your students be able to do the
So many project options! I love giving students lots of choices to showcase their learning. Check out this graphic for lots of ideas on how to assess student understanding and comprehension of any novel. What would you add to this list? #bespokeela #2ndaryela #EdChat
Each classroom brings students of multiple learning styles and backgrounds. It is our job to provide opportunities that reach all of the many different learning styles that come to us. For this reason, it is
Get your students reading and writing this summer with these fun and engaging enrichment activities for elementary grades.
File folder phonics teaching plurals is fun for our first graders! Plurals are a grammatical marker that tell a reader there is more than one of something
Practice makes future perfect!
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Check out how easy it is to use old iPhones as Listening Centers!
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Section writing tips. Teaching English online has become more and more popular in recent years. Through the following courses below, we will show you how to adapt your existing skills and knowledge to suit this specific area of the teaching world.
Suffixes posters (119!) and also 119 picture center activity cards that are great visuals to help your students understand suffixes. You don't want to teach prefixes and suffixes without these high-quality visual representations of suffixes! These were made to go with my Prefixes Posters and Picture Cards! I have provided 119 different suffix posters and then smaller versions of the same posters (4 to a page) as suffix picture cards that you can use for small groups. These are great when learning suffixes to use as visual examples. You could also have students sort by suffix for the ones that have multiple words for great hands-on practice or use these for many other learning activities. Suffixes included: -ful 7 posters -less 4 posters -ness 4 posters -ly 5 posters -y 11 posters -able 4 posters -ible 1 poster -ist 4 posters -or 2 posters -er 12 posters (meaning: person who) -er 4 posters (meaning: more) -est 3 posters -ment 3 posters -en 3 posters (meaning: quality of) -en 2 posters (meaning: to make or become) -ish 2 posters -dom 1 poster -an 2 posters -ess 1 poster -ship 1 poster -graph 2 posters -phone 2 posters -scope 2 posters -like 2 posters -ed 7 posters -ing 6 posters -s 9 posters -es 5 posters -ies 5 posters **ADDED** -tion 5 posters -ion 1 poster -ous 8 posters (6 words, 2 alternates) Each of these posters, as I said, also comes in a small picture card format that fit 4 to a page. I have also provided a Table of Contents that lists all of the words for each suffix. You can click on any suffix in the Table of Contents to take you to that set of posters. **ADDED**: UK spelling version for "colourful" If you like these, check out my other prefixes and suffixes resources: Prefixes Posters and Picture Cards Prefixes and Suffixes Puzzles Prefixes and Suffixes Charts My Little Book of Prefixes My Little Book of Suffixes My Little Book of Prefixes and Suffixes Prefixes Bottle Cap Centers Suffixes Bottle Cap Centers
