Friday, July 31, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Letter Sorts: B versus D!”

by Mrs Ps Specialties
Pre-Kindergarten - 1st Grade


Included are 3 different board for recognizing and sorting letters B and D. The first board is for sorting upper case B and D. The second board is for sorting lower case b and d. The third board is for sorting both upper and lower case B and D.

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Fun Writes for Spelling and Word Work”

by Jessica Hamilton
Kindergarten - 4th Grade


These fun writes are great for students to use when practicing the spelling words, sight words, or for word work. It provides a fun way for students to write their words. Students may choose a fun write or the teacher may assign a one for their students. Teachers can also encourage students to create their own fun write. I also send them home as part of their homework.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Possessive Noun Anchor Chart”

by Phun Phonics
1st - 3rd Grade


Anchor chart for possessive nouns describing what they are and when and where to put apostrophes with pictures to help visualize the difference.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Literacy Center - FREE”

by The Reading Nook
2nd - 5th Grade


Literacy Center Activities: If you need a variety of center activities for your students to use, this is it! This is perfect for teachers to use during guided reading time, or any other Language Arts period.

Activities students will work on independently and as a group are writing questions, grammar, categorizing, rhyming, alliteration, and more!

Other Language Arts Resources available:

Language Arts Center Activities Set 2

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Monday, July 27, 2020

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Critique Technique”

by Art Lesson Launchpad
9th - 12th Grade


This free printable guides students in what to say, and what not to say during a Studio Art Critique.

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Sunday, July 26, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Awesome Opposites Cards”

by Jennifer Farnham
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade


Awesome Opposites Cards set includes 12 pairs of opposite cards. On each card you will find a word, as well as some form of visual representation of the word (an image, or some manipulation of the text.)

These cards can be used as a 1- or 2-player memory game. I have also included an opposites recording page. Blank cards are included for you and/or your kids to add more opposite pairs.

You will also find directions and blank pages for a differentiated Awesome Opposites Little Dictionary activity. On each page, kids should write a word from the opposite pair and draw a picture to represent that word. For those kids who are ready, they may write a sentence instead of just a word.





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Saturday, July 25, 2020

FREE MATH LESSON - “Math Board Game (Rocket Theme)”

by Jessi's Archive
Pre-Kindergarten - 3rd Grade


Blast off to a fun Math board game. This rocket-themed folder board game is a great way to learn shapes, colors, numbers and the concept of addition.

Includes:

RocketShape Board Game
3 Types of Dice (Shapes, Colors and Numbers)
Instruction

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Friday, July 24, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Ladybugs: A Kindergarten Literacy Unit”

by Richi Reynolds
Kindergarten - 1st Grade


Kids love ladybugs! This literacy unit taps into their natural curiosity and fascination of ladybugs. It includes an original story, Six Little Ladybugs, and lots of literacy activities your little ones are sure to love. It has letter, sound, sight word and numeral recognition, as well rhyming words, handwriting, graphing, comprehension and ladybug observation pages. I hope you enjoy using Ladybugs with your kiddos!





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Thursday, July 23, 2020

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “SAMPLE Early Literacy Tools: Elkonin boxes and Medial Vowel Set (CVC words)”

by Jen Strange
Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade


All elementary school teachers know how important it is to teach segmenting as part of early literacy instruction. Elkonin boxes are a common tool to increase students' phonemic awareness.

My Early Literacy Tools: Elkonin boxes and Medial Vowel Set was designed with the intention of making this fun and easy.

The sample of my Early Literacy Tools: Elkonin boxes and Medial Vowel Set has all the materials you need to really get an idea of what the full set offers.

The 6 images included represent one word for each short vowel - and an extra for A. Printable movable alphabet letters are included for each of these 6 words. A printable Elkonin box mat in a soothing pastel color is also included.

All image files are letter-sized for easy color-printing, either at a home / school computer, or any office supply store.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

10 Back-to-School Writing Activities Kids Grades 4-9 Will Love

As students come back to school (ELA in particular), you have three wishes: 1) You want them to like your class and look forward to the year with you. 2) You want them to get acquainted with you and each other respectfully. 3) You want them to be ready to read & write without whining! These 10 writing ideas are going to help your three wishes to come true.
1. Two Truths and a Lie Ice Breaker: This is just a quick writing activity and it's more about easing them into a new class than the writing itself. But, they write two truths and one lie about themselves. For example, "I can play guitar," "I have been skydiving," "I have four dogs and a cat," etc. When it's their turn, in no particular order, they say their two truths and a lie. (They should actually mix up the order). Then, you go around the room and either 1) have everyone say their guess for which one is the lie, or 2) only have volunteers say which one is a lie. After that, the student reveals what things were true and what things were lies. For distance learning, you can do this in a meeting or have some way for students to post them and comment or vote.

2. Compare-and-Contrast This Past Summer to the Last: It occurred to me that this summer was probably a lot different than last summer for most students. And who knows how many vacays got cancelled! Anyway, it was a lightbulb moment for me thinking how they could write a compare-and-contrast essay about this past summer compared to the year before! So, I wrote up a free guided step-by-step printable (& made Google Slides) that holds their hand from coming up with ideas, to filling out a choice of graphic organizers that are included, to the finished product. I mean you don't technically need it, but it will really help you and them a lot! Get yours here.

3. Write a Limerick About Yourself: This is a great way to have students introduce themselves in a very lighthearted, silly way while practicing rhyme, meter, and rhythm! Again, I made a guided printable (& Google Slides) that takes them from how to do it, samples, brainstorming, and then writing. It's free so get yours today. Again, you don't need it, but it will make life easier.

Here's one I made up this morning:

There was a sweet woman named Katie
She was a most beautiful lady
But her moods were unreal
We were like, "What is her deal?"
But then she chilled out at age eighty.

4. Write a 5 Senses Concrete Imagery Poem: This gets them to write about a summer memory, a topic they enjoy, and gets them to practice using concrete imagery by having them think in sensory terms. In the past, I had them use stationary I provided just to jazz them up and add some flair, so I included some stationary papers, samples of poems done, and step-by-step guidance in my free lesson made in PDF and Google Slides. Here's a sample:

5. An Autobiography Block: Recently, I made a biography block lesson for students to present what they learned about someone they read about. There are six sides to display information and then a small symbolic item can go inside. So, this is similar except the students present themselves. I made a free lesson for them to create it (template and rubric included) to create: Side 1) Stats about your age, birthday, birth place, etc. and portrait, Side 2) Some info about and a picture of your family, 3) Your hobbies, 4) Clothing that represents you, 5) A house or dwelling that represents you, 6) Your favorite things or a map of where you've lived. And a small symbolic item goes inside. Get your free lesson with template and rubric.




6. Fingerprint Writing: This one is not my lesson, but I saw it and wanted to share it. It looks really good! Students write about themselves on a large fingerprint with lines on it that looks really cool. I want to display it, but I don't think that's allowed.

7. Writing About Me Sym-bol-i-cal-ly: This is a free writing and art combo lesson, though you could leave out the art portion of it and call it a day. Below is a sample, and then you can look at a bunch more student samples on my blog post "Writing Figuratively About Yourself Using Similes and Symbols at Home or Distance Learning." (Is this a cry for help showing I need to figure out how to shorten my blog post titles? Help!) Go check out the free lesson.
8. Writing About Me With Hy-per-bo-le: This is a free writing explanatory, informative text about yourself but adding hyperbole to it to make it really funny and obviously exaggerated.  Here is a sample I wrote, or just get the free lesson that has the step-by-step guided writing printable and access to Google Slides. It is a quick, fun writing activity that gets students acquainted in a silly, non-scary way. And it requires writing skills, so there you go! Go get yours.

Katie the Incredible Rollerblader
       I am so good at rollerblading. When I rollerblade, crowds of people gather around just to see my impressive skills. You can hear people getting on their cell phones to say, “Dude, you gotta get over here and see the most amazing rollerblader I have ever seen!” People beg me for my autograph like I am a movie star or something. I am so fast, it is as if there are engines in each one of my rollerbladesI am like a jet. I even had a race with a sports car one time and I won - easily. Not only am I fast, but I can do awesome tricks. I can jump over just about any obstacle: cars, mailboxes, people, you name it. I once jumped over a tree! And flips are no problem. I make flips look so easy, it is like I am coin being tossed in the air during a coin toss. I jump up so high and do about 15 flips on the way down. And don’t even get me started on how many laps I can do at the roller rink. I can do about 1,000 laps around the roller rink in one minute. I truly am the best rollerblader on the entire planet!


9. Create-a-Critter Explanatory Writing Activity: Again, I will refer you to the free lesson and the blog post that has samples, but in a nutshell, students think of an animal that doesn't exist such as a hybrid like the jaccoon" I made up jaguar and raccoon Combo) and draw a picture of it. Then they describe what it looks like using their best descriptive writing skills . Then someone takes the description and tries to draw it based on that. Then, they do a comparison. You can do it, or just get my free lesson in PDF or Google Slides that does most of the work for you. To the left are samples: a jaccoon, a mooda, and a durtle. 

By the way, there is an alternate version "Create a Dog" which is the same but is all about dogs.

10. What's In My Head: I've used this head template for so many lessons such as having students examine a character's thoughts and feelings, or saying what they learned at the end of the school year, and now they can use it for back to school writing to examine their thoughts and feelings, and let others see them to get to know each other. Here is a sample of one Anne Frank and a teen, but you would have them fill it in based on their own heads! Check out the blog post with ideas and template.








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FREE Misc. Lesson: All About Me - Distance Learning - Digital TPT Activity

Whether you are social distancing in your classroom or online, this one page grid makes a great "Getting to Know You" activity for the first week of school.

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