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ELA Test Prep Ideas for Kids

Easy and Effective ELA Test Prep Ideas for Upper Elementary

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As students across the nation gear up for the standardized testing season, teachers are tasked with helping their students prepare for the tests. While some students may be ready for the tests, others ...

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Read-Alouds vs. Novel Studies: Key Differences Between Them in the Classroom

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As a teacher, you may be wondering whether to use read-alouds or novel studies in your classroom. Though they may seem similar at first glance, there are actually quite a few key differences that you ...

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Teaching Nonfiction Text Features The Easy Way

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You need your students to understand nonfiction text in a simple process. I completely understand! This post gives upper elementary teachers tips that are effective, but also quick. Here you'll learn ...

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Fun Summer Reading Activities for Kids

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With summer comes fun, play time, and sleeping in late. Unfortunately, it also means potential reading loss for kids. This post shares fun summer reading activities for kids in upper elementary ...

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3rd Grade Spiral Literacy Practice

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Do you have third graders who are struggling with reading? There are so many literacy skills related to reading success for Grade 3 students! This post gives practical tips on the do's and don't of ...

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Effective Editing Practice for Upper Elementary Students

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How do you teach editing skills to elementary students? What are some strategies for revising writing? If you have ever asked these questions or anything similar, you're in the right place! This post ...

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Teaching Informational Text to Upper Elementary (without boring them to tears!)

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At times, it seems easier to keep kids engaged with reading fiction novels and picture books than with nonfiction books. Is it possible to make nonfiction reading fun? Absolutely teacher friend! In ...

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Helping Kids Who Are Struggling with Reading

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If you feel like you've tried so many different strategies to encourage a child who is struggling with reading, you're not alone. In this post, writer Julia Robson shares practical ideas on helping ...

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Engaging Digital Poetry Ideas

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Looking for some fresh ideas to make virtual poetry interesting? Well, look no further, teacher friend! This post shares 5 engaging digital poetry ideas that you can use with any online learning ...

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Easy Ideas to Make Virtual Reading More Fun

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Have you and your students hit a virtual reading brick wall? You're not alone! This post shares easy ideas to make virtual reading more fun--no matter what online learning platform you use. Hang in ...

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Getting ready for Parent-Teacher Conferences doesn't have to be stressful.

The 7 tips listed above in the post will serve you well no matter what grade you teach. Plus, The Butterfly Teacher has a blog post with several other tips and resources for successful parent-teacher conferences. 📝

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This freebie includes instructions for how to print on sticky notes. ✅

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👉🏾 Which of these 7 tips stand out the most to you and why? And what month do you have your conferences this fall. 🗓️

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🤔 Should 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders have literac 🤔 Should 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders have literacy centers? I mean shouldn’t we call them stations or something else? 🤨 

🏷️ Calling them stations vs. centers isn’t the main point! The main point is that every upper elementary teacher should have these in their classroom. 

🙌🏾 Small group instruction with hands-on materials greatly benefits upper elementary students in math and Literacy. 

📣So, if you teach 3rd through 6th grade, and you want some engaging ideas for literacy centers, we have 25 of them for you completely FREE. 🎁 

This freebie also has planning pages to help you map out how to implement centers in your class. 📝🗓️

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Do you think upper elementary should have centers/stations for literacy? 🤔 

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Have you ever used answer buzzers in your class? 😮 They can make any lesson feel more energetic and exciting!! 🤩

💵 The Dollar Tree now sells them (this is not a sponsored post). You can also get a set of 4 from Amazon.

I've used both and here are ways that they make learning more fun:

➡️ For a whole class review, divide students into teams.

👯Call two students up to the front at a time. Have them stand with their hands behind their back to listen carefully to you ask a review question. (Use for any subject.)

🚨Each student will have a buzzer in front of him or her.

🥇 The student who hits the buzzer first gets to answer the question. IF they answer correctly, their team gets the point. IF the answer is incorrect, the other student gets a chance to answer it.

Each playing different rounds until a team is declared a winner. 🏆

⚠️BUUUUTTTT, just like with any energetic, fast-paced game you need to establish the rules and state your behavior expectations up front! Since these kind of games are so high-energy (plus the buzzers are LOUD), then it helps to have a signal that you use to get the students quiet.

🖐🏾 I like to use signals that don't require sound (like turning off all the lights or holding up a hand signal--GIVE ME FIVE) for students to understand that they are too loud and need to settle down.

🤗 I promise you that having these buzzers in your class is worth it. They increase the engagement factor SO much!

Raise your hand in the comments if you would use something like this in your classroom! 🙋🏽‍♀️
If you've already tried them, what are your thoughts on them?

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When my anxious thoughts seem to zip-line through When my anxious thoughts seem to zip-line through my mind, I journal.📝

Along with prayer and mediation, it's one of my favorite ways to calm my thoughts, gain clarity, and center myself.

Decorative journaling is even better! 💕✍🏾. Have you tried it? 🙋🏾‍♀️
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Are you a detailed-oriented person? 🔍 Have you Are you a detailed-oriented person? 🔍 Have you mastered the art of noticing? 🧐

Tell us in the comments what you notice. 🕵🏼‍♀️
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Trust me teacher friends, you want to establish strong procedures during the beginning of the school year so that the rest of the year goes smoothly.

If you want these editable checklists, comment PROCEDURES below and I'll send them to you. 🤗

Hey veteran teacher friends, what procedures do you think are the most important to start teaching? 🧐
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