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Gain reading strategies, close reading lesson ideas, and learn how to teach reading with the steps of close reading. Differentiated learning and reading comprehension passages at your fingertips!
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Black History Month Activities
Black History Month Reading Passages for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school students. Differentiated Black History Reading Comprehension Passages about Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. Harriet Tubman, and Jesse Owens, along with Black History Month activities make this unit of study interesting and engaging for students. Black History Month Close Reading passages and worksheets are not only no prep, but are meaningful for teachers and students.
20 Fun Ways to Motivate Students to Write - Appletastic Learning
Looking for ways to motivate students to write? Get 20 creative ideas for writing activities for kids, including writing prompts, story starters, author visits, lessons, printable, and fun projects. Perfect ideas for 3rd grade writing, 4th grade writing, and 5th grade writing in the upper elementary classroom. Helpful for teachers!
November Word Searches and Word Puzzles
Kids LOVE this set of November puzzles! Choose from Thanksgiving puzzles, Veterans Day puzzles, Thanksgiving word search, word scramble, word work, Veterans Day word search and activities for kids that are easy! These printable November word puzzles are perfect for Word Work and ELA centers, too!
December Reading Activities for Upper Elementary - Appletastic Learning
Don't let the excitement of the holidays put a damper on learning in the classroom. Instead use the holidays to engage your upper elementary students this December. Using December themed reading and language arts activities, your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will be learning, practicing and reviewing key skills right up to the holiday break. Find out about these fun and hands-on December reading comprehension and language arts games and activities. #upperelementary #elementaryreading
Cereal Box Book Reports - A Fun Alternative! - Appletastic Learning
Cereal Box Book Report projects are fun, unique, and easy for students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grades and middle school! This creative book report idea has templates, rubrics, graphic organizers, writing activities, and awards! Students learn how to make a cool cereal box book report for fiction, nonfiction, and biographies with this DIY book report packet! Printable book report templates are great for elementary students.
Christmas Writing Prompts with a Gingerbread PBL Twist - Appletastic Learning
Christmas writing prompts and Christmas math are fun and easy with this awesome Christmas project based learning unit. Use the activities with 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school students during the holiday season. The worksheets, projects, ideas, and printables in this Design a Gingerbread House unit make the perfect Christmas PBL activities. The finished Christmas writing activity makes a great holiday bulletin board. #pbl #4thgrade #5thgrade
Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes - Appletastic Learning
Helping students learn to find the meaning of an unknown word is a valuable language skill. By teaching prefixes and suffixes as an integral part of your language curriculum, students can learn how to decipher word meaning. As students master prefixes and suffixes their reading comprehension, writing and spelling will improve. This blog post details a variety of teaching ideas and resources to help you teach these important concepts in your elementary classroom. #UpperElementary #ELA
15 Useful Science of Reading Activities for Upper Elementary - Appletastic Learning
Science of reading activities can be so helpful for students of all ages. Reading is an essential skill to have in order to succeed in school and life. It’s not just about being able to read the words, it’s about understanding what you are reading and connecting those ideas with what you already know. In this blog post, I will share some amazing science of reading activities that any teacher can use in the classroom. These activities are sure to engage your readers while helping them build impo
4th Grade Spelling Activities
Get fourth grade spelling word lists, activities, printable worksheets, and spelling bee words with the complete 4th grade spelling curriculum for the year. Just print and use every week with your 4th grade students, elementary classrooms, and homeschool curriculum! Spelling words for 4th grade for the entire year done for you!
How to Make a Lap Book: with FREE Template - Appletastic Learning
If you've ever wondered how to make a lap book, today's your day! You'll learn how to make a lapbook with your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom and home school students. Plus you get a FREE book report lapbook template when you sign up for our mailing list. This is a great "how-to" blog post that allows your students to create a complete DIY project. It's great for helping students meet their reading goals withOUT a boring book report. Grab this freebie now!
Christmas Writing Activities and Mini Flip Books
Christmas writing activities are fun for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school with these ready-to-go Christmas writing prompts and projects. Use these printable ideas for Christmas writing inspiration and templates for kids. Perfect for a Christmas writing center or creativity area or table. Students love these fun mini flip books for holiday writing. #4thgrade #5thgrade
25 Best Books for Tween Boys - Appletastic Learning
This book list of the 25 best books for tween boys is perfect for parents and teachers to help kids learn to love to read! These books for boys are great for ages 8-10, 10-12, and 12-14, and even reluctant readers! Includes adventure books, mystery books, funny books and ideas for chapter books for students in grades 3-5, 4-6, and 5-7. If you have boys who hate to read, these books for tweens boys and tweens middle school are perfect!
Christmas Writing Activities and Mini Flip Books
Christmas writing activities are fun for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school with these ready-to-go Christmas writing prompts and projects. Use these printable ideas for Christmas writing inspiration and templates for kids. Perfect for a Christmas writing center or creativity area or table. Students love these fun mini flip books for holiday writing. #4thgrade #5thgrade
Fun Opinion Writing Prompts for Upper Elementary - Appletastic Learning
Help your students master opinion writing with these opinion writing prompts! 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students love opinion writing with the fun prompts and examples included in this blog post. Learn why opinion writing is important and how to teach opinion writing with these printable prompts, worksheets, sample topics, and freebie. Help students improve writing relationships with graphic organizer and prompts which can be used as an anchor chart, too.
Christmas Activities for Kids - Appletastic Learning
#Christmas Fun in the Classroom is easy with these low prep activities for upper elementary students. Keep your students engaged in learning this Christmas season with 5 Fun Christmas Activities for Kids. Perfect for third grade, fourth grade and fifth grade students. These math, reading and writing activities will add some holiday fun to your classroom. #thirdgrade #fourthgrade #fifthgrade #Chrismtasmath #elementarymath #Christmasintheclassroom #Christmasreading #Christmaswriting #PBL