Igniting Critical and Creative Thinking

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Do you want to foster a community of budding young writers in your classroom? Are you struggling to find ways to turn your reluctant writers into awesome authors? In this section, I include engaging ideas to help you teach your students the skills essential to the craft of writing.

Character Traits Writing Foldable

This Outside/Inside Face Foldable is a fun activity to use when studying character traits. This download includes a printable face template and directions on ways to use it in your classroom.

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Use these fun and engaging activities as you build on vocabulary development in your primary classroom.

5 Fun Ways To Boost Vocabulary Development In The Primary Grades

Broad vocabulary skills are essential for overall success in a variety of topics within English Language Arts. There are plenty of ways to teach basic

Take advantage of unused learning time by creating challenging and fun early finisher activities for your students.

3 Great Early Finisher Activities Besides Reading A Book

“I’m done! Now what?” These are dreaded words every teacher has heard more than a time or two! Creating lessons that will serve a diverse

Use these 10 fun and creative ways to use a word wall in your classroom to keep your students engaged and excited to practice targeted words.

Creative Ways to Use Word Walls in Your Classroom

Word walls are collections of words that are displayed in classrooms. They are designed to be interactive tools that students can reference during reading and

Help your students learn fun and exciting synonyms for the word said with these engaging activities they will love.

Teaching Synonyms for Said: A Said is Dead Alternative

Sometimes teaching dialogue in writing can feel like you’re banging your head against a wall. You’ve done all the things. You’ve modeled good examples, practiced,

Your students will love celebrating all of the fun holidays in May with these engaging activities they will love.

Fun & Creative Activities for May

May is such a busy time in the classroom. I sometimes refer to it as May Madness because of all of the extra activities and

These engaging spring activities include everything you need for spring time learning your students will love.

The Ultimate List of Engaging Spring Activities for Teachers

Looking to bring a little spring into your classroom? This list of my favorite spring activities will have your students engaging in meaningful reading, writing,

These creative ideas for teaching biographies include graphic organizers to help students remember information from biographies and informational text.

3 Creative Ideas for Teaching Biographies Your Students Will Love

There is so much power in teaching our students about history using biographies. We can all learn from the success and failures of others. But

Your students will love these fun and engaging February activities for the classroom

Fun February Activities for Your Classroom

February is the sweetest month of the year! You can just feel the love with all of the Valentine’s Day talk and goodies around you.

Teaching fables is a great way to dive into story elements, reading comprehension skills and more.

The Best Reasons to Teach Fables in Your Classroom

Once upon a time, teachers discovered the power of fables in their classrooms. But as technology advanced and children’s books began to grace every shelf,