Tangled Up in Learning

Looking for a more unique, innovative way to celebrate 100 days of school for upper grades? This is the project for you! Parents love seeing this artwork in the hall--we will leave it up for Parent Teacher Conferences! This product includes step-by-step instructions and the necessary worksheets to make a word cloud that encompasses 100 words to describe each of your students. There are art project titles made for grades 3rd-6th. After getting this idea, I went through trials-and-errors until I f

This is a great way to practice memorizing meanings of common prefixes and suffixes--by playing a matching game! The Matching Game cards include the affixes: dis-, un-, re-, pre-, mis-, non-, -ful, -able, -ness, -ed, -ing, -s/–es, -er, -en, -less, and -est. Students will play memory to find their corresponding definitions. Using the provided worksheet, you can use it to teach students each prefix and suffix before they play the matching game. Or if they already know the definitions, they can pl

This worksheet provides students some great practice after introducing connotation and denotation. This is a quick way to reinforce the difference between positive and negative connotations. The answer key is provided. Worksheet's Directions: Read the words below. The words next to each other have the same denotation. Highlight the words with a positive connotation yellow. Highlight the words with a negative connotation blue.

These cut and paste flap charts, are an interactive way to introduce some of the common prefixes and suffixes. These make great notes with examples to provide a way to distinguish a base/root word and how its meaning changes once an affix is added to it. The affixes included are: un-, dis-, non-, pre-, re-, -ful, -er, -en, -able, and -less. There are also blank flap charts you can use to introduce any other affix you want.

These are great posters for introducing and teaching the three elements that make a story: characters, setting, and plot. The posters have definitions and visual examples. They work great to show through the projector while teaching, print and display on bulletin boards, or print small and have the students glue them into their notebooks to refer back to. Includes color posters, black and white posters, and handout sized posters.

These are great poster for introducing and teaching Point of View. The first poster defines both parts of point of view: the view (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and the perspective. The second poster shows what key pronouns to look for to distinguish what point of view a story is told from. The posters are provided in a full page size and a handout size. These cute poster works great to show through the projector while teaching, print and display on bulletin boards, or print small and have the students glue th

This bundle includes literacy/reading posters for: Text Structures, Cause and Effect, Sequencing, Problem and Solution, Description, Compare and Contrast, Main Idea and Key Details, Theme, Point of View, Point of View Pronouns, Characters, Setting and Plot. Total of 13 posters. Each one comes full size and handout size (4 to a page). This is a great bundle that gives you anchor charts for essential things taught during literacy and writing through tht eyear. These posters can be printed large a

This is a fun, engaging activity for students to practice recognizing multiplication comparisons as statements and as equations. This can be used for a practice or a review, and can be done individually or with partners. Students will be asked to write the equation to a given multiplication comparison and use their answers to help them go through the scavenger hunt. Students can start at any card and work through the hunt at their own pace, all while self-checking if they are understanding the s

These are great posters for introducing and teaching the Text Structures: Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Description, Sequence, and Problem and Solution. Included is a poster that lists all of the text structures and an individual poster for each structure (6 posters total), each one provided in a full page size and a handout size. The posters have definitions, examples, colors, and graphics. They work great to show through the projector while teaching, print and display on bulletin boa

This is a great poster for introducing and teaching Theme. The poster provides a definition and example and looks cute! The poster is provided in a full page size and a handout size. This poster works great to show through the projector while teaching, print and display on bulletin boards, or print small and have the students glue them into their notebooks to refer back to. Enjoy!

This is a great poster for introducing and teaching Main Idea and Key Details. The poster provides a definition and example and looks cute! The poster is provided in a full page size and a handout size. This poster works great to show through the projector while teaching, print and display on bulletin boards, or print small and have the students glue them into their notebooks to refer back to. Enjoy!

This is a quick and easy way for students to practice identifying phrases and their contractions. They draw lines between the matches. It is broken up into groups on the worksheet for easy grading for you. :)

During November it is so fun to have themed writing activities for the Thanksgiving holiday season. This is a fun one that students love! Students will practice writing a descriptive story using the elements of a story--characters, setting, and plot. They will write a story that has to have a turkey--can be as silly or realistic as you or your students want! They will brainstrom, write a story, and create a cover page for their story. They can share their stories with the class and these creati