Silly Teaching

For your ELD students taking the AZELLA test Stage II, talking on the phone might be scary or confusing. This is a practice you can use for you students. I partnered up with a buddy class and had one of their students call my classroom and ask the questions. My students answered the questions in complete sentences.

Use this powerpoint to help teach your students the difference between AM and PM.

I use this with my ELL students as one of their daily vocabulary stations but would work great for any student. It can be used on the computer (I like to put mine on WIXIE or Google Classroom for my students.) I have also put it in protective sleeves and had the students write with whiteboard markers to save paper. I included an example in red, but students can also draw pictures for the examples/non example. To challenge students, you can change one of the boxes to synonym/antonym. I also chall

With this product students can practice creating a diagram by putting labels on the picture.

These informational texts give information in topics such as what the animals eat, where the animals live and what the animals look like. This is a great resource to use for research when writing informational pieces.

Students can practice asking Who, what, when, where and why questions by looking at the picture.

Use these cards to practice Noun Modifiers. You can make a copy for groups to play Go Fish or just make a class set and time them on how long it takes them to find their match.

Use this Text Features hunt as a review for students. Use any nonfiction book that has text features.

Students can use this Progressive Verb Tense Study with Pictures to help them practice.

Students can practice nouns that modify.

Use this to practice the verb to be in the past tense.

Students can use this fluency practice with Iphones, Ipads, or computers that record voices.

Students can use this as a resource for informational writing.

Students can use the weekly vocabulary to create a paragraph. Vocabulary practice and creative writing all in one!

Good readers can retell what they have read.

Students can get to know your classroom with this checklist.