Teach Classically

After reading Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes, have the students infer what will happen and write their predictions down. Some students may finish early and can convert their prediction into a story extension and continue the wonderful tale of friendship!

Your students will love this fun activity! Use it as a teaching tool or review for prepositions and object of the prepositions. Have each student write their classmates' name in the subject space (SN). For younger children, they can write each other's first initial or something similar to lessen the writing load. If you are using Shurley English, have your students turn to the Preposition Flow Jingle in their workbooks for ideas for prepositions. If not, write some common prepositions on the b

Your students will have so much fun writing their own stories and learning about prepositional phrases! This packet include instructions on the lesson, a planning and drafting paper, and a list of common prepositions to hand out to your students as reference. Also in my store is a half-page story paper in which they can publish their stories and a preposition obstacle course. Enjoy!

This is a useful tool for guiding your students in summarizing. Once they are able to draw out the important ideas in the beginning, middle, and end, they are then able to put their sentences together to create a written summary that is 3-5 sentences in length.

Get your students thinking biblically about the virtue of courage. Think of a Bible story in which the person had to show this character trait. Read the verses, discuss the questions, and write the answers.

Use this to teach the virtue of compassion!