- Books for Buddies
- Teaching Setting with The Cay
- Sights and Sounds of Christmas Word List
- Christmas Characters Word List
- Fun Research Presentations
- Story Elements Step by Step
- Novels with Veteran’s Day Tie-ins
- Story Elements Foldable Bookmark
- CRASH – Theme Questions for Reading Responses
- The Fun Is in the Search!
- Learning about Tone and Voice
- The Mysterious World of The Library Card
- Teaching Proverbs and Adages
- Picture Prompts Guest Post
- Persuasive Prompt with a Fun Finish
- Mirette in the High Wire – Story Elements Plus Persistence
- Classroom Management Ideas for a Fresh Start
- Plotting the Story – Dragon, Dragon
- Using Task Cards for Whole Class, Small Group, and Individual Lessons
- What Is Success? with Acoustic Rooster
- Planning to Write with Story Dice
- Context Clues Chart
- A Day’s Work Introduces Themes of Immigration and Learning from Elders
- Autumn Word Bank
- Getting Into Your Classroom Library
- Using Task Cards in Interactive Notebooks
- Having Fun with Autumn Activities, and Still Getting Things Done
- Planning a Group Reading Response Activity
- Close Reading Routine
- Opening Lines: Examples in Picture Books Part 1 – Introduce the Setting
- Close Reading of an Advertisement
- Opening Lines: Examples in Picture Books 2 – Introduce a Character
- Fun Classroom Stuff for the Winter Holidays
- Classroom Management During the Holiday Madness
- Opening Lines-Examples in Picture Books 3 – Hint at What’s to Come
- Winter Weather Words
- Fun Metaphors in Schooled
- Writing Prompts for Snowy Days
- Helping Kids Make Sense of Analogies
- Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots – FREE Anchor Chart
- Meet an Unforgettable, Unconventional Family in Missing May
- Reading a Play to Practice Close Reading
- Saint Patrick’s Day Word List
- What They Really Really Want – Rewards for Middle Grade Kids
- Earth Day Vocabulary List with Lesson Activity Ideas
- Upside-Down Possum Brings Out the Best in People
- Memorial Day Word List
- Setting the Scene – Diving into a Novel Through Its Setting
- Shades of Meaning
- What to Include in a Novel Study?
- What’s in Your Task Card Stash?
- Task Cards for Background Writing Skills
- Teaching Story Elements
- Grouping Strategies
- Starting the Day . . . Starting the Year . . .
- Story Elements – Discussion Questions for Informal Assessment (and a Freebie!)
- Introducing Figurative Language and Imagery
- Ten Back to School Poems
- Women Who Ran for President – Informational Texts
- Literary Terms List
- Word Relays with Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
- Latin and Greek Roots Activities
- Halloween Stories Middle Graders Will Love!
- Good Readers Make Inferences
- Election Resources
- Teaching Language Arts Terms
- Discussion Questions for Because of Winn-Dixie
- Winn-Dixie Resources, including FREE Resources
- Introducing Close Reading with Context Clues
- Christmas Themes with the Perfect Christmas Tree
- Paper Snowflakes – Easy Directions
- Alliteration with Animalia for All Ages
- Teaching Connotations and Denotations
- Teaching Vocabulary Skills with a “Top Secret” Picture Book
- Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Inauguration Writing Prompts and Discussion Questions
- Introducing Figurative Language with Picture Books
- Groundhog Day Treats and Activities
- Introducing Metaphors with Hurricane, the Picture Book
- Introducing Vivid Verbs with Favorite Picture Books
- Personification in The Scarebird
- Response Cards May be Just the Ticket
- Improving Writing Skills at the Sentence Level
- Women’s History Month Resources
- Pictures of Hollis Woods Novel Study and a Freebie!
- Spring Word List
- Teaching Idioms, Proverbs, and Adages
- Anywhere But in School!
- Teaching Kids to Revise Their Writing
- As the End of the Year Approaches
- No-Copy Foldables
- Revising- Quick Practice on Specific Skills
- More No-Copy Foldables
- Take a Virtual Vacation
- Memorial Day Poetry Templates
- Solving Seven Types of Analogies
- Six Fun Activities for the Last Days of School
- Favorite Novels Activity for the End of the Year
- How-to Reading Lesson with Bracelet Crafts
- History and Figurative Language From Miss Ida’s Porch
- July Fourth Language Arts Activities for Kids Who Love to Draw
- Introducing Point of View and Tone with THE WALL
- Discussion Questions for Bud, Not Buddy
- Teaching Metaphor and Story Writing with Arrow to the Sun
- Saving Sweetness, and Similes
- Making Your Language Arts Classroom Their Language Arts Classroom
- Middle School Mob
- Middle School Blog Log
- Organizing Vocabulary instruction for the Year
- Here They Come! Back-to-School Posts for Middle Grade Language Arts Teachers
- Organizing Literature Choices for Middle Grade Language Arts Classes
- The Writing Process – Again?
- Bud, Not Buddy – Extension Activities with Non-Fiction Readings
- Introducing Point of View and Theme with Two Bad Ants
- Prewriting – Make It Work for Your Kids
- Revising – Make It Work in the Middle Grades
- Minds in Bloom button
- Proofreading – Improving Their Skills
- The More the Merrier – Celebrating Winter Holidays in the Classroom
- Riding the Tiger – Group Vocabulary Presentations with a Theme
- Christmas Story Studies, and a Holiday Freebie
- Martin Luther King Day in the Language Arts Classroom
- What Is Classroom in the Middle?
- Learning with the Mount Rushmore Presidents on Presidents’ Day
- Connotations – Sometimes It’s Important to Know Exactly What Was Said!
- Walk Two Moons Paired Texts
- Task Cards – So Many Uses in the Language Arts Classroom
- Teaching Close Reading and Inferences with Settings
- Seven Posts with Teaching Ideas for Close Reading
- Multiple Meaning Words for the Middle Grades
- Multiple Meaning Word Team Challenge
- Writing a Group Narrative
- Summer Word List
- Almost Summer Round-up
- Teaching Analogies – How to Solve, Seven Types, Plus a Free Resource
- Practicing Higher Level Reading Skills WITHOUT Difficult Texts
- Back to School Activities
- A Wrinkle in Time – Discussing a Controversial Classic
- Back to School, Football, and a Fun Read
- Using the Story Elements Foldable Bookmark
- Good Inferences, Sound Conclusions
- What to Do with Idioms, Proverbs, and Adages
- Activities for Celebrating Banned Book Week
- Story Elements Mini-Lessons
- Compare and Contrast – Teaching the Text Structure
- Twists and Turns – Teaching Text Structure with Kids’ Favorite Story Element
- Cause and Effect – Teaching the Text Structure
- Introducing an Immigration-Themed Reading Unit with Grandfather’s Journey
- Expanding Vocabulary Instruction
- Introducing Imagery with Grass Sandals
- Focus and Persistence – How about Snowflake Bentley?
- Presenting and Practicing the Text Structures
- Close Reading Time?
- Teaching Affixes and Roots – Step by Step
- Reviewing a Class Novel with a Fun Card Game
- Voice and Tone – Teaching the Concept
- Text Structures Anchor Chart
- Freedom of the Press – Quote Activities
- Wringer – Related Readings and Activities
- Journey – Photos, Families, and Discussions
- What Do Teachers Really Want to Know about Their Kids at the Beginning of the School Year?
- Task Cards – A Go-To Resource for Middle Grades Teachers
- Working with Story Vocabulary from the Novel Journey, Plus a Freebie
- Thinking Skills in Reading Activities
- Story Elements – Ready to Go?
- Proofreading Chart
- Close Reading? Ready!
- CRASH’s Yearbook, free resource
- Winning the Right to Vote – Close Reading
- Seasonal Reading Skills
- Autumn Activity Sheets for Free
- Story Elements-A Fun Quick-Check
- Subject-Verb Agreement Difficulties?
- Little Celebrations in the Classroom
- Fold, Cut, Color Code, and Play (and Practice Those Prefixes and Suffixes)
- Imagery
- New Year’s Resolutions for Young Writers
- Learning and Practicing Affixes and Roots – with 2 Free Activities
- Affixes and Roots – Free Anchor Charts
- Getting Into Informational Texts and Close Reading
- Fun Activities with Latin and Greek Roots
- Poems for Kids to Write
- Characterization – Teaching the Skills and Character Traits
- That’s Too Elementary! – Nine Ideas to Keep Language Arts Interesting for Middle Grade Kids
- Poetry Month in the Classroom (or at Home!)
- Media Literacy Free Activities
- Book Response Bookmarks, and Reading at Home
- Blog Posts about Middle Grades Classic Novels
- Bud Not Buddy
- Summer Practice
- Using Book Response Bookmarks in the Classroom and at Home
- Context Clues Medley
- Peaceful Transition
- Why Teach a Controversial Book Like Wringer
- Fake News and Checking Sources – What Do Kids Need to Know?
- Descriptive Text Structure and Revising – Pairing Reading and Writing Topics
- Informational Texts for Middle School and Upper Elementary Round-up
- Non-Fiction Genres, Free Teaching Posters
- Media Literacy for Middle Grade Teachers
- Sticky Note Group Organizers
- journey
- Text Structure Activity Sheets with a Climate Theme, Free Resource
- Text Structures
- Reading Comprehension – All in One, or One by One?
- Stepping on the Cracks Freebie
- Stepping on the Cracks – Discussion Questions
- I Have Who Has Flying Pigs
- Life on the Homefront – Stepping on the Cracks
- Connotations Freebie
- I Have Prefix, Suffix, Roots
- Free Novel Study Activities
- Mrs Who’s Quotes
- Idioms – Flying Pigs
- Imagery freebie
- walk two moons
- Schooled
- Story Elements Bookmark
- Missing May Follow-up Activity
- The Destination or the Journey – A Writing Prompt Inspired by Missing May
- Real News / Fake News – Discussion Questions
- Teaching Characterization with Task Cards
- Teaching Chronological Order with Task Cards
- Last Day for Savings on Classroom Resources
- Forgotten Christmas Stories
- Teaching Proofreading with Task Cards
- Invent a Character, Invent a Setting
- Teaching Figurative Language and Imagery with Task Cards
- Teaching Capitalization and Punctuation with Task Cards
- Thirteen Spring Things for the Classroom
- Pronouns for Big Kids
- Wringer freebie
- Writing Skills Round-Up
- Verb Tenses for Big Kids, with Auxiliary Verbs
- On Sale Today at TPT
- Reading Task Card Sampler – Free Resource
- Task Cards for Big Kids
- No-Copy Foldables 3 – An Easy Cube
- Autumn Language Arts Lessons
- Four Ways to Use Digital Resources in the Classroom
- Three Favorite Types of Digital Resources
- Color Coding Pronouns – A Free Resource in Digital and Print Versions
- Finding Reading Comprehension Passages
- Novel Studies – Writing Chapter Questions and Creating Activities for Better Reading Comprehension
- Making inferences – Teaching This Essential Reading Comprehension Skill with a Variety of Source Materials
- Suffixes and Parts of Speech – Two Lessons in One
- Subject-Verb Agreement for Big Kids
- Historical Novel Studies for the Middle Grades
- Adjectives for Big Kids
- Vocabulary Skills Task Card – A FREE Sampler to Try with Your Classes
- Spring Mix – Free Activity Sheets
- Discussion Topics for SCHOOLED
- Classroom Discussion Questions for A Wrinkle in Time
- Winning the Vote
- The Magic in The Van Gogh Cafe
- Sharing a Story – Ideas from Walk Two Moons
- Spring Bookmarks 2023 (Free)
- Affixes and Roots
- Adverbs for Big Kids
- Teachers’ Summer Tasks
- Vocabulary Skills Round-up, with Free Task Cards
- Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Round-up, with Free Classroom Resources
- Back to School Bookmarks 2023 (Free)
- Get More from Your Task Card Stash
- Christmas Bookmarks 2023
- The Cay
- Diving into Reading Skills with Close Reading
- Fifteen Favorite Holiday Reads
- After-Reading Activities for Number the Stars
- TPT Sale – February 6 – 7
- Parts of Speech Charts
- Teaching Writing Skills at the Sentence Level
- Spring Bookmarks 2024
- Fun and Engaging Vocabulary Activities
- Teaching Freedom of the Press in Middle School Language Arts Class
- Vocabulary Skills Freebie
- Reading Comprehension Round-up, with Free Task Cards
- Novel Study Round-Up
- Back to School Bookmarks 2024
- Back to School Story Elements Activities
- CRASH FREEBIE
- A Fun and Silly Back-to-School Assignment to Get Kids Thinking about the New School Year
- Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots – Classroom Activities to Try Now
- Fun Activities with an Autumn Word List
- Autumn Sampler
- Ten Ideas for Teaching Figurative Language and Imagery
- Winter Holidays Activities
- Two Points of View Writing Activity
- Reading Skills Freebie
- The Van Gogh Cafe Menu Activity
- Winn Dixie Freebie
- Winter Holidays Medley
- Winter Holidays Word Lists
- Christmas Bookmarks 2024
- Capitalization and Punctuation – Fun Ways to Review
- Discussion Questions for Pictures of Hollis Woods
- Imagery freebie
- Hollis Woods Freebie
- Using Punctuation (Commas, Parentheses, Dashes) to Set Off Nonrestrictive/Parenthetical Elements
- Spring Bookmarks 2025
- Solving Analogies Poster
- Correcting Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
- Theme Questions for The Cay
- Pronouns Color Code – Print and Easel Versions
- Number the Stars Freebie
- Spring Mix
- Missing May Road Trip Journal
- What to Do About the Summer Slide?
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