Category: Common Core Aligned

Teaching Language and Grammar Virtually

Teaching language virtually can be a challenge! However, there are several ways to make your virtual language activities more effective and engaging. This blog will

Tips for Virtual Text Features Activities

Whether you’re teaching virtually, or just looking for engaging digital ideas to teach text features, you’re in luck! This blog post highlights a video I

3 Engaging Story Elements Activities

Story elements are one of the first standards to hit when you’re covering Common Core literature standards. When students can correctly identify and describe the

8 Adjective Activities for Elementary Students

This blog post is all about teaching adjectives in your elementary classroom. Adjectives are important in reading, writing, and language. They are going to be

Tips for Teaching Verb Tenses: Language Mastery

Today’s post is all about teaching verbs! When working toward mastery, students will be learning a multitude of components for language. It can be overwhelming

All About EVENTS- Teaching Events to Students

For today’s Story Elements Study, we are going to focus on teaching events. If you are interested in ideas for teaching events in your elementary

All About SETTING- Story Elements Study

In this Story Elements Study, we are going to take a look at teaching setting. Keep reading for lesson ideas, activities, mentor texts, and more!

All About CHARACTERS- Story Elements Study

Story elements are an important part of your literature skill curriculum. We are going to be taking a closer look at the parts of story

How to Teach Sentences to Students

Teaching sentences will be a big part of your language instruction! From simple to complex, sentences are woven into a large part of your language

Teaching Commas to Students

It’s time to teach commas! This little punctuation mark makes a big difference! Teaching commas in your elementary classroom should be done in parts. Students

Teaching ELA Mini Lessons Virtually

I have received lots of questions about how to use my ELA mini lessons in a distance learning environment. Teachers are finding themselves teaching virtually

Language Tips: How to Teach Nouns

This blog post is all about language tips for teaching nouns. Nouns are the first language skill you should teach. Nouns are found in all

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