Poetry Analysis and Annotation
Raise your hand if you love reading poetry? My hand doesn’t go up and neither do most people’s. However, I love teaching poetry. Poems are short and it’s easy to…
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Upper Elementary Holiday Language Arts Activities
Do you do holiday activities in your upper elementary classroom? In preschool, Kindergarten and through second grade or so, it’s common to make a big deal out of every holiday….
Tips for Teaching Poetry in Upper Elementary
April is National Poetry Month, which I love, because I love teaching poetry. However, this definitely isn’t the April the I think most teachers imagined. Even being stuck at the…
Teaching Parts of Speech for Deeper Understanding
I remember when I was in Elementary school, English was one of my favorite subjects. I think it was because I liked subjects where there was a clear answer, such…
