5th grade ELA

Word Work Menus that WORK! These FREE printable and EDITABLE spelling menus from Teaching With Jillian Starr are perfect for ANY spelling words or word study program. You can use the included word work activities and spelling games on the choice boards (perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade) or modify/add your own to make them suitable for your first grade, 4th or 5th grade students.

This book makes a great mentor text for a personal narrative genre writing unit! Kids can relate to Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe and use some of the strategies she uses to revise their writing workshop stories. Read this post for mini-lesson ideas, an anchor chart, and freebie for Show, not Tell! Great for kindergarten and first grade.

Are you looking for an effective way to organize your students' interactive writing notebooks and folders? I've used writing notebooks for several years and have made changes along the way to find the best possible way to use them. In this post, I will show you how to set

Upper Elementary Snapshots: 9 Strategies You Should be Using to Teach Main Idea-I've found that for main idea (as with any difficult concept really) it's always good to use a variety of tools and activities in order to reach as many kids in our classrooms as possible. Here are some strategies which I've found to be effective. If you're new to teaching paired text, or if you just want a few new ideas to add to your paired reading lessons, this post is for you! I'll explain how I use paired...

Download FREE Words Their Way word study resources for upper elementary. The activities, notebook resources, tips, and more included in this blog post will help you get your word study routines and schedule ready and organized for your 4th grade or 5th grade classroom! Unit 1 resources are FREE for WTW sorts for Letter-Name Alphabetic Spellers, Within Word Pattern Spellers, Syllables and Affixes Spellers, and Derivational Relations Spellers. #tarheelstateteacher

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

If you are considering implementing reading stations in your 4th or 5th grade reading classroom, Daily 3 or Daily 5 reading stations are a great option. Here's how to do it!

The days of dioramas and book reports may be long gone. (Is it wrong that I’m a little sad about that?) Yet the expectation that students read and express their understanding of what they’ve read remains as strong as ever. So what’s a teacher to do? More specifically, what’s a creative teacher to do, when she doesn’t want to rely on worksheets? Get creative, of course! I’ve compiled 9 Fun Book Projects for you. They’re quick and easy to prepare, and best of all, they’re engaging – for both...

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This simple organizational tip for teachers helped me ensure that I'm always prepared for my guided reading groups! Not only that this teacher hack helps you avoid dealing with the copier and helps reduce paper waste. Find out how to create a reading graphic organizers file box to save you time when planning for your reading small groups. This tool will help you always be prepared for reading lessons that teach comprehension skills like main idea, making inferences, connections, and...

Daily 5 stamina chart! A few people's ideas combined into one!

3rd grade anchor chart

Language Arts Anchor Charts