Grade 8 literacy activities

Filler Activities for ELA (blog post) What can you do with five extra minutes in secondary ELA? Here are a few ideas to engage students until the bell.

Looking for games to play with a classroom? This list of English games in the classroom is exactly what you need to engage students!

Incorporating Art in ELA Class: Lesson Plan Ideas | Reading and Writing Haven

Free 7th & 8th grade worksheets, printable games, and activities to make learning math, literacy, history, and science engaging and FUN!

An Amazon Listing Cumulative Novel Project! - Teaching with a Mountain View

Improve the reading skills of your students with 6 easy tips to use today. If you have struggling readers in your classroom, you'll love using these simple strategies to help your students become more successful readers. Better than worksheets, the ideas in this blog post are actionable and don't require leaning new systems. You don't need to change your entire reading program to implement reading skills activities that work in 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade & 8th grade! #reading

Motivate students with independent reading by adding engaging reading sprints...turn the traditional reading log upside down!

Fun and educational middle school ELA games for grammar and literacy

Great Ideas And Tips For Teaching Poetry. Poetry reveals many aspects of life that they may not get to experience or witness first hand. Poetry may speak some ‘truth’ about how others live and that helps build empathy with our students. Read on for 6 ways you can set your students interest ablaze for poetry! Grades 4-12 | Middle School ELA | High School English

Have you heard of the word grid challenge? I love using word grids! This easy activity can be used in any subject area, with a wide range of grades. It makes an awesome lesson starter, review task, or even as a homework activity. The best thing about this activity: it is super easy to create and customize. Click through to check it out and start using it in your classroom! #Secondary #ELA #Writing #Activities #SecondaryELA #MiddleSchool #HighSchool

Jun 27, 2020 - Figurative language review for similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idioms and more for upper elementary students.

Teaching grammar to 4th grade students can be fun and engaging with these grammar game ideas! These activities will help students learn and remember grammar rules in an engaging way. Some ideas include, mad libs, grammar sorts, task cards, and so much more. Read here on how to use grammar games in your classroom today!

11 Middle School Language Arts Games | If you’re looking for fun ways to get your students excited about language & literature, these ideas are a good place to start. Perfect for upper elementary & middle school teachers, these fun language arts activities are perfect for independent work, literacy centers, & kids working in small groups focused on grammar, parts of speech, word work, writing prompts, guided reading, & more! #languagearts #literacy #literacycenters #grammar #partsofspeech

This FREE DIY Escape room for kids is perfect for elementary classroom activities. Get escape room classroom ideas for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school math and reading with this fun figurative language escape room theme transformation. Perfect for classroom activities and party theme and ideas. Free escape room printables and figurative language worksheets and activities. #4thgrade #5thgrade #escaperoomforkids #figurativelanguage #readingteacher

Cause and Effect text evidence activity. Cause and effect reading passages and classroom activity. 2nd grade reading passages for elementary classroom. Nonfiction reading passages that show cause and effect relationships. Reading game for elementary classroom.

When you were a kid people told you "sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never hurt you." Wrong. The one word project...

Learn why one-pagers are one of my go-to activities for breaking down complex topics and texts. Understand what they are, why you and your students will love them, and how to implement them in your ELA classroom. I even have the advice to help you tackle the biggest obstacle you’ll encounter with this activity.

Back to School! That exclamatory sentence can be taken a couple different ways - depending on your inclination. Well, regardless of whether you are anxiously anticipating the start or trying to hold on to the last few weeks of summer and sanity, school is in the back of all of our minds; specifically, the amount of work that awaits us between opening week and the first day with students. I turned in my master's capstone a week ago, and then had to immediately attend a department meeting with…

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