Look at your classroom from all angles with this ultimate list of must-have classroom procedures to teach in upper elementary! Classroom procedures are the bread and butter for creating a safe and comfortable classroom environment. Having solid, defined classroom procedures and spending time reviewing and practicing those procedures can benefit

Let’s explore 7 fun activities for practicing the different parts of speech in upper elementary. Parts of speech are just one of those things that keep showing up again and again in ELA education, starting as young as 1st grade and continuing through high school.  The sooner students grasp the

Up-level how you teach grammar with these Grammar Game Shows that get students excited about mastering their grammar rules. Let’s get totally honest with ourselves here; grammar worksheets and lessons can get super tedious. It isn’t fun for students to get worksheets that look the same each day and have

Make planning for the summer months in your classroom easier with these July holiday activities and ideas. Just because school is out here in the US during the month of July doesn’t mean the learning has to stop. In fact, you may find yourself still teaching in July.  Maybe you

Your classroom will be the cool classroom when you play around with some of these fun ways to use this GIANT Candy Land game!!

If you’re looking for some fun reviews to mix into your lessons this year, here are a few ways to use these ELA Digi-Games to mix things up a bit! I’m a sucker for a good review game, and if that review game also happens to be digital, no-prep, and

Let’s learn how to play U-KNOW like a pro!  U-KNOW has been a very popular game for my students and in my store for a very long time, and today, I want to break down how to play U-KNOW in detail. Don’t worry! I’ll drop in some special tips and

Celebrate summer with these June holiday activities and ideas! June is a fun month! In the US, the weather is getting significantly better; for some, it is the last month of school, which means it is time to celebrate. If you are looking for some fun ways to celebrate June,

Enjoy some extra time this spring as you try out some of these end-of-the-year projects and activities that are specifically chosen for exhausted teachers! Ugh… I’m so tired. After an entire year of planning, preparing, prepping, and printing, the year is just about over, and the summer can’t get here

Teaching figurative language with poems and songs shows kids how figurative language is naturally embedded into everyday life. Songs and poems are filled with figurative language and were always my favorite way to introduce and practice each type of figurative language. As I worked on fine-tuning my figurative language instruction