Are you working on teaching cause and effect in your classroom? Cause and effect is one of the main text structures taught in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. Being able to identify these relationships within a text will enhance students’ overall comprehension skills. 5 Cause and Effect Activities to Use in the Classroom If you’re…
Literacy
Fun Figurative Language Activities for Elementary
Our students are surrounded with figurative language in their day-to-day conversations with adults. But have we ever stopped to wonder if they’re actually understanding what we mean? “Liam, you hit the nail on the head!” “Uhm… ok?” For students, especially ELL students, these stretches of meanings can be downright confusing! Incorporating engaging figurative language lessons…
R-Controlled Vowels Activities
When students understand phonics patterns, they are able to easily decode the words on the page in front of them. However, when students don’t have a basic understanding of phonics patterns, they tend to struggle with fluency and overall comprehension. Working on phonics patterns, including r-controlled vowels, can help students strengthen their reading fluency and…
