Teaching language arts

Teaching with games in the classroom is not just “fluff.” Middle school and high school English teachers, learn how you can reinforce core English language arts skills AND engage students with games like Goosechase, Superfight, and more! #highschoolenglish #englishlanguagearts #middleschoolela #ela

Free anchor charts, interactive notebook pages, and activities to teach commonly confused words in upper elementary.

Do you have struggling writers who just don't seem to be growing? Do you have reluctant writers who don't seem to get much writing completed? In every class that I have ever taught, there has always been a handful of kiddos that just don't like writing. These students can be toughest to reach. You have

By Presto Plans I first realized the power of bell ringers years ago, thanks to a particularly unruly class that would bounce off my walls after lunch. After consistently wasting the first ten minutes of class getting students seated, settled, and ready to learn, I decided to give bell-ringers a try. They were immediately a classroom game-changer. Bell-ringers—sometimes referred to as “warm ups” or “do nows”— are questions, tasks, or other warm up activities that students complete at the…

We've been learning about the parts of speech in the most fun ways. A parts of speech printable and flip book, writing our own mad libs, and more.

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

4th grade writing- Idioms describing emotions

Get your students reading and writing this summer with these fun and engaging enrichment activities for elementary grades.

Teaching reading can be challenging! The good news is that there are a lot of fun and exciting ways to help our kids fall in love with reading and writing without a boxed curriculum. In fact, I’m convinced we can teach our homeschoolers language arts without a curriculum. Reading and writing are probably two of...

This Language Arts Interactive Notebook is filled with over 30 pages of hands-on grammar activities for grades 4-8. Activities including everything from diagramming to figurative language.