Questions for your text feature lesson plans to help promote higher level thinking in 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders

Higher Order Questions for Your Text Feature Lessons

When we question our students about text features, we often focus too much on having students identify different nonfiction text features.  While this is essential, it is equally important to get our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students thinking more deeply about text features – moving past knowledge and recall questions and into more higher order thinking questions. Below, find …

a free printable (pdf) text features chart for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students

Free Text Features Chart

There are so many different types of nonfiction text features – titles, headings, labels, diagrams, captions, photographs, sidebars, bullet points, bold text…the list could go on forever!  It’s no wonder that 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students get confused. To help students keep track of the different types of text features, download the free printable below, or check out this …

An easy classroom job system for upper elementary students

An Easy to Implement Classroom Job System – for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade

I resisted giving my students classroom jobs for several years. Having to come up with a cute organizational system and procedures for my students to use the classroom job system seemed like a lot more trouble then it was worth. Rotating jobs daily or even weekly wasn’t appealing to me.  I knew that every time my students changed jobs, I …