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A change of scenery – especially when it involves learning outside – is a great way to reengage your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Below, find 11 different example activities for taking your classroom outdoors! All of the activities are educational – you will find ideas for taking ELA lessons, math lessons, and science lessons outside. I sometimes recommend …
Teaching Made Practical is having its first ever limerick writing contest! It’s easy…have your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students write their own original limerick, and submit it for it a chance for them to win! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will all receive a prize – and their teacher will win a prize as well!Limerick Contest Rules Entrants …
Winter provides a unique opportunity in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms – a chance to celebrate all things cold. The winter activity ideas below cover a range of topics and can be used to help you easily spice up your winter lesson plans. Snowmen, polar bears, penguins, sled dogs, read alouds, snowball fights, and more. There are winter reading, …
Haiku’s unique form and structure make it an ideal form of poetry to teach to upper elementary students. A haiku is one of the shorter forms of poetry, which will keep students (and teachers!) from getting overwhelmed. The haiku examples below follow the generally agreed upon rules of haiku: 3 lines a 5-7-5 syllable pattern precise language to describe a …
It is a truth universally acknowledged (at least in the education world) that teachers don’t have enough time for planning. Quality no prep ELA activities are essential for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom teachers. Sure, the hands on oobleck experiment is fun and engaging. But it’s not just impractical – it’s impossible to plan lessons like that for every …
If you have been teaching 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade for a while, you have probably used a “Find Someone Who” activity as a back to school ice breaker. You might have even done this ice breaker yourself during professional development. But the “Find Someone Who” activity can be used for so much more than just team building – it …
Whether you are looking for a fun back to school activity, a team building activity, a speaking and listening activity, or a way for your students to get to know each other better, interviewing a classmate / friend is a great option! 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will love it.Why Interviewing a Friend Makes a Great Activity for 3rd, 4th, …
3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom teachers read a LOT of books and texts together, and assessing student comprehension is an important part of that. But completing the same comprehension activities can be boring, predictable, and un-rigorous. Below, find 8 reading comprehension activities that can be used with any book, fiction or nonfiction. And most of them are no prep …
End of school year countdowns can be a fun way for both teachers and students to celebrate the school year. (Although, if you’re anything like me, you probably started counting down the days until summer as soon as Spring Break was over!) Some 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers want to go all out, while others have had such a …
Written by Guest Blogger Kerry Heino As teachers we often long for the beginning of summer vacation, the start of a well-deserved holiday and a break in our all-consuming career. How easily we forget though, how hard that final week of school can actually be; weather that is unbearably hot, with often no air conditioning, curriculum that is done being …