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Idioms, Adages, and Proverbs
While idioms, adages, and proverbs are all non-literal figures of speech and people often use the terms interchangeably. However, there are distinctions between the three that your students should know.…
learn moreTeaching Surface Area with 3D Nets
Teaching students how to find the surface area of 3D shapes can be tricky, especially when they are looking at a 2D diagram. Students are much better at visualizing 3D…
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Teaching students how to find the surface area of 3D shapes can be tricky, especially when they are looking at a 2D diagram. Students are much better at visualizing 3D…
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Types of Context Clues
Beginning in the second grade, most content standards require that students be able to utilize context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases. These skills is also…
learn moreTeaching Literary Devices
Teaching our students how to recognize and interpret literary devices (similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and imagery) not only helps them comprehend texts, but it also improves their writing.…
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Teaching our students how to recognize and interpret literary devices (similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and imagery) not only helps them comprehend texts, but it also improves their writing.…
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Tips, Tricks, and Resources for Teaching Coordinating Conjunctions
Call me a grammar nerd, but one of my favorite topics to teach is coordinating conjunctions. When students master the use of coordinating conjunctions, I see such a shift in…
learn moreA Complete Guide to the Fifth Grade Reading Standards
Here they are--the fifth grade reading standards! I created this handy guide to all of the standards for both fiction and nonfiction text. Each page of this guide includes the following…
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Here they are--the fifth grade reading standards! I created this handy guide to all of the standards for both fiction and nonfiction text. Each page of this guide includes the following…
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