I’ve gotten positive feedback from a few teachers on these grammar practice books, so I’ve decided to make a Valentine’s Day one for lower grades. It’s 5 days long, and the passages are fairly short. Look through the pages first to know whether this activity will be best for your class as an independent work activity or as a whole class activity. Happy Heart Day!
Here’s a grammar practice book I put together to squeeze in a little more grammar during the holidays. Each day (there are 6 days’ worth) the students read part of the story and do some simple grammar exercises with the passage. Then they are asked to illustrate the passage (built-in fast finisher for your quicker students). I’m doing these as daily warm ups, but it’s go well pretty much anywhere I think. Happy holidays!
Click: Frosty the Snowman grammar book PDF
NOTE: A second grade teacher emailed me about her experience with this packet. She said her kids were fine on everything but the first page, which was a little bit hard for them. She says the rest of the pages will be the perfect challenge for them, as well as upper grades.
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I realized the other day that kids don’t seem to know Aesop’s fables very much! So I made a little collection incorporating some simple reading comprehension, grammar (parts of speech) and writing to teach a few. Here’s the plan:
Days 1-4: read a fable, complete questions on the bottom of the page. Click below to download the PDFs:
Day 5: Help kids write their own fable using this organizer –> Fable outline
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Submitted by an awesome teacher (Thanks!):
“This is a matching game to help our 2nd graders learn abbreviations. We ran the months off on one color, days of the week on another and the miscellaneous on another so that they could have a better chance at matching them. You can do it as a whole class activity or as a center during your literacy block. Once they do them, they are going to write them in their literacy journals.”
Click here to see the Word document matching game.
Many teachers (especially in lower grades) assign reading at home each night. Here’s a reading log series I made with an extra festive touch for different times of the year just for fun. Click on the links below the image to download each page. Enjoy!
By the end of 6th grade, a student who reads 20 minutes each night will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days. By the end of 6th grade, a student who reads 5 minutes each night will have read the equivalent of only 12 whole school days. Which do you think will have a better vocabulary? Which do you expect will be more successful in life?
Click to see the handout: reading 20 min each night
Here’s a free worksheet I came up with to help kids practice recognizing consonants and vowels. Remember to right click, select “save image as” and save it to your computer so you can print it the desired size. Enjoy
One thing teachers always worry about when building a classroom library is the possibility that books will get lost, stolen, damaged, eaten, etc. There’s no fool-proof way to protect your books if you put them in a classroom library, but you can try to help students be more responsible with books, and let your students know that you value your books. Here’s a really basic sheet I made for keeping track of books. This sheet was mainly the responsibility of the student with the librarian job for the week.
Click to download the Classroom Library Book Checkout sheet.
If there are other things you’d like to keep track of that aren’t on this sheet, feel free to modify it to fit your needs.
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