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Free middle school english language arts cultural activities for parents
**UPDATED for 2024!** Solar Eclipse Memory Pages
Print signs, decorate, observe, and write about the Total Eclipse of 2024!
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PreK - 8th
Context Clues Partner Play: Fluency Activity and Practice Worksheet for 4th 5th
Are you looking for an engaging way for your upper elementary students to practice using context clues? This cooperative reading activity focuses on using context clues with the added bonus of allowing students to practice reading fluency!Students begin by reading the partner play script about a teacher who injures herself while on a bicycle ride with her fiance. When students finish reading the script, they can work with their partner to complete the context clues worksheet. Students are asked
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4th - 6th
All About My Mom/Grandma-Mother's Day Questionnaire
This is a fun and simple questionnaire that can be used for Mother's Day.Questionnaire's for Mom & Grandma are both included!Just print and have your students complete, or for younger students, have them dictate their answers for you. Mom's love this!!I hope you enjoy this FREEBIE!!
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PreK - 6th
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ORDERING EVENTS, 4 PICTURES, Sequence, Sequencing Stories, autism, ABA, FREEBIE
Thank you for downloading our free material. I hope you enjoy it.To buy the whole set, please click here:SET 1: 60 storieshttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sequence-Sequencing-Stories-speech-therapy-60-stories-with-240-picturesSET-1-5855078?st=6bbd1fc4a6c87a6ef56c3cbe7167e711SET 2: 60 storieshttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sequence-Sequencing-Stories-speech-therapy-60-stories-with-240-picturesSET-2-5855144?st=6bbd1fc4a6c87a6ef56c3cbe7167e711SET 3: 60 storieshttps://www.teac
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PreK - 8th
Father's Day Craft
Have your kids show their fathers some appreciation and love with this darling craft. I used this in my classroom and they all came out so well! I know it will definitely be something that fathers will love and cherish forever! Enjoy!
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-Front and back cover of book.
-4 pages where students state reasons why they love their dad.
-pages that allow students to show their creativity
-Includes a page where students can write their name, date, and as well as their picture so that dads can
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K - 6th
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FREE Spelling Homework Ideas
This is a list of ideas on ways to practice spelling words. I include this list in my weekly homework packet. Parents and students choose at least one activity per night. Parents have been very appreciative that I offer spelling this way. It's very flexible and students can do what is best for them.
This document © Caitlin Hynst
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy to one classroom only.
Check out my blog for more ideas!
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1st - 6th
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FREEBIE: "Thankful" Cards, Posters, Writing Activity, End of Year, Thanksgiving
Why not have your students show gratitude through writing cards, or display the water color posters in your classroom? The positive affirmations can help your students be more grateful and show thankfulness. Perfect for End of Year, Beginning of Year Decor, November and Thanksgiving time. Why not develop and build your classroom community through kindness using these "thankful" posters, cards and activities? RESOURCE INCLUDES:Teaching Ideas7 Color Posters in landscape, square & portrait siz
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PreK - 6th, Staff
Reading Intervention for Upper Grades Freebie- A Phonics Intervention
A free sample and the first of twenty lessons in my 3 part top selling UPPER GRADE READING INTERVENTION Looking for a no prep, age appropriate, reading intervention for your Upper Elementary Students (3rd, 4th, and 5th grades)? These phonics worksheets and decoding activities are designed to close READING AND SPELLING gaps quickly. Filled with engaging, interactive activities, this phonics intervention will build your students' enthusiasm for reading in no time at all. Science of Reading ali
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2nd - 6th
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Back to School Letters and Forms Parent Communication Why Read Infographic
Use this handout to show students (and parents) the importance of nightly reading at home. It's the perfect visual and a friendly reminder! Add to your back to school information packets, use as a handout for meet the teacher night, or share during open house!
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K - 6th
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Pumpkin Book Report
Pumpkin Book Report - Pumpkin Book Report Family ProjectHave your students do these fun pumpkin book reports at home with their families! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Included in this download is:parent letter2 book report printable options2 sample photos••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••You will also like: Pumpkin ScienceLet's Plant Pumpkins Interactive ReaderFluency Fast FallT
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PreK - 7th
Disguise a Turkey Project
In this project, students will work with their family to disguise a turkey to prevent it from getting eaten for Thanksgiving. Students will take a turkey body home (printed on cardstock) to disguise it with family members. Once it is brought back to school, students will write about the turkey and how it survived Thanksgiving!
I've done this activity with my students for years, and the students and parents love it! It's so much fun seeing the disguises they come up with.
Included in this fami
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PreK - 6th
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BLANK Elementary Writing Lined Paper: Portrait and Landscape
BLANK Elementary Handwriting Lined Paper OPTIONS:Portrait vs. Landscape Full Page of Lines vs. Space for DrawingDifferent Widths/Number of Lines per page10 Different Choices!_______________________________________________________________It is my intent to provide FREE products during the COVID-19 quarantine. Once the quarantine is lifted and the home-learning is not as intensive, I will shift to priced resources. Get the item now while it's free!Click on the STAR above to follow my store!If you
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PreK - 6th
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Writing Prompt - 32 days - Digital & Print
Grab a notebook, loose-leaf paper, or your digital device and start writing at home! These writing prompts are designed to build writing stamina, help students develop a lifelong love of writing, and learn some cool writing strategies along the way. They are quick, simple and stress-free. HOW TO USE THE CARDS:Have students grab a notebook or digital device to write with. Feel free to have them decorate the cover of their writer's notebook to personalize it!Give students a prompt each day. H
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2nd - 8th
Black History Month Project with rubric
This is a project that can be done during black history month. Students are to research a famous African American and create a poster. Included in your purchase is the project explanation sheet and the grading rubric (UPDATED 2-19-16).
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3rd - 12th
"I AM" Poem Template - FREEBIE!!
This is a great writing activity for the beginning of the year!! Kids fill in the blanks with words or short phrases about themselves to create an original poem.
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2nd - 6th
Black History Month Activity Biographies Freebie
This engaging and easy-to-use resource is great for Black History Month or any time of the year. It features three important figures - Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, and Colin Powell. For each individual, there is a video link, slide, and a choice of three short activities for students to complete. These work great as daily class starters, station activities, homework assignments, or an intro for a Black History Month research project. Also included is a basic chart for students to fill in as
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6th - 8th
Daily Behavior Chart
This chart is used to notify parents of how students behaved each day of the week. It is sent home on a daily basis and signed by the parent every night.
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PreK - 6th
Reader’s Theater Script Legend of the Sunflower Greek Mythology Folktale
Looking for an adaptation of a Greek myth? Low prep and ready to go! The Legend of the Sunflower is a dramatization of a Greek myth, a short story, with roles for 10 students and suitable for any one studying mythology in a Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies or reading classes. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. The story: The ancien
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5th - 7th
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Middle School Upper Elementary Reading Handout for Parents
As a middle grade/middle school teacher, I always have a handful of parents that want ideas for how to help their reader. This FREE resource was designed to give parents tangible and helpful ideas to get their learners reading. At the middle grade levels, it is so important for parents to see that we really need to keep working on their love of reading, their vocabulary, and using their time with ingenuity in mind. This can be tricky at this age, because many are used to more worksheet and compr
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4th - 7th
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Reading Comprehension Questions for Parents Bookmark - English and Spanish
This bookmark features questions that parents can ask their children about the book they're reading to check their comprehension. The questions require no background knowledge of the book and go from basic literal questions to evaluative and inferential. The bookmark is able to be printed double-sided for Spanish-speaking families as well.
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3rd - 8th
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9 At-Home Reading Scavenger Hunts - Digital & Print
I put together this fun set of scavenger hunts as a way to help kids review reading skills all while having a little fun at home! It doesn’t hurt that this will get kids up and moving and burn some energy!INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:Simple step-by-step directions {materials needed, how to play, after the hunt}9 reading-based scavenger hunts that can be done anywhere (home, school, outside, etc)Google Classroom Digital VersionTHE READING SKILLS IN EACH HUNTQuestioningSequencingSettingsPersonal Conn
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2nd - 8th
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Cinco De Mayo Maracas Educational Craft FREEBIE!!
Cinco De Mayo is so interesting to learn about and valuable to share with your students! This craft will teach students why Cinco do Mayo is celebrated, inform them of the battle of Puebla & tell how Hispanic people celebrate!I have included 2 options for this FREE downloadable craft:1. Educational: Learn about Cinco De Mayo by reading 3 passages about the holiday. Then, fill out the "what I learned" page and make a set of cute maracas! 2. Just for fun: Use your creativity to make maracas ju
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1st - 6th, Higher Education
The History of Chocolate - Article Quest / Webquest - Sub Plan!
Who doesn't love chocolate! This is a plan that I will often leave for my substitutes. It contains five articles regarding the history of chocolate and some short answer reading comprehension questions. I have done this by printing out the articles and using it as an Article Quest, and I have also done this in the Computer Lab as a Webquest - both the links and the articles are included in this file. This is also a great lesson to use when doing a Jigsaw Activity!
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4th - 12th
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Back to School Night Letters
This download includes two templates for Parent Night Letters
The first is a template for students to write a letter to their parents thanking them for coming and telling them what they have been up to the past few weeks. The second piece is a template for the parents to write a note back complete with a sweet little poem written by yours truly. The kids love this and it brings such a smile to their face when they come in the next morning!
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K - 6th
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Importance of learning English language arts
English language arts (ELA) concepts — reading, writing, listening, and speaking — empower students to become effective communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. They are the foundation for all other types of learning as students must rely on ELA skills to master content from other subject areas and communicate what they’ve learned.
Strong reading skills can help students make sense of written content, and gather information for further analysis. Writing skills can help students articulate their ideas, construct arguments, and synthesize information. And speaking and listening skills empower students to clearly present their ideas, participate in group discussions, and collaborate with their classmates. This is why teaching English language arts is critically important for student’s success in school and beyond.
Benefits of learning English language arts
Learning English language arts offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. It helps students:
- Develop effective communication skills
- Build critical thinking and analytical skills
- Nurture their creativity and imagination
By ensuring that students have a solid foundation in English language arts, teachers can help set them up for future success.
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On TPT, English language arts resources come in various forms: from interactive notebooks and task cards to small-group activities and individual worksheets. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of ELA concepts, or to reteach a tricky concept. By incorporating ELA resources from TPT into your teaching toolbox, you can create an engaging learning experience that strengthens students’ understanding of ELA concepts.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital English language arts worksheets, TPT has an extensive collection of resources across topics and grade levels. No matter what ELA topic your students are working on — whether you’re teaching the parts of speech to 1st graders or argumentative essay writing to 10th graders — TPT has instructional materials that are designed to help with any ELA learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning ELA will be so much easier.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your English Language Arts lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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