Whether for paired units or as the set to introduce a text, good poetry close reading analysis is needed for future problem solvers and the rigor of standards-based instruction. Here are a few more ideas for poetry in the elementary classroom that aligns with the rigor needed for good standards-based instruction. Heroes of the TitanicContinue reading “More poetry ideas for the elementary classroom”
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How do I add classic poetry into the elementary classroom?
Common Core and Standards-Based classroom create rigorous analysis for the ELA classroom. And justly so. Readying students for rigorous careers, jobs, and problem solving in life requires rigorous instruction. A hundred years ago the language used for writing WAS more rigorous. As writers continue to write through the decades, school teachers are in constant searchContinue reading “How do I add classic poetry into the elementary classroom?”
Read a good book today…
Find your comfort book and snuggle into a blanket. Think about it…there is a book on the shelf that is hopping to be turned, dog-eared, and put on a pedestal when it is finished. My list is long but will tease with a book a week. My first High School level reread book sitting highContinue reading “Read a good book today…”
Literature Spotlight- Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells” for upper Elementary all the way to high school years
“The Bells”. Let’s take a walk down Bell Lane! Listen to the following and tell me how you feel after each. happy bells distressed bells scary bells danger bells Any others you can think of… Next…. Tactile/kinesthetic activity while listening, choral reading, of the poem, “The Bells”. A little secret device of fun the students love toContinue reading “Literature Spotlight- Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells” for upper Elementary all the way to high school years”
How to teach note taking to elementary and middle school grades.
There are many ways to teach citing evidence in a text as you read. Get creative, make it a game. Search and find. Hide and Seek. Give it a name. The students aren’t always bamboozled by your cleverness but it still makes it better than “boring”. Here is a sample of what you could haveContinue reading “How to teach note taking to elementary and middle school grades.”
Try starting your next novel with a quote from Grimm*s Fairy Tales
“Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces, and showed them the way.” -Jacob Grimm said in Grimm’s Fairy Tales So many stories have the never-ending happily-ever after or evil is suppressed by good. Taking one of the fairy tale’s many elements and applying itContinue reading “Try starting your next novel with a quote from Grimm*s Fairy Tales”
ELA On The Move 