Back to School 2019 Grades 2-4 Lesson of the Month
Get to know your students’ personalities with this wonderful book that will soon become a staple in your classroom.
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Expository – Grade 3 – Standards Alignment Documents
Download the files to see the 2019-2020 Standards alignment for the Expository & Opinion Guide for Grade 3 Writing lessons.
June 2019 Grades 2-4 Lesson of the Month
This month, EW is here to help you check off some of those summer lists to help ensure your classroom is ready to go come August.
May 2019 Grades 2-5 Lesson of the Month
This May, enjoy the What If You Had Series in your classroom! These fun and engaging books are filled with great vocabulary and descriptive details!
Narrative Guide – Grade 3 – 2019-20 TEKS Alignment Chart
Download the files to see the 2019-2020 TEKS alignment for the Narrative Guide for Grade 3 Writing lessons.
April 2019 Grades 3-5 Lesson of the Month
This month help your students see how one person can spread change and bring brightness to their neighborhood.
March 2019 Grades 2-4 Lesson of the Month
These books have quickly become a popular addition to many classroom libraries. This month, whether you are preparing for a state test or not, take advantage of reviewing homophones their, there, and they’re while your students write paragraphs that use exciting transitions to tell how they would capture a leprechaun. You’ll love this lesson using this fun and adorable read aloud!
February 2019 Grades 3-5 Lesson of the Month
This time of year can become a little stressful trying to cram in as many skills and strategies as possible, in preparation for state testing. Students, as well as teachers, start to feel the stress level rising. In order to build in some social-emotional learning, this lesson will offer your students the language they might need to express their emotions. Build in plenty of time to discuss their emotions and allow students a chance to build an awareness for how they’re feeling. You will love this writing lesson that can be utilized in your reading block as well!
Editing, Revising, and More – Grade 3 – 2019-20 TEKS Alignment
Download the files to see the 2019-2020 TEKS alignment for the Editing, Revising, and More – Grade 3 Writing lessons.
January 2019 Grades 2-4 Lesson of the Month
It seems as teachers, that as we collect years of experience we also assemble a library of classic stories that we love to use each year! This month’s lesson uses an all time favorite winter read aloud – The Mitten by Jan Brett with a new and exciting lesson to try!
December 2018 Grades 2-4 Lesson of the Month
What student doesn’t love a little friendly competition?? Engaging our students and teaching them to love to read and write is one of the biggest challenges we as teachers face. With this book, Reindeer of the Year, your students won’t be able to put their pencils down, as they convince you, that their reindeer is […]
November 2018 Lesson of the Month
Lesson of the Month: Summarizing an expository piece Objective: Students summarize an expository piece using the summarizing framework and write an extended summary statement using informative verbs. The verbs can also be used to write informative sentences for reading response journals. Materials: Possible expository books: What Happens in Autumn by Suzanne Venino As the Earth […]