Language arts classroom

As teachers begin planning for back to school, I see an abundance of creative classrooms filling my Instagram and Pinterest feeds. I love seeing how other

By Presto Plans I first realized the power of bell ringers years ago, thanks to a particularly unruly class that would bounce off my walls after lunch. After consistently wasting the first ten minutes of class getting students seated, settled, and ready to learn, I decided to give bell-ringers a try. They were immediately a classroom game-changer. Bell-ringers—sometimes referred to as “warm ups” or “do nows”— are questions, tasks, or other warm up activities that students complete at the…

FREE grammar posters for your classroom. Check out my latest blog post to grab these posters, and find out how you can use these with your students. via @teacherthrive

parts of speech posters- adjective, noun, verb, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

So you have 100 minutes, but how exactly do you plan and schedule your language arts block for the junior grades?

Give the children a piece of paper that says “I can’t imagine life without” in the center of the page, and then have the students write all over the page what they cannot live without.

Teaching with games in the classroom is not just “fluff.” Middle school and high school English teachers, learn how you can reinforce core English language arts skills AND engage students with games like Goosechase, Superfight, and more! #highschoolenglish #englishlanguagearts #middleschoolela #ela

Learn how to set up a middle school classroom so that the room looks visually appealing without looking too young for the age group.

4th grade writing- Idioms describing emotions

Are you teaching poetry? Find poetry blog posts, freebies, and poetry resources that will have your students fall in love with reading and writing poetry.