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8 Fun Reading Comprehension Games for 4th and 5th Grade - Appletastic Learning
Get 8 fun reading comprehension games ideas that are sure to grab and keep the attention of your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students! These printable reading comprehension activities for kids include fun worksheets, fluency reading passages, coloring activities, and seasonal and holiday reading games. Perfect for DIY reading centers, fun at home reading lessons, or small group activities
Spelling Activities for ANY List of Words
Grab these easy to use spelling activities sheets for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students! Your kids will love the variety of spelling practice ideas and spelling practice worksheets that work with any spelling word list! All you have to do is type your list ONE TIME into the editable PDF, and the words magically appear on all the spelling worksheets for the week! So fun!
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7 Creative Ways to Teach Figurative Language
Looking for some creative ways to teach figurative language? Get lots of great ideas for teaching this topic here! From figurative language activities to worksheets and even games, we’ve got you covered. Figurative language lessons, examples, bulletin boards, posters and other fun figurative language ideas for 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade are in this helpful blog post for elementary and middle school teachers.
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10 Festive Halloween Writing Activities for the Upper Elementary Classroom - Appletastic Learning
Get 10 fun ideas for Halloween writing activities, including Halloween writing prompts, story starters, write the room, design a haunted house, spooky make your own monster crafts, and more! Perfect Halloween and October writing activities for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school students.
Dive deep into the world of 4th grade reading with our big list of 14 fun reading activities! Increase reading skills with reading comprehension passages and fluency activities. Choose from 4th grade reading worksheets, games, guided reading lessons, classroom transformations, and reading escape rooms to make learning fun. Perfect for science of reading center ideas, intervention, tutoring, or projects, these ideas are perfect for 3rd to 5th grade kids! Fun Reading Activities For 3rd Grade, Reading Center Ideas, 4th Grade Games, 4th Grade Reading Worksheets, Reading Fluency Activities, Fun Reading Activities, Reading Buddies, Reading Center
14 Fun 4th Grade Reading Ideas - Appletastic Learning
Dive deep into the world of 4th grade reading with our big list of 14 fun reading activities! Increase reading skills with reading comprehension passages and fluency activities. Choose from 4th grade reading worksheets, games, guided reading lessons, classroom transformations, and reading escape rooms to make learning fun. Perfect for science of reading center ideas, intervention, tutoring, or projects, these ideas are perfect for 3rd to 5th grade kids!
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Halloween Reading Worksheets
Make Halloween reading and writing exciting and fun for kids with Halloween reading activities and worksheets! Get Halloween reading ideas for games and printable activities for students in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school classrooms. Teachers love these no prep Halloween reading worksheets including reading passages, writing prompts, and more!
the history of the hersheys create a new candy writing activity
Informational Text and Questions | Informative Writing Graphic Organizer
Informational writing for 3rd grade, 4th, and 5th grades is fun with this create a candy topic and prompts. Students love reading the informational passage and doing research on the history of the Hershey’s Kiss and then creating their very own candy. Printable activities and ideas for a fun informational text writing unit. #4thgrade #5thgrade #informationaltext
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October Reading Centers for Upper Elementary - Appletastic Learning
Engage your students with high interest reading passages & activities while helping them improve key reading & writing skills. Your third, fourth & fifth grade students will love reading about National Pizza Month, Candy Corn, Fire Prevention Week & Halloween. Help them work on skills like reading for details, finding word meaning & analyzing text. Work on reading & understanding poetry & writing poems. Teach How-To writing with this costume creation writing activity. #UpperElementary #October
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15 Amazingly Spooky Halloween Reading Activities - Appletastic Learning
Get 15 fun Halloween reading activities that are sure to grab and keep the attention of your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students! From Halloween reading comprehension passages, to Halloween reading games, worksheets, and games, these ideas have you covered for the entire month of October. Perfect for older kids, students in a small group, reading centers, or even a Halloween reading challenge!
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10 Creative Background Knowledge Graphic Organizer Ideas - Appletastic Learning
Teachers, building background knowledge is so much easier with graphic organizers! Get 15 creative ideas for how to build background knowledge with graphic organizers for your upper elementary classroom including templates, story maps, brainstorming activities, and more. Perfect for activating background knowledge in your 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade classrooms.
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8 Fun Reading Escape Room Ideas - Appletastic Learning
Get 8 fun reading escape room ideas that are sure to get your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students’ attention! These reading escape activities are the perfect way to improve reading comprehension and review important reading skills. With easy set-up reading escape room puzzles, passages, worksheets, and games, you’ll love teaching reading in your classroom. Perfect for reading centers and activities!