12 Activities for Read Across America Week
Read Across America Week is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate reading and inspire a love...
20 BELOVED BUT BANNED BOOKS
The censorship of ideas and beliefs is nothing new to the 21st Century. Since at...
10 Simile Mentor Texts That Will Make You Laugh Like a Hyena
Similes are an important literary element used to add color and spark to one’s writing....
TEACHER TIPS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL
Summer is just around the corner—so close you can almost taste it! BUT you must...
Have Fun Teaching Figurative Language
Don’t inflate the cow? What??? Idioms are just one of many types of figurative language...
THE PROS AND CONS OF READING RESPONSE JOURNALS
A READING RESPONSE JOURNAL is a journal where students are asked to record their interactions...
10 VALENTINE’S DAY TEXTS TO SPREAD THE LOVE
Oftentimes, we mistake Valentine’s Day for a holiday to express romantic interest in others when...
Hyperbole Texts with Examples that Exaggerate and Excite
We all have inner drama queens and kings inside us that pop up from time...
