ELA

Engaging ELA activities and literacy strategies for upper elementary classrooms, including reading responses, writing prompts, and comprehension activities that support deeper thinking and discussion.

  • Book vs. Movie Ideas For You

    In Language Arts, my students recently completed a novel unit using Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.  I used the 5th-grade novel unit from ReadWorks.org and it was fantastic!  The unit is broken down into 22 days with lessons on genre, predictions, plot conflicts, theme, relationships, gender roles textual analysis, and a ton of vocabulary…