Adjective Walks Around the School Activity
This post has adjective walks around the school and inside the school activity work pages. One walk for inside, and one for outside.
Commonly Confused Words
Commonly Confused Words---free lesson and quiz to practice using these words such as their/there, lose/loose, and hear/here
English Grammar: What Is Your Most Troublesome Usage Hang-up?
What Is Your Most Troublesome Usage Hang-up? Almost everyone has a list of usage hang-ups. Sometimes we have used words incorrectly.
3 Tips to Strengthen Your Writing
Here are 3 tips to strengthen your sentences and make your writing stronger. Tip 1: Your writing will be more effective if you use strong verbs and nouns instead of trying to prop up weak ones with adjectives and adverbs. Weak: The dentist intentionally spoke untruthfully about the diagnosis. Strong: The dentist lied about
Warning! Inflated Language Ahead
Warning! Inflated Language Ahead ---. If you use inflated language, you can sound stuffy and turn people off. Informational blog post.
Game for the Book Blucy by Julia Dweck Free PDF
BLUCY by Julia Dweck and free printable---Blucy is a cat so this printable is about prepositional phrases CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.I
Free Fun With Contractions Printable
Free Fun With Contractions Printable. YouTube video demonstrating this activity. Paperclips replace the apostrophe in this activity.
Free Lesson: As Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
Free Lesson: As Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor, link to my free lesson on ReadWriteThink