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Find engaging activities for upper elementary students in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. I love helping teachers by reducing their workload and sharing great teaching ideas.
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The Reading Response Unit is loaded with activities to increase your students’ reading comprehension and improve their written response to reading. The differentiated reading response logs work for fiction & nonfiction and includes reading prompts, reading response choice menus, & more! Grab these 80 printable pages today.

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Using book clubs and literature circles in the classroom enhances independent reading skills and is a great addition to your reading program. Perfect for upper elementary and middle school students, book club activities support critical thinking, deeper engagement, and student-led discussions.

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Fun writing activities can add engagement to your creative writing work and can reduce writing anxiety and frustration for your reluctant writers. Learn 12 easy writing activities you can use today!

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This engaging February writing activity filled with creative writing prompts for February and Valentine's Day activities. Your upper elementary & middle students will love the roll a story winter writing activities.

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Give your March writing activities a boost with engaging March writing journals for 4th, 5th, & 6th grades & middle school. The spring writing prompts & journals are designed to reduce writing anxiety and increase creativity.

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Vocabulary activities don't have to be boring! Add these engaging root word coloring pages to your vocabulary building lessons and see engagement soar!

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Literature circles mini lessons are important to running successful literature circles in your classroom. Read this informative blog post from It's a Teacher Thing to help you target the mini lessons you'll want to teach your students. Whether you're runing literature circles in 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, or middle school, knowing what to teach ahead of time will help increase student learning and reduce teacher stress. Use these ideas right away and see engagement soar! Mini Literature Circle Instructions, Literature Circle Questions High School, Upper Elementary Literature Circles, Genre Mini Lesson, How To Start Literature Circles, Literature Circle Roles High School, Lit Circles Elementary, Lit Circles High School, Lit Circles Middle School

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