Playlist: AL 5TH LITERACY
Getting Specific With St. Patrick’s Day Writing
Let’s take a starting phrase about St. Patrick’s Day and get specific. No, even more specific!
Go Beyond “Identify Figurative Language”
For TeachersSo students can identify a simile, metaphor, and hyperbole. What next?
What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin
We’re looking at the arctic vs the antarctic.
Words Within Words: CORNMAZE
How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?
Compare and Create New Year’s Traditions
Hey! Our New Year traditions have a lot in common.
Bobbing for Apples
What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?
Words Within Words: SCARECROW
How many words can you find within “scarecrow”?
Words Within Words: TEACHER
How many words can you find within TEACHER?
Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Writing About Art: The Scream
Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.
Jotto
Who can guess the codeword first?
Studying and Remixing “The Raven”
Ready to push kids beyond the boring, old ABAB rhyme scheme and into something a bit more complex?