Word of the week display

Next academic year I will be moving from Year 3 into Year 4 which has involved moving all of my things upstairs to a new classroom. I saw it as a good opportunity to freshen things up a bit and try some new ideas. Many of the teacher blogs I follow often share their classrooms so I thought I'd join the club. Enjoy the pictures! This is the inside of my classroom door. Hopefully it'll inspire the children a bit and they'll look forward to coming in every day. I saw a similar idea here. This…

I made this Vocabulary Word of the Day poster. Each day a new vocabulary word is looked up.

You'll quickly learn that I love the Daily 5 for Literacy! Our 2nd grade team pioneered the Daily 5 last year and since then we are singing it's praises. We have even led 2 rounds of workshops for the rest of our staff to get them into the Daily 5 as well. Last year I learned so much about literacy and reading and getting kids motivated to read! This year I am trying to hone in on what I am teaching and figure out the best practices to teach each strategy or skill. One area of Daily 5 that I…

Memorize a Word a Week. This is such a fun family activity. Capturing-Joy.com

Word of the Week I got this idea from the amazing Facebook GroupSchool Librarian's Workshop(Closed Group must request to join). My students don't have a lot of browsing time in the library so I opened the dictionary up to the page with the word. I'm hoping it will help students build their vocabulary and at least see what the inside of a real dictionary looks like! I put this on top of my class set of dictionaries. I'll be posting my list of words used atRIYL Libraries. You don't have…

Word of the Week Display! This is presented on the left side of Mrs. Windle's fourth grade classroom. It is located alongside the I PICK and Reading Response Exit Slips. I will most definitely be implementing this in my future classroom, so that my students vocabulary can increase in both what they read and write.

Hello Everyone! Just another quick post tonight. (I know all my posts have been quick lately) Today we worked a little more on dialogue in our reading and writing. We worked on different ways to say "said." "Said" sometimes gets a little boring and the pictures in our heads are not as clear as when we use words like "hollered" or "whined." We brainstormed other words to use instead of "said" on to our newest anchor chart. The kiddos then had the opportunity to become Sentence Surgeons again…

If you're looking to refresh your vocabulary routine, read this post! Word of the Day or Words of the Week is a fun way to incorporate new vocabulary into your daily classroom routine without much extra time. Better yet, your students will love the challenge of building and using their vocabulary! Here, you'll learn how to use this Building Vocabulary resource to enrich word study in your classroom. You'll find more great teaching ideas at ShelleyGrayTeaching.com

Learn why having a classroom focus wall is the perfect student reference display. Teachers can design a math, writing, or Ela focus wall bulletin board for free. Add learning objectives, I Can statements, weekly headers, vocabulary words, sight words, and anchor charts to display weekly or monthly Common Core content. Perfect for any kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom.

Word of the week