How can grammar coloring pages improve your grammar lessons? Is it possible. . . to have fun grammar? Previously, I’ve written about coloring sheets for literature or note taking as…
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Six Tips for Teaching Grammar
Looking for tips for teaching grammar that won’t cause a ton of more work? Making grammar make sense, connecting grammar to writing, showing students the importance of understanding a language:…
Grammar Activities: Grammar Hunts
Looking for grammar activities that won’t cost you any money? Seriously. You can create these grammar hunts with your trash or extra activities. A grammar hunt is simply when you…
Engaging Grammar Activities for Review
Engaging grammar activities for review. . . these fun grammar activities will cement your grammar lessons. Reflecting on my teaching experiences, I complete grammar review with students to clarify rules…
Hands-On Grammar Lessons
Hands-on grammar lessons: students holding and engaging with their language? Yes, please. Students LOVE manipulating, playing, and holding their language with grammar manipulatives. When I talk about hands-on grammar lessons,…
Grammar Manipulatives
Grammar manipulatives: language students can hold. Language arts manipulatives are easy to add to your classroom. The goal of this is differentiated and scaffolded grammar activity is to allow students…
10 Alternatives to the Grammar Worksheet
‘10 Alternatives to the Grammar Worksheet’ is part four of a ten-part series covering grammar in middle school and high school English classes. Read part one, part two and part three. Update, 2022: After…
Spring Language Arts Lesson Plans
Spring language arts lesson plans: what I teach in April. Spring break is over, and the countdowns are on for the end of the school year. This can only mean…
Coloring Sheets for Older Students
Coloring sheets for older students (such as grammar coloring sheets middle school) seem to be the rage. And popular fads can be productive, beneficial fads. My Facebook feed has gobs…