Teaching setting

After this past week, my kiddos could certainly answer that question with a big YES! This week we learned what the setting is, what makes up a setting, and why on earth it matters so much! My kiddos rocked it, so I’m here to share what we did. I know that spending an entire week on setting might seem like…

If you are looking to add some high interest activities for teaching characters and settings, try using the animated short Geri’s Game.

Top 10 Pixar Short Films for teaching middles school literary elements: theme, plot, inference, setting, dialogue, conflict, and more.

If you’ve ever had (or possibly you currently do have) a student who struggled with phonics even after receiving daily, systematic instruction, it’s most likely because they have not yet developed their phonemic awareness abilities. Read more

These picture books are great for teaching about setting to your first grade students. Students will better understand how a setting can affect a character and story elements when hearing and studying these mentor texts. #missingtoothgrins #bookstoteachsetting

I recently blogged about the books I read in August and September as we focus on illustration, print concepts, and characters. As October rolls around we focus on setting and story elements and I wanted to share some of my FAVORITE picture books I use to teach these skills: Owl Moon by […]

Learn how to teach making predictions to help your students develop strong reading comprehension skills with these three favorite read alouds.

As the saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words, so it's no wonder so many authors incorporate symbolism into their writing. The visual nature of symbolism also makes it a fun concept to teach to students. Whether you are teaching symbolism as a new co

Teachers are you looking for goal setting picture books that teach goal setting to your upper elementary students? Look no further! This quick read blog post includes all of my favorite picture books to teach goal setting AND free worksheet printables making lesson planning for the first weeks of school a snap. Click to read today and claim your free goal setting worksheet printables.

Teaching setting of a story in first grade and second grade with these activities makes it meaningful and fun! Students learn how to find the setting of a story with a week's worth of lesson plans and extra printables and activities to spiral it throughout the year. #settingofastory