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Go Fish Vocabulary Game, Grades 1–12

Today I'm sharing a fun, relatively quick vocabulary game that helps students master a few of their trickier vocabulary words! The idea came to me when perusing official...

Rethinking Grammar: This Ain’t Your Momma’s Instruction Book, Grades 6–12

My mom likes to tell a story about her high school English teacher, who carried a ruler and rapped students’ knuckles when they struggled with grammar exercises. Instruction...

Genrifying Your Classroom Library

I love a great library, whether it it’s my school library or my classroom library, and I have found that the best way to get students the books they want is to organize the...

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Rainbows & Rainclouds Phonics Game

Grades K–3

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Vocab Gal's Favorite Test Prep Resources Kit

Grades 3–12+

Vocabulary Checkers Game, Grades 1–12

I adored playing checkers growing up, and I thought that a vocabulary version would be fun and easy to play, as well as a great review for students. ...

Snow Day Details Vocabulary Activity, Grades 1–8

Last year when many of us were experiencing severe "Polar Vortex" storms, I shared a simple writing activity where students describe their ideal snow day using vocabulary...

Picabulary Vocabulary Game, Grades 3–12

Although I am a terrible artist, I do enjoy the odd round of Pictionary every now and again. It is quite easy to play a simplified version of the game with your students as a...

The Turkey's Talking Vocabulary Activity, K–12

How can a turkey get out of Thanksgiving without being eaten? By describing how delicious all the other foods at the table are, of course! ...

Movie Review Grammar & Writing Activity, Grades 6–12

Last month I shared simple ideas to make grammar instruction meaningful and enjoyable. My number one tip in the blog post was keeping grammar exercises relevant. Relevancy...

Awesome Anchor Chart for Indentifying Adverbs

When an English Language Arts standard focuses on developing and strengthening writing skills, students can also focus on grammar usage. One way to edit and revise writing is...

Bingo Vocabulary Game, Grades 1–12

While many may already be playing Bingo to review vocabulary with their students, it has taken me until this year to actually to create my own Bingo board. I was too lazy to...

Halloween-Themed Grammar Terms Crossword Puzzle, Grades 6–12

For many of us, the onset of Halloween means an end to the first quarter of school. Students might be finishing up projects or taking those first high-stakes tests of the...

4 Tips for Making Grammar Instruction Meaningful and Enjoyable

Grammar teachers everywhere struggle to keep students engaged and interested while teaching the technical side of language. Dangling participles and superlatives may sound...

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