Crafting-connections.com Website Review

Receive tips, freebies, and resource updates when you subscribe to my newsletter! Have you ever heard the saying With one polka dot, nothing can be achieved? This saying speaks to the power of repetition. Most teachers agree that repetition plays an important role in education. If a teacher attempts to teach an objective one isolated time during a school year, chances are good that few students (if any) will remember that objective at the end of the school year. However, if a teacher periodically reviews and builds upon the objective after the initial lesson, the likelihood that students WILL retain what they learned increases. That's why the concept of a spiral curriculum is such a hot educational topic. Plus, it's the main reason why we teachers like to review concepts before our students are required to take standardized tests. A few weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to create some engaging reading activities where students would be reviewing important reading skills they have already learned. In order to make them engaging, I decided to add a competitive element so that students would view them line beneath the pas*age. (Students will add a tally EACH time they roll the die.) questions and try to earn the lowest number of points. This blog post contains a FREE nonfiction reading pas*age! Skills include main idea, Click on any of the images below to check out the reading games I have available in my TpT store! Each set includes 12 reading pas*ages! multiple choice questions. Reading skills include theme, character traits, context clues, cause and effect, figurative language, and This set is designed especially for 3rd graders. A nonfiction version is coming soon! students answer 6 multiple choice questions. Reading skills include central message, character traits, context clues, cause and effect, Teaching upper elementary students to expand sentences and combine sentences has always been on my radar... but REDUCE? Well, thats another story. Yes, Ive helped students revise run-ons and shorten sentences that are longer than necessary, but I began to question