Please help me in welcoming Susanna from Whimsy Workshop! She’s got some great ideas for motivating reluctant writers through technology that will work at a variety of grade levels! She’s also been gracious enough to offer a freebie!! Read on to check it all out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone! I am Susanna from Whimsy Workshop. Thanks so much to Heather for…
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Reading “Musical” Chairs
Do your students read the same genre over and over? Have you tried to get them to read different types of books, but they just keep going back to the first one? Are you looking for a way to get them hooked on something new? Then this just might be the strategy for you! Reading Musical Chairs This year I…
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Memorial Day Rhyming FREEBIE
I’m so excited to welcome Bex for her first guest blog appearance on HoJo’s Teaching Adventures. She’s got a fun Memorial Day rhyming freebie for you, so be sure to stick around! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi everyone! I am Bex from Reading and Writing Redhead and I am super excited that Heather has let me stop by and do a little guest…
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Yet More Word Work for Older Kids ~ Syllables & Rhyming
Sometimes it’s hard to find word work for older kids. This one involves syllables, and I’ll share another one later in this same post about rhyming. It’s a great way to reinforce concepts taught at previous grades and get a good review in. First up in our word work for older kids – students created a list of words based on…
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More Word Work for Older Students
Here’s a fairly short and sweet post. I’ve struggled this year to come up with meaningful word work activities for my students. But here are two that were a hit! Looking for hands-on puzzles to teach synonyms and antonyms? Click on the images below to get your own copy! During the synonym search students sat in their desks and each…
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