The Grammar Bundle that Keeps on Growing

As a TpT author, my passion is making grammar products. I wanted to put together all of my bundles into one large growing bundle {Growing Grammar Bundle} so that teachers can have a multi-usable resource available for their classroom. I love these bundles specifically because they contain everything you need for a week's worth of activities on that grammar subject. Each bundle contains a PowerPoint, Sort, Task Cards, Handouts, and a Quiz. I use all of these items in my own classroom every week!
Pictured: Kinds of Sentences Sort
Here's a look at my weekly classroom schedule...
Monday: I introduce the grammar skill for the week with the PowerPoint. Each PPT gives a definition along with examples for the weekly skill. After all of the terms and samples are shown, there are ten interactive questions available. This is usually my students' favorite part! They are always excited to participate in this part! Every Monday always ends with *sigh* "Are there any more questions?!" Usually, ten are about all we have time for before we move on to centers where they will get more practice.

Tuesday - Thursday: As I mentioned before, I keep use some of the other items in weekly centers for them to practice on throughout the week. I usually put the Sort and Task Cards in two of my ELA weekly centers.

Wednesday: Wednesday night, I have students take home the handout to bring back on Thursday's. Then, I can check them and see who needs to be pulled into a small group to be retaught or given extra practice.
Friday: Quiz day! Each student takes a quiz on this skill for a grade.

The materials included for each skill is perfect variety for my students' needs. You can always buy each bundle separately by skill, but you save over 55% when you buy the Growing Grammar Bundle!

With a new school year coming up, I will be making more grammar bundles. As I add more to it, the price will begin to increase. Make sure you buy it now to save more!

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Promote Accountability During Your Writing Time!

Part of writing is having accountability for your own work. After I've written anything, I always feel so accomplished! I want to pass that on to my students. I have created these fifteen writing stations {Writing Editing Stations} to hold my students accountable for completing their very best writing. Not only does this touch up on some important skills that get over looked, but it also gets your students developing good writing habits. We are building better writers! Each station has a task or tasks for their friend to complete. I have put the writing utensils needed on each poster to make stations easier to setup for the teacher, yet simple to follow for the students. For example, in the picture below, your students will need a green marker as shown on the poster. You can laminate and hang these posters up for the entire year, or you can set them out in each station as they are being used like I've done in the photo. These stations are an excellent tool in preparing your students for standardized testing all year long. They provide routine and promote good writing habits that need to be practiced on a regular basis. Teaching your students to edit their writing will help their first drafts tremendously as they will try to eliminate or avoid having to correct these areas after editing. If you like this product and are looking to improve your students' paragraphs, check out my Editing Boring Paragraphs Task Cards here! This activity was a hit in my classroom! The best part was, I was able to reference this activity for the entire school year. It was the perfect reminder or model of how they should be writing detailed paragraphs! For more information, read my blog post here!

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A Resource at Your Fingertips!

If you're looking for a quick, accessible, all-encompassing resource that can be used throughout the entire school year... you've found it! This is the first of many to come, the Grammar Resource Ring {Fourth Grade Edition}! Did I mention, it contains a card for EVERY grammar standard?! :) I am switching grades after spending my first two years of teaching in fifth grade! A few weeks ago, I moved to Las Vegas to be closer to the love of my life. With that being said, I got a job teaching fourth grade! I am a HUGE grammar junkie when it comes to TpT products, so I started my journey in that department. I wanted a resource that I could use all year long to provide as a reference to my students. I wanted to provide examples on each card. I also wanted to incorporate sample questions to give my students extra practice or even a look at more examples. On the front of every card (teal side), you'll find the teaching or modeling samples. This side gives a brief (to the point) reminder and definition for how this standard is used. The back side (black and white) contains five questions (similar to a set of task cards) to give your students extra practice for each skill. Included, you're students will have an answering page to record their responses. A key can be found on the last page of this product as well as a duplicate of each card with the correct answers marked in red. This set can be used in many different ways in your classroom. You can store it in your room and pull it out every week to introduce each skill. You can leave it as an extra resource for struggling students to look back at. You can use the set of task cards included for standardized testing review. You can even use this for small group instruction or reteaching on of the standards. Some of my students tend to struggle with the parts of speech that accompany these skills as well. To help in this area, the last few resource cards provide reteaching for those parts of speech. Practice questions are also included for these parts of speech. As I create more, I plan to expand this product into different subject areas. Be on the look out! For more of my grammar products, check out my store here!

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Beginning & End of Year Activity in One!

The end of the year is coming so fast! Here's an activity that you can use with your students to reminisce, laugh a little, and wrap up the school year. Meet the Teacher fulfills all of these.

I love getting my students' input and comments on how the year has gone. Let's be honest, it's always entertaining to go back and read! You can never guess some of the things they will say. You can also never guess some of the sweet things they will share with you... one of my favorites being, "You will always be so sweet and important to me. Seriously!!!" If that doesn't make your day, I don't know what will! It's one of those reminders or reassurances that we need as teachers.

Another perk of this activity is that you can use it twice! I will be using the filled out forms and sharing them with my students next year on the first day of school. It's a wonderful ice breaker that gives your newbies a little advice, but also gets them excited about the new year. 

Purchase Meet the Teacher: A Beginning & End of Year Activity here.

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