Category: Elementary Reading

5 Tips for Teaching Traditional Literature

Teaching the traditional literature genre can be tough because students and teachers aren’t as familiar with it as other genres such as fiction or nonfiction. Traditional literature stories are classic tales passed down through years of storytelling. Texas teachers have to teach the skill to their 3rd-5th grade students. The

5 Tips for Teachers to Have a Productive Summer

I know teachers don’t want to do anything in the summer! Summer is the time for teachers to relax and recharge for a new school year. I totally agree! But, in order for you to get control over the beginning of the year’s chaos, you must do a few productive

5 Tips for Teaching Argumentative Text

Argumentative text can be a tough genre to teach because students and teachers aren’t very familiar with it. Keep reading for 5 tips for teaching argumentative text to your upper elementary students. In argumentative text the author is trying to persuade the reader to believe a certain opinion. The new

9 Fourth Grade Read Alouds

Are you looking for unique read alouds from a variety of genres for your 4th graders? This list is for YOU! I love reading to my 4th graders and have read many books with them over the years. These are my top picks for 4th grade read alouds: 1. Tales

Upper Elementary Read Alouds

The benefits of reading aloud in your upper elementary classroom are endless! Busy, busy, busy! The days fly by in a 3rd-5th grade classroom! Many teachers don’t have time to fit in read alouds! However, the benefits of reading aloud to your upper elementary students are incredible. You MUST fit

My 4th Grade Classroom Set-Up

Starting the year off right! Walking into a hot, empty classroom in August can be scary and overwhelming as you think about your fourth grade classroom set-up! Many questions run through your head. How should I set up my room? What is my theme? Should I use desks or tables?

I love this resource! We've been breaking it up into weekly grammar lessons. I love how simple the notes page is for students to use, and the independent practice pages are wonderful for students to practice what they've learned.

Hands down my FAVORITE resource! I highly recommend it! It helped my students a lot. They also enjoyed the assignments. They were sad when we finished them. It also made teaching revision easy. Thanks to this I was at 90% passing rate in writing. I teach bilingual students.

Absolutely LOVE all the resources created by this seller! This is my first year to teach in the state of Texas and her resources have been so very helpful in making sure that all of the skills that I need to teach are being met. The lessons and activities are fun for the students and they are always engaged!

Hello Texas Passages!!! Each of these passages has brought a class discussion about different areas around Texas. The questions are strong and helped identify a need for more transition word practice. These are a great resource for any Texas Social Studies and/or Writing teacher.

Free Grammar Pacing Guide

Grammar skills are necessary for revise and edit questions. This guide fits all the grammar TEKS into the first 6 weeks of school, so you can get introduce revise and edit questions by October.

Meet the Author

Hi! I’m Christine. I help Texas 3rd-5th grade teachers to build confident readers and writers with TEKS aligned, engaging ELA printable and digital resources.