Category: Back to School

Tips for New 4th Grade Teachers

Whether you are a BRAND NEW teacher (welcome!) or new to the grade level, teaching fourth graders can seem overwhelming. However, the tips for new 4th grade teachers will help you feel more confident. Before School Starts Create Organizational Systems Think through your day, where will students put their backpacks,

Beginning of the Year Reading Activities

As the school year kicks off, it’s time to get our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders excited for a thrilling world of reading adventures! Let’s dive into a collection of engaging beginning of the year reading activities that will not only spark students’ imaginations but also set the stage for

Distance Learning Tips for Teachers

The 2020 school year is going to be different for sure. Many school districts have already decided to begin the school year virtually. Many teachers are searching for distance learning teaching tips. I’m definitely not an expert on distance learning, but I have been brainstorming ideas on how to start

7 Tips for the Social Distancing Classroom

Tips for the social distancing classoom

Beginning of the Year Writing Lesson Plans

Start the year off WRITE! August can be a crazy time of the year! Beginning of the year writing lesson plans may be the last thing on your mind. It’s so important to start the year with rules, procedures, building relationships, and creating a classroom community. Then what? It’s time

Icebreakers for the First Day of School

Activities for the distance learning or social distancing classroom! The first day of school is always a whirlwind of rules, organizing, procedures, and most importantly getting to know each other. It’s important to plan a variety of icebreakers for the first day of school. In fact, the icebreakers should

First Day of Fourth Grade

The first day of fourth grade (or any other grade for that matter) can be scary and overwhelming for both students and teachers! But, having a plan can help your day run smoothly. I still remember my first year of teaching! I started in Pre-K, and I had planned with

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.