Upper Elementary Language Arts Activities

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Upper Elementary Language Arts Activities

by Colleen

Jun 18, 2008

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I am going to be teaching Reading,Spelling,Handwriting,and
English (grammar & comp) to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Any
ideas on learning centers, or other activities for there
age? I've found plenty for the primary grades, and I'm
trying to think of how I could adapt some of those for older
kids. I'm having trouble finding ones specifically geared
toward the older classes. Thanks for any suggestions.

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Wendy Been there, done that! There's not any, especially 6th. I teach 6th grade ELA. I went to work stations becasue I had a predominately special ed group of 25 right after lunch. I divided the students into groups and changed these groups weekly or bi-weekly depending on how indepth I made some of the projects. My stations were silent independent readi...See More

Jul 26, 2008

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WandaTx Colleen, I teach 5th. graders and they love center time. They get very upset if they have to miss them for some reason. I too do, SSR (Sustained Silent Reading), spelling/vocabulary activities--one that my students like is -- a clear shower curtain made to look like the key board of a computer. One student has their vocabulary/spelling words on ind...See MoreColleen, I teach 5th. graders and they love center time. They get very upset if they have to miss them for some reason. I too do, SSR (Sustained Silent Reading), spelling/vocabulary activities--one that my students like is -- a clear shower curtain made to look like the key board of a computer. One student has their vocabulary/spelling words on index cards, he/she says the word and the other student uses a small stuffed frog (my room is a frog theme) to hop the correct spelling of the word. If he/she is right, then, gets to go on to next word, if misses, then the students change places. I also implement modified folder games for some of my grammar teks. One that I just completed was on contractions, my students still have difficulty with some-- especially who'd, who's, I've, she will. So I took the lower level matching folder game one step higher. After locating the pairs, the student must write sentences using each contraction he/she has chosen. This will show that me that they can construct sentences using the correct form of the contraction and hopefully this will transfer their writing. I also do reading task cards--a card with teks that gives them a specific tek to work on and complete a project. Example--read a book. Then, sequence the story into at least six (6) main events. After that, they must complete a project showing their work--a project can be a sentence strip showing sequence using clip art/their art to demonstrate sequence, or computer program called Insipration where they would make their own sequence project.

Hope this gives you some ideas. If you would like to share ideas I would be more than glad to do so.

On 7/26/08, Wendy wrote: > Been there, done that! There's not any, especially 6th. I > teach 6th grade ELA. I went to work stations becasue I had a > predominately special ed group of 25 right after lunch. I > divided the students into groups and changed these groups > weekly or bi-weekly depending on how indepth I made some of > the projects. My stations were silent independent reading, > spelling/vocabulary, writing/journaling, small group > instruction, and independent/make-up work. I set a timer for > 20 minutes and they rotated through each station daily. For > variety, you could meet for longer periods of time in each > station, but my students needed the faster pace. By teaching > this way, I was able to differentiate the lessons more > easily. Email me if you have any other questions: > [email removed].

Jul 27, 2008

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