April 2022 Teacher Talk

 Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern 

Welcome to our April Teacher Talk.  All of us from the Teacher Talk collaborative would like to wish you a happy and prosperous spring.  We have so many fab tips this month from fun activities, ELA and reading ideas, to high interest learning. You don't want to miss reading these blog posts from some awesome educators.

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April Activities Just for Your Students

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Some fun and engaging activities for you to do with your students during the month of April or whenever.

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Read Aloud Magic

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Add a little magic to your read-alouds by taking your students through a portal inside the book.

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5 Ways to Up the FUN Factor at the End of the School Year

By Renee Heiss of All American Teacher Tools

The end of the school year can be difficult at best and disastrous at worst. Your students are ready for summer, and you are anxious to close the year out without incident. Here are 5 ways to up the FUN factor at the end of the year

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Make an Old Story New Again

By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess

Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Rework a plot from a story you've read or a movie you've seen and make it your own.

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Junk Art

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

One of the best things about teaching reading is that you can find anything to read about any holiday and make it teachable. When April rolls around, one of my favorite Earth Day activities is making art from junk and having students write stories about their creations.

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Let's Play Bingo!

By Crystal Brown of Dr. Crystal Brown

Learn 3 ways to use BINGO in your math class.

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The Best Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged During Tough Teaching Times

By Marcy Howe of It's a Teacher Thing

Learn some of the best strategies for keeping students engaged during the most challenging times of the year.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “FREE! Quote Journal/Log for ANY Book, Short Story, or Drama”

by Darlene Anne
6th - 9th Grade

This quote journal can be used with novels, short stories, poems, or dramas. Students can use it independently, with a partner, or in literature circles. It can also be used for a genre study or as a year-long project.

Quote logs provide learners with the opportunity to read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and what can be inferred. Students will also analyze the development of ideas.

In my classroom, I use this so students gain knowledge about how to isolate specific lines from a work of literature and explain the significance of the quote. The first page includes some of the reasons the quotes might be important. Students are encouraged to use specific literary terminology as they explain the quote's significance.

Explicit instructions are included, as well as a sample response for students to emulate. The rubric is built-in the back page for easy use!

Literary quote logs provide an important step in students' ability to support claims when writing essays.

You will find many ways to use this, and your students will benefit greatly!

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FREE MISC. LESSON - “FREE Flower Accents - Mini Frames - COMMERCIAL Use”

by Marcelle's KG Zone
Pre-Kindergarten - 12th Grade

This package consists of 36 COLOUR VARIATIONS OF FLOWER ACCENTS or MINI FRAMES you can use in your summer and spring resources. These flowers are great for logos, center games and as simple decorative pieces on any page. The frames are duplicated in SEE THRU and WHITE FILL so there are actually 70 flower accents in this pack

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Nursery Rhyme FREEBIE - Rain Rain Go Away | Distance Learning Packet”

by Little Learner Toolbox
Pre-Kindergarten - 1st Grade

These hands-on Rain Rain Go Away mini books and sequencing activities are a fantastic way to get your kids busy with fun and engaging activities as they explore this classic Nursery Rhyme. This product contains differently sized mini books, sequencing activities, a brightly colored poster and a cut and write activity. This product is ideal for engaging your students both in the classroom, or if they are currently at home remotely learning .

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☆ Mini Books: Every student can have a personal copy of the nursery rhyme, for small group instruction, or during a lesson. Mini books give your students an opportunity to get hands-on with the nursery rhyme. They can make the book, color the illustrations, read it and share it with their classmates and at home.

This pack includes 2 different Foldable Nursery Rhyme mini books, so that you can choose the book most appropriate for your students. Each book has directions for making them.

☆ Sequencing:

• Students can retell ‘Rain Rain Go Away’ with the pictures and text, with these 4 sequencing cards (in color and blackline)

• 2 different ‘cut out and stick’ sequencing nursery rhyme sheets

☆ Poster: A brightly colored poster of the Nursery Rhyme

☆ Write and Print: Write and print the words activity sheet

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Asking and Answering Questions | Distance Learning | Free Slides Lesson”

by Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching
1st - 3rd Grade

Asking and answering questions can be tricky. Teach RL 1.1 and RL 2.1 to your students with this free Google Slides and PowerPoint lesson. This lesson is designed to help your students ask and answer questions to find the key details in their reading.

This PowerPoint contains a passage of "The Three Little Pigs". The lesson illustrates how asking questions can help identify key details in stories.

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RL 1.1 and 2.1 Bundle: Learning How To Ask Questions to Identify Key Details and the Main Idea.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “SeeSaw™ Research Reading FREE SAMPLE Sharks”

by Jayne Gammons
Kindergarten - 1st Grade

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SAVE each activity to your library.

ASSIGN each activity as needed to individual students, groups, or the whole class.

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