LIT Lessons Teaching Resources

Many ELA question stem resources provide vague sentence starters or surface level prompts to encourage students to engage with a text. Oftentimes, these resources lack true depth and rigor, which means students are not being adequately challenged to critically think about a text.

Reading comprehension is a foundational skill students need to be successful in any class, especially English Language Arts. Yet, as students approach upper elementary grades and middle school, they must develop a new skill set when engaging with fiction texts.

The free end of year letter writing activities for students below are perfect for those final days of school. Whether you’re packing up your room, move to another classroom, building, or district, or finishing that final stack of grading, the end of the year can be stressful and hectic. Keep your students engaged by giving them purposeful and simple (i.e. easy, no-prep!) writing activities.

For this Earth Day, celebrate our incredible, breathtaking planet with 4 activities about the National Parks in the United States. A focus on National Parks will help make it easier to fathom just how vast and awesome our planet is and help students understand the importance of caring for it.

In the previous article, 5 important questions to ask when selecting novels to teach in the classroom were presented. They will get your started. Before you make any final book selections, there are 5 more questions to ask when selecting classroom novels.

Here are 5 Questions to Ask When Making Whole Class Novel Selections. The questions can serve as a guide when selecting books to read and study in the classroom. The explanations focus on a middle grade context, but the principles easily apply to upper elementary or high school as well.