Synonym Posters for Writing Center | Classroom Decor that Teaches

    Brighten your classroom writing center 

with these colorful posters.  

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You can refer to these posters in the ELA classroom. Identifying synonyms and choosing new words for common words in writing.    Each poster is titled with a common word in writing, a list of synonyms to choose for that word and 

a picture that shows the meaning.

There are 40 posters:

• angry, awake
• big
• clean, cold, cry
• difficult, dirty
• easy, fast, fun, funny
• get, go, good
• happy, healthy, hot, hungry
• laugh, looked, loud, love
• nice, peaceful, quiet
• sad, said, short, sick, slow, small, smart, stop, surprised
• tall, think, tired
• went, worry

Synonyms can help students learn to choose the right words for the right context, which is especially important when acquiring writing skills.   When students have a broader vocabulary, they can understand more complex texts and express themselves more precisely in their own writing.  By teaching synonyms, you can help students avoid using the same words over and over again, which can make their writing feel repetitive and dull.

Your students will become aware of word choice and word meaning. They will learn to use more words and acquire a new writing skill to grab the attention of their readers.  

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Listen, Draw and Follow Directions 

Would you like to improve your students’ listening skills ?

You can improve students' listening skills with these "listen, draw, follow directions" pages.

Students listen, then follow directions by what they heard.  Teacher directions included.  PRINTABLES are no prep for 

the teacher and provide practice for an important school skill... listening!

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Caring for the Earth | Writing Prompts | Teaching Resources |

Caring for the Earth - Writing Prompts

Caring for the Earth Writing prompts to become aware of our earth and environment. Writing improves understanding about this very important topic.

Teaching important life lessons! Students learn about caring for the earth and learn writing skills too. This teaching resource is to add and supplement to lessons about the earth and environment.

You can choose primary lines [dotted in the middle to encourage good handwriting; or single lines for more experienced writers]. Gather your books about the earth and put them on display with these writing pages to make an informative and educational writing center in your classroom.

There are 33 pages included:

• writing prompts
• picture prompts
• word study
• word search
• drawing
• T-maps
• self-evaluation page
• bulletin board ideas and templates
• earth day craft
• teacher directions

Easy to read print for beginning readers. Picture prompts to assist early writers. Literacy pages for the month of April for Caring About the Earth and protecting our environment. Printables for independent work, small group or whole class or school at home. Focus is on the importance of caring for the earth.

2 sets of writing prompts that include lines for beginning writers and more experienced writers. You will be able to diversify instruction easily with these pages for writing.

Practices of reuse, reduce, and recycle and the idea behind taking care of our earth.

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Informational Text Features - Teacher Resources

Grab your informational text feature anchor charts HERE  and catch some compliments on your teaching bulletin board.

                                 

Informational Text Features Anchor Charts

These anchor charts for informational texts help the reader make sense of the information they are reading. They are building blocks for text structure.  

When reading fiction, readers notice the different story elements (i.e. title, characters, setting, main idea etc.). When reading non-fiction, they use informational text features.  

Post these bright, colorful and informative anchor charts to learn reading strategies when reading non-fiction. Your students will learn these important text features and will gain knowledge on what they are and how they are used to help reading comprehension.   

These anchor charts will make an eye-catching interactive bulletin board that you can keep up for months.  Each text feature is explained in detail and includes an illustration.  Start putting them up in your classroom or writing corner as you discuss and learn each feature.  There are 17 informational text features that collectively make your bulletin board that can be interactive and used as a reference when your students read informational texts. 

The 17 Anchor Charts on informational text features are:

• Titles
• Headings
• Subheadings
• Table of Contents
• Photographs
• Illustrations
• Diagrams
• Captions
• Types of Print
• Timelines
• Graphs
• Maps
• Index
• Glossary
• Labels
• Lists
• Icons

Here are some close ups of some of the anchor charts:

Students can reference these each time they read informational text.    

Each anchor chart shows an informational text feature with description of the feature and an illustration. Bright borders of blue and orange. 

Each anchor chart measures approximately 8" x 10.5".  No-Prep for teacher. 

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Find these informational text feature anchor charts HERE  and catch some compliments on your teaching bulletin board. 

Text features improve comprehension of the information read.   Authors use maps, diagrams and photographs to help the reader understand more easily what they are reading.  The reader can visualize and understand more fully by studying the informational text features provided within the text.  Text features also help the reader navigate the reading material with the use of a table of contents, an index and a glossary.  Viewing a photograph that has been labeled gives the reader the support he needs to understand the text. 

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Text features such as a table of contents or index provides the reader with easy access to the information he is seeking.  Special print can draw attention and enhance specific parts of the text and to key words and phrases. 

Beginning readers can use photographs, headings, subheadings and diagrams to help them read new words and text.  They are able to make predictions by using prior knowledge and text features.  

To illustrate the importance of these text features to the reading, type up only the text eliminating all the text features.  Have your students read the text.  Talk about the reading.  Next, read the complete text WITH the text features.  Discuss the reasons why the text features were important to understanding and clarity.  

Find these Informational Text Feature Anchor Charts HERE. 

There are 17 anchor charts which make an interactive teaching bulletin board.

Refer to them often when teaching informational text. 

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Post a reference board on Informational Text Features in your classroom with these colorful and bold anchor charts. Borders are blue and orange. Each anchor chart measures approximately 8” x 10.5”. These will easily be printed out on standard size paper and you will have a bit of room to trim to the borders.

Preview of all 17 Anchor Charts HERE

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Check Out the Library | Teaching Library Etiquette | Resources for Elementary Teachers

Check Out the Library

Teach Library Etiquette... visit the library and improve reading achievement. Introduce the library to beginning readers. Read more books. Learn new words. Create a bulletin board.  This teaching resource includes pages to improve reading skills and learn all about the library. The pages adapt easily to differentiated instruction as this resource includes introduction pages, easy pages, just right and challenging pages. Choose the pages that are best for your students.

Research consistently shows that when children have access to good libraries with plenty of good books and with adequate support and direction, they read more and thus do better in reading.

This resource will allow you to individualize instruction within your library lesson. This will provide each student with the challenge or support they need on their learning journey.   Some phonics, decoding and word work is also included.

Role model library etiquette on your visit to the library.

• using a quiet voice
• being considerate of others studying or reading
• showing respect and responsibility for handling books
• waiting quietly at check out
• whispering when talking
• 
  

The library can become a favorite destination and a good resource for supporting reading once your students learn the rules.  Find this teaching resource HERE

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