Teaching with Jennifer Findley https://jenniferfindley.com/ Upper Elementary Teaching Blog Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:13:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://jenniferfindley.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-tti-favicon-32x32.png Teaching with Jennifer Findley https://jenniferfindley.com/ 32 32 96406731 Using a Morphology Wall in Grades 4-5 https://jenniferfindley.com/using-a-morphology-wall-in-grades-4-5/ https://jenniferfindley.com/using-a-morphology-wall-in-grades-4-5/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:12:29 +0000 https://jenniferfindley.com/?p=23168 Morphology walls are a great tool in 4th and 5th grade classrooms! Read more and sign up for free posters to make your own on this post.Word walls for upper elementary? Try a morphology wall! Morphology walls are a great tool for teaching and reviewing prefixes, suffixes, bases, and roots. By using a “Morphology Wall” in your classroom, you can help your students better understand how words are put together and how to use that knowledge to determine the meaning of […]

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]]> https://jenniferfindley.com/using-a-morphology-wall-in-grades-4-5/feed/ 0 23168 Free Prefix, Suffix, and Roots Posters (Morphology Posters) https://jenniferfindley.com/free-prefix-suffix-and-roots-posters-morphology/ https://jenniferfindley.com/free-prefix-suffix-and-roots-posters-morphology/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2022 22:30:15 +0000 https://jenniferfindley.com/?p=23166 Are you teaching prefixes, suffixes, and roots? Grab free posters for grades 4-5 to use as references!In order to become strong readers (and writers), students need to understand the meaning of words. Breaking words down into prefixes, suffixes, and roots/bases is a great way to help students understand how words are put together and what they mean. These free morphology posters (printable and digital!) will help your students (and you!) remember […]

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]]> https://jenniferfindley.com/free-prefix-suffix-and-roots-posters-morphology/feed/ 2 23166 Decoding Multisyllabic Words in Grades 4-5 https://jenniferfindley.com/decoding-multisyllabic-words-in-grades-4-5/ https://jenniferfindley.com/decoding-multisyllabic-words-in-grades-4-5/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:49:11 +0000 https://jenniferfindley.com/?p=23080 Do your students struggle to read multisyllabic words? This post shares a decoding multisyllabic words strategy for 4th & 5th graders and free resources to help you teach it!The ability to decode multisyllabic words in reading is (to me) equivalent to knowing basic multiplication and division facts. Multisyllabic words make up the foundation of many texts our students read, just like multiplication and division facts are embedded in so many grade level skills. And just like with basic math facts, our students need […]

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]]> https://jenniferfindley.com/decoding-multisyllabic-words-in-grades-4-5/feed/ 0 23080 3 Christmas STEM Activities for Upper Elementary https://jenniferfindley.com/christmas-stem-activities/ https://jenniferfindley.com/christmas-stem-activities/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:52:06 +0000 https://jenniferfindley.com/?p=23217 Christmas STEM Activities for upper elementary students. Get all the details including free reading passages on this post.Christmas is a time for family, friends, and fun. But it can also be a time for learning! If you’re looking for some fun Christmas-themed STEM activities to do with your upper elementary students, you’ve come to the right place. In this blog post, we’ll discuss three STEM activities that will keep your students engaged […]

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]]> https://jenniferfindley.com/christmas-stem-activities/feed/ 0 23217 Teaching Morphology in Grades 4-5 (with Free Resources) https://jenniferfindley.com/teaching-morphology-in-grades-4-5-with-free-resources/ https://jenniferfindley.com/teaching-morphology-in-grades-4-5-with-free-resources/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:33:25 +0000 https://jenniferfindley.com/?p=22997 Teaching morphology can be a great way to help students with understanding unknown words, decoding multisyllabic words, and spelling.Confession: I used to spend a week teaching affixes (prefixes and suffixes) and then another couple of weeks teaching roots. I’d assess and we’d move on to my next language/grammar standard. Sure, I may have spiraled them through grammar review and even mentioned them implicitly if it came up in texts we were reading. But […]

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]]> https://jenniferfindley.com/teaching-morphology-in-grades-4-5-with-free-resources/feed/ 0 22997 Free Veterans Day Reading Activities https://jenniferfindley.com/free-veterans-day-reading-activities/ https://jenniferfindley.com/free-veterans-day-reading-activities/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:00:34 +0000 https://jenniferfindley.com/?p=22852 Honor veterans and celebrate Veterans Day in your classroom with this free Veterans Day reading resource for grades 4-5!Are you looking for a way to celebrate Veterans Day in your classroom? Do you want to teach students about the significance of honoring the day and recognizing the people it celebrates? In this post, I am sharing a free set of Veterans Day reading activities that will combine reading instruction and teaching the importance […]

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