Our Silly Adjective Zoo – Teaching Adjectives the Animal Way

By Amber Ernst / April 19, 2020 /

Teaching adjectives can be so fun. It’s evident by my tons of adjective ideas. Adjective activities are so engaging because they lend themselves so easy to being funny. Students respond really well to pictures and picture prompts (especially animals!) Describing words is generally a skill that students take to and teaching this part of speech…

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Ordering Adjectives CCSS Activity Pack

By Amber Ernst / November 20, 2019 /

This pack has 9 different adjective activities using correct order which is a CCSS standard! The activities are perfect for any classroom and it also includes an assessment for students to show what they know. These are favorites of my students and give them a very creative outlet…not to mention how funny they are.

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Connect with Nonfiction Information – Your SSSTeaching How to Teach Text Structure guide

By Amber Ernst / September 27, 2020 /

nonfiction text structure, nts anchor chart, nts worksheet, ntx examples, nts pdf, Text Structure had me shaking in my boots when I first learned it was part of our 4th grade standards. If I wasn’t sure what it was…how I was supposed to teach my students?! Yes – a real thought when I switched grades.…

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Keep Grammar alive – STAT – Get Students Engaged with Hands On Learning

By Amber Ernst / February 16, 2020 /

Fourth Grade Grammar Surgery Day – an unforgettable day in our classroom. Covering MANY grammar standards and acting as a review from our year students worked through lots of “surgeries” in groups to practice using their fourth grade grammar skills. Classroom transformations are such a highlight even if you only do one a year! It…

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Ordering Adjective Flip Book

By Amber Ernst / November 20, 2019 /

This flip contains the correct order of adjectives. With a clear definition, examples and spots for students work they will quickly learn this concept!

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Grammar Surgery Day Transformation!

By Amber Ernst / June 22, 2016 /

Grammar Surgery Day was an unforgettable day in our classroom! This worked as a comprehensive review of many different standards we learned in grammar this year.  It was relatively low cost and we had donations that helped as well.  I’ll try and walk you through the steps of what we did. Checklist available at end…

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Ordering Adjective Activities!

By Amber Ernst / January 20, 2015 /

Looking at the new CCSS standards, I realized that teaching the correct order of adjectives was in the 4th grade curriculum as a language standard.  Mostly this seems to be pretty common sense but can be a little tricky when more than 2 adjectives are involved.  I created some great HILARIOUS resources to help with…

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Amusing Adjective Activities

By Amber Ernst / March 7, 2013 /

As I’m sure I have mentioned we have been working on adjectives non-stop lately (ok…the last few weeks)  It has been kind of a tough concept for some of my firsties but with all the practice they seem to be getting it. I have whipped up some activities that we have been working on to…

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