Language Arts Education Articles for Teachers

Share The Love With Valentine’s Day Art Projects

02-07-12

A great idea can spread like wildfire. It all started with a suggestion made at our weekly teacher’s meeting. One of my co-workers asked if we would like to make Valentine’s Day cards for the soldiers in Afghanistan. She had heard a radio announcer from the area asking for cards that ...

Black History Month Through Poetry

01-30-12

Black History Month, which is celebrated in February, is a good time to focus on the rich, interesting poetry written by African Americans. Poets like Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes and Nikki Giovanni use language in such a wonderful and enticing way that students reading their poetry not only gai...

100th Day of School

01-27-12

That once-in-a-school-year day is just around the corner. If you’re a kindergarten teacher, you and your class may have been counting every school day in anticipation. Get ready for the 100th day of school! Your elementary students will enjoy these exciting cross-curricular acti...

Using Flip Books in the Classroom

01-25-12

In the language arts classroom, succesful teaching methods involve incorporating purpose-driven, meaningful vocabulary instruction. In my first few years of teaching, I searched for meaningful ways to help students understand new vocabulary. From understanding root words and affixes, to using co...

No Name Calling Week

01-20-12

Even though next week is officially No Name Calling Week, the lessons learned can last throughout the year. By discussing the negative impact name calling, and bullying can have on children, and people in general, this observance can be a time to put some positive behaviors in motion. We are all...

Jan Brett Author Study

01-18-12

With over 30 million books in print around the world, Jan Brett is one of the leading children’s authors and illustrators. Her love for bringing beautifully detailed, imaginative worlds to life has blossomed into a catalog of literary creations that captivate audiences around the gl...

Delving into Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Rhetoric

01-16-12

As Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated in schools across the country, teachers have students read parts of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech made during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. This was a momentous occasion in which hundreds of thousands of peopl...

Cross-Curricular Language Arts Lessons

01-09-12

One of the best ways to get students to learn and remember information is to provide lessons that are cross-curricular. When teachers tie lessons on a topic to real-world scenarios, games, or research opportunities, they are providing motivating content that can lead to higher-level thinking ac...

Keeping Students Engaged

01-02-12

Back to the Basics We all remember creating extensive lesson plans as student teachers. We had to link lessons to standards, detail step-by-step procedures, and add a reflection and follow-up piece; it seemed like it would never end. In addition, it was harder to write these lesson plans knowi...

Using Reader's Theater in the Classroom

12-29-11

Reader’s Theater is a learning tool teachers can use to help students interact with literature and practice relevant skills. By using Reader’s Theater scripts, students can act out scenes found in literature books without memorization. Students of all ages can perform informally in fr...