Free Downloadable Resources

Help you students grow their vocabulary and learn about nouns that the same time. Download this partial collection of coloring sheets. They are filled with activities students often do during summer time. There are several ways to use them. You can print the labeled sheet, if you want students to work on vocabulary. You can also print the unlabeled sheets and the word lists. Students can use the list to label each word. You can also cut the word lists up, and ask students to label the blank sheet (both good option for ESL students). More advanced students can be given the word list to learn the words and the spellings. They can then be given an unlabeled sheet and ask them to label it. 

Introducing all the Word Birds with short little stories that students love! Each bird is introduced separately and the story gives a little insight into their unique personality.

Learn a little bit about each of our feathered friends. Students quickly internalize each bird's unique personality and learn who is friends with whom, and why they don't all get along. They may be small in stature, but they play a huge role in helping students understand the different jobs that each part of speech plays. Headbands and bowties do matter and make understanding complicated concepts, such as possessives or gerunds, easy eggs to crack.

The surprising details of what students should know and when they should know it. For example, by third grade, students are expected to "Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences." Could you, as a teacher, explain the difference in how the word kitchen is used in the following sentences? "The new house has a huge kitchen," and "A blue bird hit the kitchen window." Understanding the difference yourself doesn't count (it is a lot more difficult to explain these concepts to young students)!

This is how we approach mastery based learning. Everything is incredibly well scaffolded. The materials offer a broad range of enaging, multisensory activities that allow flexibility and creative, so students can fly high all by themselves.

Once students master syntax and structure, grammar rules start to make sense (well most of them).