Word Study Foldable Templates - Digital Download

Hello, Internet!

It's been quite some time since I last sat down to blog about some products, or about how the school year is going. Spring Break has passed and now we have just 4 weeks before our state assessments. Eek!

As we get closer to the STAAR test, I'm constantly finding new ways to keep my students effectively busy while I pull small groups as often as possible to reinforce skills.

In fact, just this week I'm planning on implementing a new literacy station system. I'm nervous because we're getting our second walk through from the district this week, but I know I need to change things up! We don't have time to waste, so I'm making the switch the same week as their walk through any way. Wish me luck!

I do hope to share more about the new system with you guys. First though, I'd like to make sure that things go as I plan for them to go. If they don't, I might have to make some tweaks before I share it all. This all makes me think: could be an entire TpT download! {{FUN!!}}

Any way, before I get too side-tracked...I initially started this blog post to inform you about a product that I just added to my store today, Word Study Foldable Templates.

{Click here to download Word Study Foldable Templates.}

I initially made one of these foldable templates when I knew I would be out one day last week. It went over so well & was such a valuable activity for my kids that I made even more & decided to sell them.

As you can see in the preview above, the foldable templates are two-pages each and they should be copied front to back. Then, students cut along the dotted edge and start completing their foldable. I have created a foldable template for the following word study skills: homophones, homographs, antonyms, synonyms, suffixes, & prefixes.

While my students completed the Multiple-Meaning Words foldable last week independently, I'm also going to place some of the other skills at literacy stations. Students will easily be able to manage these activities on their own & be quite successful!

If you think this is something that will work in your class, I highly recommend this for Grade 2, Grade 3, or Grade 4 {my students are in the 3rd grade}. Just go to my TpT shop & download!

Enjoy! :)

Language Arts Word Study Review Book & Assessment - Digital Download

Hello again, everyone...finally!

It's been so long. Like everyone, I've been so busy & life has been hectic! Still enjoying it all though, so that's good. :)

I'm bringing to you here something that I've recently been working on with my students - word study skills. Of course, we've been working on these skills all year long, but I'm getting to the point where I expect my students to master each of these skills since they'll be so heavily tested on our state assessment, the STAAR. 

I created a Word Study Review Book that your students can use just as mine did. They write the definition for each skill: Prefix, Suffix, Base Word, Synonyms, Antonyms, Homographs, and Homophones. Then, they can either illustrate the classroom anchor chart for that skill, or draw something that helps them remember that skill. Two versions of the Word Study Review Book are included in this digital download.

Students will also have an opportunity to write examples for each of these skills, too. I even let my students work in small groups around the room, which they really, really enjoyed!!

Word Study Review Book & Assessment

{Click here to download this from This Little Teacher.}

This digital download also includes an assessment for your students. It's a two-page, 15-question multiple-choice assessment that thoroughly assesses each of these word study skills: prefixes, suffixes, base words, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, & homographs. 

I hope that your students enjoy this as much as mine did! 

Hope you're all doing well! :) 

Homographs Matching Activity & Anchor Chart - Digital Download

This year I've really enjoyed making anchor charts to hang on the walls in my classroom!

It's taken a lot of time to make each one, but it's completely worth it. Each time I create a new anchor chart, the kids thoroughly enjoy them! Therefore, so do I.

And guys?

My kids regularly reference them.

It's such a good thing to ask my students a question, or have them completing an activity, and see them turn around, look at the chart behind them, and confidently go on about their way. It makes me feel so good; them the same.  Win, win.  :)

Recently, we've heavily discussed homonyms. This can be very confusing for students and generally makes them have to (really!) think before they answer.  I like to create catchy, memorable anchor charts, too, because I want my students to be able to visualize them even when they're not there.

Homographs Anchor Chart

Thought process behind this anchor chart :: I teach my students that homographs, as represented by a graph, are things that you can see the similarities in (spelling), like a graph.

{Click here to see other Anchor Charts I've made for my classroom!}

I have to admit; not only are they a helpful classroom resource, but they also pretty up my "window wall" (wall of windows). That makes me think...I should get a picture of ALL anchor charts together on the window wall. I even recently (you're going to think I'm nuts!) divided up the sections into Word Study anchor charts & Reading/Comprehension Skills anchor charts. Crazy? Maybe. But, it makes it easier for my students to reference. :)

Because of these confusing word relationships, I've created so many matching, sorting, hands-on activities for my students to constantly work with. Here's one:

Homographs & Homophones Word Sorting Activity & Activity Page

{Click here to download the Homonyms Word Sort Activity.}

Tell me: what do you find most challenging for your students to differentiate between?