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Just about any fiction text or poem you select can be used to teach visualizing in reading. But which books have the best descriptive language and are the most effective for practicing this reading comprehension strategy? Check out these 10 picture books for visualizing that will spark elementary students' creativity as they make their own mental images! Plus be sure to download the FREE printable list of mentor texts for your reading instruction! Creative Writing For Elementary Students, Library Lessons Elementary, Descriptive Language, Sensory Words, Teaching Comprehension, Text To Text Connections, Reading Strategy, Literacy Coaching, Fiction Text

Just about any fiction text or poem you select can be used to teach visualizing in reading. But which books have the best descriptive language and are the most effective for practicing this reading comprehension strategy? Check out these 10 picture books for visualizing that will spark elementary students' creativity as they make their own mental images! Plus be sure to download the FREE printable list of mentor texts for your reading instruction!

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Do you teach opinion writing in your classroom? Here is a list of 19 books that you can use to introduce opinion writing, teach students to write an opinion statement or even learn to supply reasons when writing opinions. The books range from primary grades through upper grades and give students a fun opportunity to engage with a variety of ways of writing opinions. Opinion Writing Mentor Text, Opinion Writing Topics, Teaching Opinion Writing, Writing Mentor Texts, Writing Picture Books, Personal Essay, 3rd Grade Writing, 2nd Grade Writing, Writing Pictures

Do you teach opinion writing in your classroom? Here is a list of 19 books that you can use to introduce opinion writing, teach students to write an opinion statement or even learn to supply reasons when writing opinions. The books range from primary grades through upper grades and give students a fun opportunity to engage with a variety of ways of writing opinions.

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Idiom Activities, Teaching Idioms, Idioms Activities, Figurative Language Activity, Teaching Figurative Language, 4th Grade Ela, 4th Grade Reading, 3rd Grade Reading, Library Lessons

I always look forward to teaching figurative language in my classroom, and idioms in particular. Students get such a kick (note the idiom here) talking about and learning new idioms and we really enjoy doing some fun activities to help kids build a stronger language base. In this post by The Teacher Next Door, you'll read about seven different activities that reinforce idioms and have worked well in the classroom:

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