Taco’s on Friday’s. What’s wrong with this phrase? Tacos are delicious, and Friday is as good a day as any to eat some. It’s the misuse of apostrophes, of course. When you have a plural word, such as tacos or Fridays, no apostrophe is required. It’s a simple rule, but students often add errant apostrophes…
Read any student essay, and you’re likely to get abstract descriptions: The vacation was “wonderful” the food tasted “great,” and the dog was “cute.” When we ask students to add more detail, or be more descriptive, we often get lists of adjectives. What we really should be asking for is concrete detail, or sensory detail…
Fun fact: February is an anagram of “bare fury” — if you’re feeling feisty or “bury fear” — if you’re feeling brave! Let’s give some friendly felicitations to our first 8 Milestone…
No matter how you mark Valentine’s Day in your classrooms, TpT has resources from the heart. Here’s our TpT Valentine for you. It’s Elementary, Dear Valentine Well hello there Hello Learning!…
Oh the weather outside is frightful and these lessons are so delightful — on this we can all agree, you and me, we like TpT! It’s time for the winter holiday…