Laura's Literacy Files

Literacy Strategies for Upper Elementary Students

In this section, you’ll find a variety of teaching methods for literacy instruction. These are classroom- tested strategies that I used successfully in my own teaching. Click here to find all of my Common Core ELA Resources in one place.

In the folders below, you’ll find pages of free printables as well as ebooks and lessons for literacy instruction that I developed for my own classroom. Most of the materials are especially suitable for 4th or 5th grade, but many of them can easily be adapted for grades 3 through 6. For more information about strategies such as Balanced Literacy, Literature Circles, and Reading Workshop, visit the Literacy Strategies section.

Laura's Most Popular Literacy Resource

Seek & Spell Challenge (Aligned with CCSS)

Includes Editable Templates Seek & Spell Challengeis an engaging word work strategy that’s so fun your kids won’t even know they’re learning! Students try to find the mystery word (and other words) in a set of letters tiles. Includes printables for 36 mystery words. Click here to see it on TpT or preview it online now.

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