Hello Teachers, Today's bellringer for my 7th graders: Fix your teacher's writing and help him regain his aura points. On that note, here are some new spelling activities. Spelling Detective: Find the 10 Mistakes Click on the worksheet for the link Spider-Man's Spelling Challenge Click on the worksheet for the link Harry Potter Spelling Challenge Click on the worksheet for the link Find more activities like these here: Lock-In Challenges (Click Here) Spelling Challenge Worksheets (Click Here)...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, Here’s the Paperclip Challenge, a fun way for students to flex their divergent thinking muscles and sharpen their storytelling skills. I hope you find it useful! Email Sponsor Today's email sponsor is SHORTFORM. These sponsorships help me continue creating and sharing quality teaching resources for free. Every click on today’s sponsor earns me nearly $2—so even a simple click helps support Tolentino Teaching. Thank You For the Support! I give away all of my teaching resources...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, Here are two more Halloween-themed writing activities to try with your students If you missed the earlier activities, you’ll find them at the bottom of this email. Hope these aren’t too spooky! 🎃 Unscramble the Halloween Vocabulary Writing Prompt: The Whispering Manor Click on the worksheet for the link Email Sponsor Today's email sponsor is MORNING BREW. These sponsorships help me continue creating and sharing quality teaching resources for free. Every click on today’s...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, This activity is hilarious, bruh. And the stories students come up with are low-key creative. Try it out! Click on the worksheet for the link More drawing activities here: Drawing Activities (Click Here) Email Sponsor Today's email sponsor is KIT. These sponsorships help me continue creating and sharing quality teaching resources for free. Every click on today’s sponsor earns me nearly $3—so even a simple click helps support Tolentino Teaching. Thank You For the Support! I...
9 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, Teaching students that a period signals a long pause and a comma signals a short pause can be a useful starting point when teaching punctuation. It's a simple, intuitive way for students to "hear" how sentences work. Of course, punctuation does more than mark pauses. Commas organize information and clarify meaning, while periods mark the ends of sentences. That said, I find that the "pause" explanation gives students something they can grasp and build on. Video Click on the...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, A few weeks ago, I shared two activities to help students tackle run-on sentences. In case you missed them, here they are! Run-On Sentences Part 1 (Click Here) Now, here are two more activities on run-on sentences. What is a Run-On Sentence? Click on the worksheet for the link Fix The Run-On Sentences Today's New Resource Save One, Lose the Rest Click on the worksheet for the link Sponsor Today's email sponsor is PURPOSE. These sponsorships help me continue creating and...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, I’m not much of a Halloween person, but my wife is obsessed. Our house is full of giant skeletons, spider webs, and pumpkins. So naturally, Halloween has been on my mind. And now it’s making its way into my classroom. Here are three Halloween activities to try with your students: a trivia game, a vocabulary challenge, and a writing prompt. Halloween Trivia Halloween Vocabulary Challenge Click on the worksheet for the link Writing Prompt: The Haunted Inn Click on the worksheet...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, Things are busy. I had parent-teacher conferences yesterday, we’re halfway through the semester, and I just finished submitting grades. Plus, there is so much baseball and football to watch in the evenings. But life is never too busy to share inference activities. That's impossible. Here are some videos and worksheets on inferences you can share with your students. I hope they help. Introduction to Inferences 2. What is an Inference? Lesson and Activity Click on the worksheet...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Teachers, So, here is a question I posed on social media. The responses were interesting. Here are some of the comments. New Resource, Bruh! NFL Prediction Challenge: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) Can you predict the winner of an NFL game and defend your prediction with a convincing argument? Your mission is to predict the outcome of an NFL game. But here’s the catch: You can’t just pick a winner. You must use Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) to defend your prediction in a...
15 days ago • 1 min read