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📣 New here? I’m Ms. Rua—bilingual teacher & literacy fan!
📚 Fun printables for teachers, students & papás
📝 Grammar + reading tips
✨ Read. Laugh. Aprende. Repeat.
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Whoops Wednesday 💥
Your students say “runned” or “buyed”? Time for a regular vs. irregular verb refresh!
📌 Save this for your next ELA mini-lesson!
#WhoopsWednesday #GrammarHack #5thGradeELA #BilingualEd #TeachersofX

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TIP TUESDAY 🕵️‍♀️📖
Want stronger readers? Teach clue words!
➡️ because, however, for example, finally…
These tiny phrases help students crack the code of text structure—and answer questions like pros.

#ELAteacher #5thGradeELA #ReadingTips #BilingualEducation #TipTuesday

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🟨✍️ STRATEGY SATURDAY: SWBST!
Summarizing fiction just got easier.
SWBST =
👤 Somebody
🎯 Wanted
⚠️ But
➡️ So
🏁 Then
Perfect for ELA, bilingual learners, and test prep.
📌 Save & share with a teacher friend!

#SWBST #ReadingStrategies #5thGradeELA #StrategySaturday

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“She do her homework.” 😬
Nope — let’s switch it up!
✅ Say: “She does her homework.”
📌 Talk-It-Out Thursday is here to help our bilingual learners shine!
#TalkItOutThursday #BilingualEd #GrammarTips #DoVsDoes #MsRuaELA #5thGradeELA

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💥 Whoops Wednesday: Could vs. Would

❌ “I would go to the party if I studied.”
✅ (Wait… did you mean could?)

✨ COULD = ability or possibility
✨ WOULD = what you’d do in a situation

Save this for your next grammar check ✔️
#WhoopsWednesday #GrammarMistakes #Teachersof𝕏

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📝 Focus Friday: Let’s talk personification!
It’s when things act like people…
📖 “The book begged to be read.”
🌞 “The sun smiled down on us.”

It makes your writing ✨magical✨
Save + share with your teacher crew!
#ELAtips #FocusFriday #FigurativeLanguage #BilingualLearners

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Grammar check! ✅
Bilingual learners often skip the verb “to be” — but it’s KEY in English!
👉 “He teacher” ❌
👉 “He is a teacher” ✅
Save this mini lesson for your kiddos, your students… or yourself! 💜
#TalkItOutThursday #ELLsupport #GrammarTips #LatinxEducators

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Whoops Wednesday 💥
Mixing up affect and effect?
Here’s your quick trick:
🌀 Affect = action (verb)
🎯 Effect = end result (noun)
Save this for your next writing session! ✍️
#WhoopsWednesday #GrammarHelp #AffectVsEffect #LiteracyTips #ELAwithMsRua #BilingualLearners

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Need a kid-friendly way to teach story structure?

Try the 🍞 Story Sandwich method:
•Beginning = Top bread
•Middle events = Fillings
•Ending = Bottom bread

✅ Fun
✅ Easy
✅ Great for summer reading!

#TipTuesday #ELAteacher #ReadingTips #SummerLearning

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🚨 Say goodbye to “meh” reading responses!
Teach your students to RACE through their answers:
🔁 Restate
✅ Answer
📖 Cite
💬 Explain
It’s a game-changer for text evidence + comprehension!
#RACEStrategy #ReadingSkills #UpperElementary #ELAteacher #StrategySaturday

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Talk-It-Out Thursday 💬
❌ “I am agree with you”
✅ “I agree with you”

Spanish speakers often mix this one up (‘Estoy de acuerdo’ = I am agree)
But in English, “agree” stands alone as a verb!

🧠 Language tip of the day 👏
#TalkItOutThursday #BilingualLearners #EnglishTips

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“Than” is for comparing.
“Then” is for what happens next.

✅ I’d rather read than scroll.
✅ I’ll scroll, then read.

Don’t mix them up—it’s easier than you think 😉
#WhoopsWednesday #GrammarFix #LiteracyTips #teachertwitter

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TIP TUESDAY 🎯
Want a simple way to boost reading comprehension anywhere?
📖 Try the 3-Word Summary Challenge!
After a page or chapter, ask:
👉 “Can you sum it up in just 3 words?”

Fun, fast, & perfect for summer! 🌴🍦🚗
#TipTuesday #LiteracyTips #SummerReading #MsRuaReads

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✋ It’s #StrategySaturday!

Teach kids to retell any story—with just their hand:

🧍 Characters
🏝️ Setting
😬 Problem
📚 Events
✅ Solution

The 5-Finger Retell is summer-perfect: no worksheets, just reading fun! ☀️

🎥 New reel coming soon!

#ELA #SummerLearning #Readinghacks

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Figurative Language Friday 🔦
Let’s talk similes.
They use like or as to compare:
💬 ‘She’s as quiet as a mouse.’
💬 ‘He fights like a warrior.’
#FocusFriday #TeachingELA #BilingualEd

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It’s Whoops Wednesday! 😬
Let’s talk about the grammar mistakes that keep us up at night 🧠
Your vs. You’re, Its vs. It’s… which one trips up your students the most?
👇 Sound off in the replies!
#GrammarTips #ReadLaughAprendeRepeat #BilingualTeacher #ELAclassroom

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Struggling writers? Give them sentence stems to organize their thinking.
Try the 5-sentence paragraph trick:
✅ I believe…
✅ One reason is…
✅ In conclusion…It works every time. #TipTuesday #WritingTips

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Reminder:
✅ Commas separate items
✅ Semicolons connect full thoughts
❌ Don’t mix them up like trail mix 😵‍💫
#GrammarTips #TeacherLife #MakeItMakeSenseMonday

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Mis estudiantes: ‘Miss, I don’t know how se dice eso’ 😂✍️
Me: internal screaming in both languages
#SpanglishSunday #BilingualTeacher #CodeSwitching

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Struggling readers? Use this 2-color strategy:
💗 Pink = Character Traits
💭 Blue = Character Thoughts

Boosts comprehension + makes annotating fun!
📲 Watch how it works on TikTok & IG Reels → @literaryfunwithmsrua
#TeachingTips #ReadingHack #TeacherTwitter #FacelessCreator