Turn lessons in English into games. Games keep students involved in the lesson and help reiterate ideas learned previously so they do not forget previous lessons. Games in English range from spelling games to Bingo. The teacher provides rules for the game and the students follow the rules. Games even include identifying parts of a sentence or giving multiple definitions for a word. Some interactive games are also available to help students in third grade learn English skills.
Teachers help students learn better reading comprehension skills by reading stories out loud to the class. According to the Classical Children's Books website, reading out loud to older students who are starting in chapter books or longer books is still beneficial. The website points out that reading aloud improves reading skills, makes reading more enjoyable to students, helps enhance vocabulary and grammar skills and allows students to understand and enjoy books that they are not personally able to read yet, such as classical works. Story time not only gives students a break from their normal English lessons and trying to work out the problems, but it also ultimately improves students English skills.
English is a broad category that covers everything from reading and writing to grammar skills and parts of speech. It also covers creative writing and poetry, which are interesting projects for teachers to use in their classes. Poetry is a creative writing skill and teachers get students interested by reading classic poems to the class. From the poems, teachers show students how poetry rhymes and where it does not need to rhyme, such as in free verse. Assign poetry journals or ask the students to write a personal poem, such as a haiku. To give the poetry an added element of interest, teachers have students draw pictures to illustrate the scene of the poem.
To ensure students understand what is going on in books they are reading personally, have the students illustrate the books. The illustrations should show the main parts of the story, such as the beginning, middle, climax and final results, and show comprehension of the story or book. Art is not only interesting and enjoyable for children in elementary school, but it also helps students with their comprehension skills as they learn how to make a picture of the words they are reading in the books.