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Because I Could Not Stop for Death Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," by Emily Dickinson.
Candlewick Press
A Classroom Guide to Peter H. Reynolds's Creatrilogy
Help young readers find, identify, and use their voices with a set of empowering activities based on Peter H. Reynolds' trilogy of books. Sky Color, Ish, and The Dot focus on recognizing moods and treating each other kindly, and their...
Freeology
Bio Poem Template
A template for the bio poem, a popular form poem, will come in handy at the beginning of the school year. Ask pairs to craft a bio poem for a partner, illustrate the poem, use the graphic to introduce his partner to the class, and then...
Clark County School District
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
A thorough lesson plan takes your first grade class through Jane Yolen's beautiful Owl Moon. It crafts the unit with clear objectives, high-level guiding questions, cloze activities and sentence frames, and extension activities at the...
Curated OER
Values: Read and Reflect
In this values worksheet, 3rd graders will read a passage about a boy who is nervous about an oral presentation. After reading the passage, the students will choose from a list the main value demonstrated in the story and tell why it is...
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Spelling Soup
In this spelling worksheet, students master their weekly spelling words by choosing activities from this spelling menu. Students examine the list of choices which each have points. By the end of the week, students need to have completed...
Curated OER
My Halloween Book
In this holiday worksheet, students participate in a variety of activities related to Halloween. These include coloring a jack-o-lantern, reading a poem, and solving a pumpkin maze.
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Arctic Alliterations
In this poetry worksheet, students read a description of an alliteration with an example. Students practice writing alliterations with the help of a dictionary and illustrate one of their tongue twisters.
K12 Reader
Jabberwocky
Readers demonstrate their ability to use word endings and word relationships to identify the parts of speech of the nonsense words in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky."
Novelinks
The Giver: Biopoem
The characters in Lois Lowry's The Giver are rich and complex as they weave their way through the plot. Examine the character traits of one chosen person with a biopoem, which enables learners to follow a poetic format in writing a...
Curated OER
Tracing and Printing Sentences
In this printing words worksheet, students trace over the letters in each of the 4 lines of a poem. Students then write it themselves in the spaces below the words and illustrate their favorite sentence.
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September 25th Writing Prompt
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that Shel Silverstein was born on September 25th. Students mimic his style as they write their own poems.
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Mother's Day
In this holiday activity, students color in a bouquet of flowers and illustrate a poem about Mother's Day. The poem begins with, "You fill my days with rainbow light..."
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Alliteration
In this alliteration worksheet, 4th graders write alliterations with their first names, find rhyming patterns in poems, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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The Blind Men and the Elephant
In this reading worksheet, 2nd graders read the story The Blind Men and the Elephant and illustrate a concept from the story. Students read 1 page total on this worksheet.
Teach Your Children Well
Spinning a Web
Lisa Trumbauer's big book, Spinning a Web, provides kids with an opportunity to practice word sequencing, to use correct punctuation, and to develop comprehension skills with a cloze reading evercise.
Curated OER
Over in the Meadow
In these literature worksheets students will illustrate each stanza of the poem. Students will then staple together their pages to create a student made poetry book.
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Dinosaur Alliterations
In this alliteration worksheet, students review the definition and an example for alliterations. Students then write their own alliterations about dinosaurs and illustrate one of their examples in the box.
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State Similes
In this simile worksheet, learners think about their state and then write similes to describe it. Students then pick their favorite simile and illustrate it.
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Limericks Activity
In this limerick worksheet, students read about limericks, read an example, fill in blanks to complete a limerick and complete 4 short "lyrical limerick" activities.
Scholastic
Narrative Writing
If you're looking to start a unit based around narrative writing, make sure to consider this resource while you're planning. This book covers five topics: writing personal narratives, writing narratives about others, writing narratives...
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A P Literary Terms
Is a list of literary terms found frequently on AP English exams of value to test takers? Now there's a rhetorical question. Here's a list that provides definitions for everything from allegory to vernacular. To say the list is of value...
Curated OER
Sweet Magnolia Book Questions
For this literature unit worksheet, students read the book Sweet Magnolia and answer seven short answer questions based upon the text.
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New York State Testing Program-English Language Arts Test Book 1
In this New York State Language Arts Testing Program worksheet, 3rd graders answer twenty multiple choice questions and one short answer question based on the third grade language arts curriculum.