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Edit Sentences
In this sentences editing learning exercise, students mark sentences as either being grammatically correct or incorrect, then underline mistakes in sentences. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Cause and Effect #2
In this cause and effect worksheet, students write sentences to show relationships between the causes and effects given. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Cause and Effect
For this cause and effect worksheet, students determine cause and effect in a set of 5 sentences. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Bringing Tolerance to Our Beaches
Students relate tolerance and discrimination within a Biblical context. They read "The Sneetches" and apply it to situations occuring now. They write a letter to Congresss speaking out against discrimination.
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Old Mayan Mural
Students read a story called Scientists Discover Oldest Mayan Mural and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Mayan mural lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...
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Report Writing in Primary Grades
Students learn how to read a short section and parepare a sentence to share with the group. Students listen to the reading of expository text, restate, in sentence format, one fact learned from that text, and produce a report.
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Summarization Know How
Students summarize a piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined by the instructor...
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Dream Killers
Third graders explore figurative language in Jacob Have I Loved and define what is a dream killer.
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Tell Me All About It!!
Students discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow five steps in finding and highlighting important information, while deleting information that is not needed. Using the...
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Ready, Set, Sum
Third graders summarize a piece of nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to summarize, 3rd graders independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the three step process outlined...
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Summarizing the Good Stuff
Students summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a nonfiction article. Working in groups, they write a summary paragraph using the five step process outlined by...
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Short But Important
Young scholars review the concept of silent reading. They listen to an article and, through guided practice and modeling, create a concept map of what they hear. Then, in groups of two, they read another article on their own and map it...
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Writing a News Article
In this writing worksheet, students learn the essentials about how to write a newspaper article in journalistic style. Students read about style, headlines, bylines, first, middle and ending paragraphs. After reading this, students will...
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Students appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.
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Get the Facts
Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the highlight and cross out process for reading in order to summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the three step process...
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What is Going On?
Students summarize a fiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to glean important information for summary, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined...
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BUGS-INSECTS
Students participate in a theme study while teaching primary students basic skills according to Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in Reading, Math, and Writing. The lesson is concerned primarily with the concept of insects.
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Sound Boxes
Students explore language fluency by identifying word segments. In this word structure lesson, students utilize words from their vocabulary lesson, dissect them into syllables and sound out their individual parts. Students participate in...
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Shhh! Quiet!
Students become aware that when certain letters are put together in a word they are said with a single mouth move. Through modeling and a variety of guided practice activities they explore the /sh/ phoneme. They read and identify 'sh'...
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Animal Artists
Students read a current events non-fiction article and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this animal artists paint for fun lesson plan, students also work on dictionary skills, geography, and creative thinking by...
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Prepositions
For this preposition worksheet, students read 10 prepositions and match them to the picture that correctly illustrates the word. This is intended for ESL students but can be used by all.
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Prepositions Match
In this prepositions worksheet, students read 10 prepositions and match them to the pictures that best illustrate each one. This is intended for ESL students.
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Past Continuous
In this past continuous form worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures and read a question about each one. Students write the answer to each. This is intended for ESL use.
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Adverbs of Manner
In this adverbs worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures that depict an action. Students read the sentence starter and write an adverbial phrase that best completes the description of the picture.