Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in an ESL classroom are introduced to new vocabulary for a new section. As a class, they are dealt an index card with an envelope with a vocabulary word on the outside. They practice writing new sentences with the new vocabulary...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Words For Playing Silent Scrabble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students work to create a game board to use the words on this list. They should practice reading and spelling them.
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Curated OER

Building ELD Confidence Through Games

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Fun ways to get your English Learner's involved in the classroom.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words to Guide You

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover how to use guide words when locating words in the dictionary.
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Biography: Telling Someone's Life Story

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
There are many different ways to help your students get excited about writing biographies.
Unit Plan
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Compound Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This site offers lists of compound words (or teachers can import their own lists), student assistance to learn the words, and a spelling test to assess their learning. It also provides printable lists and worksheets.
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InterLink Language Centers

Interlink Language Centers: Self Test Quiz: Spelling

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Students read each sentence and then click the arrow to hear the word that should be used to complete it. Once they have heard the word, they should type it into the box using the correct spelling. Each answer can be checked to see if it...
Handout
Other

Reading From Scratch: Spelling Rules

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The "Reading from Scratch" site provides a list of spelling rules with examples.
Interactive
ICT Games

Ict Games: Look, Cover, Write, Check

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This interactive spelling tool offers lists of words ranging from easy to much harder and allows students to type in their own spelling lists to study. It shows a word, covers it, students type it, and then check to see if they are...
Interactive
National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Environmental Health: Science Spelling Bee

For Students 2nd - 5th
This resource provides a unique spelling game that displays a picture of an object and the student will type in the correct letter of what the picture represents.
Activity
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Sentence Writing Practice: Plurals and Possessives

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Write a sentence containing each of the twenty-four plural and possessive words listed. When finished, create a PDF of the sentences to print and share.
Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Scramble Saurus

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Find more than a dozen spelling games to reinforce vocabulary on a range of levels and topics (from musical instruments to climate terms). Players unscramble words using definitions as clues.