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Grammar Crossword Puzzle
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners practice their vocabulary skills. Students are given eight clues to solve in order to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Context Clues
Young scholars practice identifying the meanings of unknown words using context clues. In this vocabulary activity, students read sentences which contain an unknown words. They will use the context of the sentence to determine the...
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Vowels in Unstressed Syllables
In this unstressed syllables worksheet, students figure out the answers to twelve question or statement clues associated with spelling words with vowels that have unstressed syllables. Students complete a word search puzzle.
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Pull Idioms
In this idioms worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences that contain a form of the word "pull" in them. Students complete 20 sentences.
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December Holidays Vocabulary Decoder Activity
For this December holiday worksheet, students match letters of words to definitions, decoding December holiday words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
San Francisco Symphony
Dear Mr. Copland and Mr. Ellington
After a teacher-led demonstration on the lives and music of Aaron Copland and Duke Ellington, learners write a letter to them which shows their understanding of how a person's life experiences can be reflected in a composer's music. They...
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
Civil War on Sunday
Reading Mary Pope Osborne's Civil War on Sunday? Here's a packet crammed with activities, exercises, reading guides, and project suggestions. A must-have for your curriculum library.
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The Sand Horse
Fourth graders are introduced to the book THE SAND HORSE and discuss the title and cover illustration. They listen to the story listening for words and phrases to describe the setting. They then brainstorm key words to illustrate the...
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Total English Intermediate: Very Useful Idioms
In this intermediate idioms worksheet, students practice idioms as they complete a graphic organizer by interviewing classmates and write a paragraph based on the notes from the graphic organizer.
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Slang Quiz: Mixed 1
In this slang worksheet, students select the meaning of the slang word used in each example sentence. There are 10 exercises.
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Idioms Quiz: Mixed 1
For this idioms worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose the correct meaning of the idiom in the sentence. Students complete 10 problems.
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Idioms Quiz: Body 2
In this idioms worksheet, students read sentences with idioms about the body and choose the best response to the sentences. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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E Ticket
In this grammar worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms that all begin with the letter "E." There are 45 words beginning with "E" located in the word search.
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A Trip Down Memory Lane- Memoir Lesson Plans
By teaching memoir lesson plans, teachers can help students expand their awareness of different languages and cultures.
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Retelling Information
This scripted lesson suggests using the journalist’s five W’s (who, what, when, where, why) to teach readers how to summarize a story and to how to distinguish between significant and supporting details. A template and rubric are...
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Talk The Talk
Students create their own "talking sticks" that reflect personas they have invented in this Art lesson designed to introduce the Yoruba peoples from Nigeria. Emphasis is placed on personal reflection after completing the "sticks".
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The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper
Students investigate the process of making a newspaper using children's literature to create context for the lesson plan. The readers are asked to predict the events of the story as it is read to them. Then the teacher uses guided...
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Johnny Appleseed
Students engage in a study of apples using children's literature. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Student list facts about apples and compare them while answering some guided questions. They plant some apple seeds and...
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Take the Prefix Challenge
Learners form words using prefixes. In this prefix lesson, students compete in a "prefix challenge" to see which team can combine a set of twelve prefixes with a set of twelve words fastest. Learners enter their words in...
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Words in the News
Students brainstorm ideas about the life of Buddihist monks through the internet or temples. The teacher identifies key terms and has the students look them up for meaning and put them in their notebook. The students then have a...
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Monitor and Clarify Unknown Words in Corgiville Fair
Pupils identify unknown words and select a strategy to comprehend text. In this vocabulary lesson students listen for specific words as the teacher reads. Pupils try to figure out what the meaning of the specific words are. The words are...
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Worksheet 14 Crossword
In this vocabulary crossword puzzle worksheet, students read ten clues and fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no theme to this puzzle and no word bank.
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Dolch List 1 Sight Vocabulary
In this literacy worksheet, 4th graders increase reading fluency, vocabulary, and spelling through the reading of sight words. The sheet is used for a pretest and post test.
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Get On Board
Students create a ticket table illustrating the cost of tickets by alternative transportation. For this number sense lesson, students write number sentences to compare and contrast difference information in their chart. Students figure...