Soft Schools
Metaphors: Understanding Comparisons
Here's a metaphor worksheet that asks kids to identify the two things being compared and then to explain the similar characteristics that are being identified.
Fisher Reyna Education
Personal Narrative Writing Prompts
Looking for stimulating writing prompts that won't make young writers cringe? A set of five personal narrative writing prompts engages pupils in analyzing, thinking, connecting, and writing about particular topics. Each...
Weebly
Cereal Box Book Report
What is is about cereal boxes that draws consumers in? Tap into the effective marketing of cereal boxes and apply those elements to a book report. Pupils cover cereal boxes with information about their chosen books. they must create a...
E Reading Worksheets
Main Idea 2
Learners read short paragraphs, summarize the passage in one sentence, and then develop an appropriate title that indicates the main idea of the selection. Part of a series of exercises designed to build literary skills.
Read Works
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Reinforce reading comprehension strategies and contemplate an important life lesson with a worksheet featuring Aesop's fable, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. After reading a brief passage, scholars show what they know by way of...
Computer Science Unplugged
You Can Say That Again! – Text Compression
Compression, the process computers use to store information, is the focus of a resource that presents two different stories that describe the concept of compression by eliminating repeated letters and replacing them with a...
Curated OER
Spell, Shoot, and Score
Students practice spelling, writing, and shooting baskets. In this spelling lesson, students practice spelling. Students are divided into teams. Students are given a spelling word to write. If the word is spelled correctly, the student...
Curated OER
Homophone Game
Students participate in a game that deals with homophones. They review the rules to the game and work in teams to run up to the board and write two more versions to each homograph called out by the teacher. All team members participate...
Curated OER
Irregular Past Simple
Learners practice, through repetition, the past tense forms of the irregular verbs teach, wear, win, and write. It is an interactive online resource, so have your elementary fast finishers in the computer lab work on it while you...
Mind Snacks
Learn Japanese - MindSnacks
Japanese is at your fingertips! Japanese language learners will get a kick out of the eight games and specially designed Japanese materials provided here.
Curated OER
Celebrating Halloween through Language and Literature
Use the theme of Halloween to spice up campfire stories, journal writing, and presentations in your classroom.
Perkins School for the Blind
Put the Shoe on Your Foot
Promote clothing identification, body part identification, and dressing skills acquisition with a fun and lively game. Each child takes turns grabbing a clothing item from the central clothing box. As he puts the item on, he sings,...
Curated OER
Homophones
Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....
Curated OER
Goal-O Bingo
While playing a long-term game of Goal-O Bingo, your class will practice replacing unkind words with kind ones. First, read Casey and Amazing Giant Green Shirt by Margaret Ross. Then have your class write down 25 goals they would...
Curated OER
Latin and Greek Roots Lesson Plan: Creating a Board Game
Students explore Latin and Greek roots. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students create a board game featuring Greek and Latin roots.
Curated OER
New Jersey State Word Jumble
In this word scramble worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to unscramble nouns and proper nouns about the state of New Jersey. Students unscramble 20 words.
Curated OER
Building Sensitivity and Awareness
Students recognize the needs, disabilities and attitudes of seniors. In this sensitivity awareness lesson, students work with residents of a senior citizen residence and build a relationship with a senior. Students simulate the...
Curated OER
Test Your Lateral Thinking! Word Puzzles 1
In this language arts activity, students examine 10 word puzzles. Students work out the clues to reveal some well known words and phrases. Example: GSGE (scrambled eggs)
Curated OER
Positive And Negative Words 2
In this language arts instructional activity, students investigate if words have positive or negative connotations. Students analyze a list of 20 words and mark them with a P or N according to whether they are positive or negative.
Curated OER
Nouns and Verbs
In this language arts worksheet, students discover that some words can be used as both nouns and verbs. Students look at 10 words and write sentences using them as both nouns and verbs. Example: smell
Curated OER
Fears And Phobias 2
In this language arts worksheet, students demonstrate Internet or library research skills by finding out the names of 15 phobias. Example: fear of men with beards (pogonophobia).
Curated OER
More Adjectives and Synonyms 1
In this language arts worksheet, students discover that synonyms are words that mean the same as other words. Students read and analyze 15 words and using a word bank, match them with a synonym.
Curated OER
Adjectives- Group 1-- Comparative And Superlative Forms --Tough Version
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 40 adjectives and generate the comparative and superlative forms to fill out this chart. Example: rough (rougher, roughest)
Curated OER
Great Online Art Sites
Pupils complete an online study of art websites. For this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.