Fifth graders explore mystery stories.  For this reading and writing lesson, 5th graders complete a planning guide for an original mystery.  Students use the writing process to create a mystery story. 

For this grammar worksheet, learners investigate the use of prepositions in sentences to show relationships between nouns and other words. Students complete 40 examples including fill in the blank, preposition word search, changing...

Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about "Peanuts" Comic Strip. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of...

For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Greek myth of Aquarius. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.

For this editing worksheet, learners read and edit a short paragraph entitled, "World's Smallest Nation's", to find the ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar.

In this editing instructional activity, students read and edit the short paragraph, "Levi Strauss Heads West", to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.

For this editing worksheet, students read and edit a short paragraph on red stockings to find ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.

Students write a story. In this writing lesson plan, students are given a series of prompts to promote them in writing a story. The prompts include writing a free write, writing about characters, writing about a setting, writing about...

Upper elementary and middle schoolers, in pairs, use PowerPoint to link a button to every comma within a piece of writing. The button links to a slide explaining why the comma was used. They present their slides to the class.

Students investigate past and present verb tenses. In this grammar lesson, students identify past and present verbs in sentences written on the board. Students complete a worksheet to reinforce the concepts learned.

Students participate in an activity that helps them to explain parts of speech and distinguish between them. They also use different locomotor skills in a variety of ways.

Young scholars write a story. In this historical fiction lesson, students research how Thanksgiving began. Young scholars write a fictional story where they are a main character of this time period.

Students write a story. In this genres lesson plan, students learn the meaning of realistic fiction and write a short story in that genre.

Young scholars develop their spelling skills. In this language arts lesson plan, students unscramble words and write sentences to accompany each of them.

Students fill in comparison words into the blanks of sentences provided to them. In this comparison lesson plan, students fill in the blanks to 15 sentences with comparison words.

Students write two descriptive leads to learn how to reel in readers. After their leads have been written, they will share with a partner to decide which was the most appealing. In this leads lesson, students can also write a reflection...

Discover how to use prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. The group views a jovial video on the topic, and then they create a chart of prefix and suffix meanings to identify the meanings of words in a social...

Fifth graders study adjectives. In this grammar lesson, 5th graders name a particular person at the school describing that person with adjectives and describe a charcter from a book read using adjectives as well.

Students explore language arts by participating in a vocabulary usage activity. In this word choice lesson, students read examples of great word usage in literature and discuss with the class why some words appear stronger than others....

What, there was a crocodile escape? Read, analyze, and examine a newspaper article with your class about the crocodiles that escaped in Vietnam. Your English language learners note the facts and key vocabulary in the story and answer...

Students view a PowerPoint to introduce them to adjectives and complete a quiz. In groups, they travel between stations in which they work individually to correctly identify the adjectives in a sentence. They also create a list of...

Learners explore fire safety. For this fire prevention and safety lesson, students discuss and brainstorm ideas about what to do if there is a fire. Learners practice stating information that should be given when calling 911. Students...

Students, after playing a game of animal 'identity', review and practice key vocabulary words orally and written into their notebooks for this lesson. They read a story about a new arrival at the zoo and answer text questions together or...

Students read a short biography of Jacob Early, a member of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862. In this Civil War lesson, students rewrite a letter written by him, editing for spelling, grammar and punctuation. Students further discuss...