Writing
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Understanding Paragraph Basics

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Full of informative, helpful, and accessible activities, a language arts packet is sure to be a valuable part of your writing unit. It's versatile between reading levels and grade levels, and focuses on the most efficient ways for your...
Lesson Plan
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Apostrophes - possession

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students examine the use of apostrophes. From a given reading, students locate all words with apostrophes. Using these words as examples, students discuss rules for using apostrophes. Students match a person an an object from a list...
PPT
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Pronouns

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Subject, object personal. Possessive, reflexive, indefinite. Everything you want to know about pronouns and their antecedents is contained in a colorful 32-slide presentation.
Worksheet
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Grammatical Person: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Person

For Students 4th - 6th
In this grammatical person: first, second, and third person learning exercise, students determine the speaker/participants relationship. Students use a chart to identify grammatical person in seventeen sentences.
Worksheet
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Pronouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In these pronouns worksheets, students review the definitions of different types of pronouns and then complete three pages of activities to help them with the pronoun types.
Lesson Plan
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Fun With Formatting

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the concept of using a word processing program with the intention of improving formatting skills like centering text. They also highlight different text sections and demonstrate how to save changes made to a document...
Worksheet
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Parts of Speech Antonyms and Synonyms Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this parts of speech worksheet, students write an antonym and a synonym for each part of speech given. Students complete this for 15 words.
Worksheet
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Articles - To Use or Not To Us, That is the Question!

For Students 4th - 6th
In this articles rules and usage worksheet, students determine if and what articles should be used in a sentence. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students complete ten sentences.
PPT
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The Mighty Apostrophe

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here is a well-designed presentation on apostrophes and their many uses. The apostrophe is used in many different ways, and this PowerPoint does a great job of showing how it's used. There is a nice interactive component built in, and...
Worksheet
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Find the Error 38

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this find the error learning exercise, students will look at an ad produced by a bank and try to spot the mistake. The mistake is a missing apostrophe to show possession.
Lesson Plan
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Whose Voice Do I Hear?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the power of voice in writing by completing a story using words following a particular voice. They take simple nursery rhymes, then attempt to put their own voice to a revised version. An interesting activity on...
Lesson Plan
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The End

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars listen as the teacher reads a story. Pictures are displayed as the teacher reads the story. Students jot down ideas for the story ending, and create an illustration to compliment their story. Student story endings and...
Interactive
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Other Pronoun Recognition Practice

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this pronoun recognition worksheet, students read about pronouns other than personal, then complete an exercise, writing verbs that agree with indefinite pronouns in sentences.  
Interactive
Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary Spelling City: Match It: Sentence Game: Plurals and Possessives

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Fill in the blanks in seven sentences by matching the plural or possessive noun that completes each sentence.
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.
Handout
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Grammar quizzes.com: Possessive Nouns: Indicating Possession

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A series of carts containing rules and examples of possessives including singular and plural common nouns, proper nouns, inanimate nouns, days and holidays, and numbers and letters. A fourteen-question practice exercise follows the...
Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Elc Study Zone: Irregular Plurals of Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A chart containing information on how to form plurals with irregular nouns, and two exercises to practice the skills learned in the chart.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This matching game asks students to match singular and possessive nouns with their plural forms. Java is required.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Funky Plurals Challenge Board

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive Jeopardy-style game for one or two players. Students answer questions by typing the plural forms of the nouns provided in the following categories: Plurals-Latin Words, Plurals-Greek Words, Plurals-Y Words, Plurals-O...
Handout
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Grammar quizzes.com: Regular Plural Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A series of illustrated charts showing singular and plural forms of different types of regular plural nouns followed by twenty-two questions where students choose the correct plural form of each noun.
Handout
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Grammar quizzes.com: Irregular Plural Nouns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A series of illustrated charts showing singular and plural forms of different types of irregular plural nouns followed by fifteen questions where students choose the correct plural form of each noun.
Unit Plan
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Your Dictionary: Teaching Plural Possessives

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This site focuses on teaching plural possessive nouns and pronouns including what they are and methods of teaching them including using flashcards, and plural possessive Bingo, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy.
Unit Plan
University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Parts of Speech: Plural and Possessive Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A tutorial explaining the proper apostrophe use of singular and plural possessive nouns followed by a twenty-question exercise to practice this skill.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This matching game has students match the singular and plural possessive nouns to their plural forms while remembering the location of each pair. Java is required.