Fourth graders participate in an observation hike in this lesson. They orally share observations from their hike, and develop a paragraph in a shared writing exercise. Finally, the write their paragraph about process writing in their...

Students develop their writing skills. In this writing strategies lesson, students examine persuasive writing techniques on order to write persuasive mailers.

Students explore the trait of voice. In this language arts lesson, students focus on the writing trait of voice. Students view a video and practice writing.

Students write the distance formula to solve equations for finding the distance between 2 points. In this distance formula lesson plan, students also write sentences explaining why their formulas would work.

In this animal adjectives worksheet, students write an animal next to each adjective, write sentences with the adjectives, and answer short answer questions about adjectives. Students complete 5 activities total.

Third graders write about a summer event they participated in. In this paragraph writing instructional activity, the teacher models how to write about a place they have visited. Students then write their own paragraphs.  Students...

Students examine paragraph structure, the writing process, and then design a model for the process. In this writing skills instructional activity, students explore paragraphs using the SmartBoard. Students create a class T-chart about...

Tenth graders experiment with poetry devices to write poems. In this poetry activity, 10th graders participate in learning stations. Students create a word pool and select a word from the list to create a line of poetry. Students...

In this 8th grade science standardized test practice learning exercise, 8th graders respond to 80 multiple choice and open-ended questions regarding science topics. The questions correlate to the New York academic standards.

In this wetlands worksheet, students write questions for topics in a game about the wetlands. Students write 5 questions for each topic.

First graders read a book and recognize words from the book and write sentences based on the book about language. For this language lesson plan, 1st graders also say yes and no in another language.

Eighth graders write an essay describing one of the main causes of the Civil War. In this Civil War lesson plan, 8th graders discuss the Civil War and then write an essay on it.

Third graders choose an American symbol and write a poem about it. In this American symbols lesson plan, 3rd graders view and discuss the purpose of some American symbols and then write at least 5 lines in a poem about it.

Third graders write their own haiku poem after a lesson on the history and format of a haiku. In this poetry lesson plan, 3rd graders write a haiku with the correct lines and symbols.

In this grade 2 writing prompt worksheet, students are give a writing prompt from the book The Polar Express about using their senses to write about going on a trip around the world with Santa Claus. Pages include a rubric and teacher...

Students explore Quick Writes and RAFTs in all academic areas. They review the 6+1 Traits of Writing, the purpose of quick writes and how they can be used in various content areas.

Third graders read The First Strawberries and complete a character chart. In this writing a tale lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss viewpoints and identify character traits. Students complete character charts and write their own tale...

In this indices and standard form learning exercise, students convert numbers from exponential notation to standard notation. Positive and negative exponents are included. This two-page learning exercise contains 30 problems. Answers are...

Pupils identify heroic character traits that they admire and that inspire trust and result in service to others. They identify the heroic traits of a character of their choosing and defend their reasoning using evidence from the text and...

Fifth graders practice using quotation marks and capitalization in writing. In this multiple viewpoints lesson, 5th graders read Sequoyah and write ten sentences stating what they believe the character was thinking. Students write...

Students become familiar with the letters in a word by pasting beans on it.  For this Bean writing lesson, students make words using navy beans. Students color or paint the beans.

Students investigate how to formulate challenging academic goals. They plan how to reach those goals determining which are long-term and which are short-term goals.

Learners write their names using shaving cream. In this write my name lesson plan, students practice forming letters using shaving cream. Learners follow appropriate conventions of print to convey a message and use spacing and...

The final lesson in a skill-based series focuses on setting goals and making checklists. Class members discuss what it means to set realistic goals and practice making lists to manage their time effectively.