Curated OER
I love My Hair
Students explore strategies to help focus on writing a personal narrative. In this personal narrative writing activity, students read a book and discuss how the author lets readers know how they feel. Students find a moment in their own...
Curated OER
Student Mad Libs
Learners investigate the different parts of speech by participating in a fill in the blank activity. In this Mad Libs lesson, students define the different parts of speech and discuss how they are used appropriately in sentences....
Curated OER
Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail
Students examine Australian folktales. In this folktales lesson, students read the Australian folktale, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tale. Students list characteristics of the characters from the book. Students act out these characteristics...
Curated OER
Climate Change
Students read about climate change and pair share. For this climate change lesson, students take notes on a worksheet from the readings. Students each read a part of an article and share what they have learned.
Curated OER
Scrapbook of Evidence
Students read three different genres of fiction. They create a story map and brainstorm possible collage inclusions. Each student prepares a minimum of two scrapbook page entries for each text or passage. Students write beside each...
Curated OER
Johnny Appleseed Walkabout
Second graders calculate mileage for a journey. In this place value and measurement lesson, 2nd graders read Johnny Appleseed, work in groups to locate his birthplace on a map, locate the other states he stopped in, and measure the...
Curated OER
Writing Lesson 13
Fourth graders practice responding to a writing prompt and practice proofreading. They write three paragraphs explaining good classroom rules and tell why each of three rules is a good one. Each paragraph should have at least three...
Curated OER
Career Advancement ESOL
Students discuss the word "promotion" and brainstorm ideas to create a class list on job promotion requirements. They work in groups to play a game and use sentences using the words "since" and " ago."
Curated OER
Tell Me a Story -- Consequences
Students identify different feelings. They develop a list of the types of consequences they face when doing a certain task. They discuss what they gained from the different events.
Curriculum Corner
“I Can” Common Core! 1st Grade Language
Support first graders with developing their basic language skills using this Common Core checklist. With each standard rewritten as a positive I can statement, students are encouraged to work hard toward reaching these clear...
Curated OER
Poetry Passport
Passport photos are notoriously unflattering but here's an activity that encourages youngsters to create a poetic picture of themselves using each category on the passport as a prompt for a poem.
Curated OER
Error Correction- Conditionals
In this error correction worksheet, students read 14 sentences and determine if they need grammar corrections. Students rewrite sentences that contain errors.
Curated OER
Parts! Parts! Who Has the Matching Part?
Fifth graders identify the subject part of a sentence. They receive randomly distributed teacher-made sentence parts. They have either a subject part of a sentence or the remainder of the sentence.
Curated OER
Structural Analysis
First graders examine the word and sentence structure of reading, writing, speaking, and listening effectively. In this structural analysis instructional activity, 1st graders review the ending of compound words, root words and their...
Curated OER
Match the Clocks to the Hours They Express
In this telling time in words worksheet, students analyze 7 clocks and match them to the words that express the time. Note: 7:05 is expressed as "seven oh five."
Curated OER
Actions
In this ESL verbs word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict various actions. Students read the question and answer it in a complete sentence that tells about the action in the picture.
Curated OER
BOOK REVIEW
Students review a book by choosing one word to describe each element and then combining it into one sentence.
Curated OER
When Do You...?
In this ESL daily schedule worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of people doing routine activities. Students mark the answer that tells when they do that activity during their day.
Curated OER
What Time Is It?
In this ESL telling time worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that show clocks and times to the nearest 5 minutes. On the line provided, students write the time in words.
Curated OER
Daily Routines
In this daily routines worksheet, students examine 7 clocks. Next to each clock there is a phrase about what will happen at that time of day, such as "have dinner." Students apparently write the time and activity in a sentence. Note: The...
Curated OER
Entrepreneur Profit Balloon Game with Physical Education
Fourth graders explore business by participating in physical activities. In this entrepreneur activity, 4th graders define profit and how it is necessary to run a successful business. Students pop balloons with monetary values inside and...
Curated OER
Places
In this ESL prepositions word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict a location. Students match these with the phrase that tells where the person is going.
Curated OER
Noncountable Nouns- Food
In this ESL food word and picture matching instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures of foods. Students match these with the phrases that tell how this food is measured. Example: soup (a bowl of), bread (a piece of).
Curated OER
Adjective Matching
In this ESL adjective vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different objects that can be easily described. Students match these pictures with the adjectives that tell about them.