Curated OER
Life's Lessons: Survival of the Fittest
Students analyze Jack London's use of anthropomorphism to identify the importance of adaptability in life. In this literature lesson, students use the novel The Call of the Wild to identify key elements in survival. Students...
Curated OER
The Social Skill of Communication
Fifth graders explore communication by analyzing manners. In this social skills lesson, 5th graders review the different forms of communication and how to present yourself in a phone conversation, face to face meeting, e-mail, etc....
Incentive Publications
Building Proofreading Skills
Designed to build proofreading skills in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and language usage, as well as proofreading for clarity, transition, and order, this workbook is packed with activities for all kinds of writing.
Curated OER
Zulu King, Zulu King
Learners listen to story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, brainstorm everything they know about Mardi Gras, create pages relating to Mardi Gras for class book, type information on computer, play slide show, and take turns reading their books.
Curated OER
Busy Beaver
Students practice editing for conventions, focusing on one element at a time after reviewing conventions poster. They examine how to use proofreader's marks and discuss how to edit using them.
Curated OER
Suffixes for Nouns and Verbs (Ex's 1-6)
In this grammar instructional activity, students read and discuss general guidelines associated with prefixes and suffixes. Students then complete six exercises associated with adding different types of suffixes.
Curated OER
Postcards to the Troops
Students write postcards to the troops in Iraq. After listening to letters written by troops in Iraq, students discuss ways the troops are helping America and how they should show their support. Students use a postcard template and...
Curated OER
Sustainable Choices
Students examine energy use and the different construction materials used in their home. In this sustainable choices activity students study different materials and what a sound environmental choice would be.
Curated OER
Listen to the Pin Drop
Students practice reading silently. The class discusses the benefits of reading silently and several methods for reading silently, including cross checking and chunking. Working in groups, they silently read a leveled text and discuss...
Other
Alpha Dictionary: Most Often Misspelled Words in English
Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...
Other
Business Writing Center: 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
A quiz, designed for business writers, that tests knowledge of words which are frequently misspelled. It includes questions about two words which are spelled differently in British spelling than in American spelling.
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Other
Your Dictionary: Commonly Misspelled Words [Pdf]
A printable table of commonly misspelled words for intermediate readers.
Other
Santa Monica College: Words Commonly Confused
This site contains a list of commonly confused words with practice activities to help in learning how to use them correctly.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Other Commonly Misspelled Words
This Washington State University page lists the correct spelling for hundreds of commonly misspelled words. The list is in paragraph form and does not provide correlated misspellings.
Other
Learn English Feel good.com: Frequently Misspelled Words
Build spelling skills by choosing the correct spelling of these ten commonly misspelled words.
Other
Spelling Words well.com: 102 Frequently Misspelled Words
A list of 102 frequently misspelled words followed by a short quiz and links to helpful resources.
Towson University
Towson University: Commonly Confused Words: Weather / Whether
This site focuses on the commonly confused words weather and whether including definitions and examples with explanations. It also offers a link to practice exercises.
Vocabulary.com
Words Plagued by Unusual Silent Letters
This site contains a list of 20 words with commonly misspelled words that have silent letters. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Words to Watch Out For
A factsheet, a worksheet, a game, and a quiz are provided for teachers and students at this BBC spelling skills tutorial that shows you how to avoid confusing words.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Spelling
A learning module that teaches students about spelling in five mini-lessons: Introduction, English-Start to Finnish, Commonly Mispeled Words, Spell-checking-Necessary but not sufficient, and Spelling Required.
Other
Esl Desk: Esl Drills & Quizzes
Vocabulary and grammar drills including quizzes on commonly misspelled words, irregular nouns and more. Quizzes range from beginning to advanced.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Word Confusion (Choose the Correct Word)
Players choose the word that correctly completes a sentence from a pair of words that are frequently misused or misspelled, such as they're and there, blue and blew, aunt and ant.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Common Errors
Do you say or write "exscape" when you should say "escape"? This webpage is from the Common Errors in English website. If you think other people's language mistakes are sometimes funny, you might enjoy reading the ways people have...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Spelling Spree
Are you ready to join the Pinata Party and burst into the Spelling Spree? Join the fiesta in "Arcade" mode by tapping/clicking on the correct spelling of the word and using the slingshot to make the pinata burst open. Play "Practice"...