Curated OER
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
In this energy worksheet, students review the processes that create energy for a cell: photosynthesis and cellular respiration. This worksheet has 11 fill in the blank and 14 short answer questions.
Curated OER
War In Iraq Comparison
Fifth graders use the internet to research the Silver Star given to those who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Using the information, they write a short report on one of the recipients of the Silver Star. In groups, they visit a...
Curated OER
First Class Mail
Students read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and write a friendly letter to Elizabeth George Speare, the author, discussing their points of interest in the novel with her.
Curated OER
WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR A CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE
Students engage in the writing of a magazine article. They focus upon the reading of a children's fiction book and create an informative narrative. They create main ideas and supporting details for the article. The supporting of main...
Curated OER
Effects of Acid Rain
Third graders explore the concept of acid rain and its effects on ecosystems. They are placed in groups and using a graphic organizer they brainstorm their ideas about what would happen to the ecosystems living within these environments...
Curated OER
Roll Out the Run-ons
Students participate in activities in order to investigate the concept of run-on sentences. They identify a complete sentence and the correct characteristics that it possesses.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Speaking, Listening and Writing Compound Contrasting Sentences
Students will be answering text-dependent questions in which they will have to describe the differences between the different characters, settings, and major events in our stories using complex contrasting sentences. The students will...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Solving Word Questions
A tutorial that explains how to solve word problems. It points out key words that signal operations or what is being measured, and wording that is confusing and needs to be simplified. Presents lots of examples, both simple and complex,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo: One Word Sentences and How They Work
Emma Bryce explains how one-word sentences illustrate some lexical ambiguities that can turn ordinary words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds. [3:28]
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Algebra
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Loyalty and Betrayal
A learning module asking students to analyze fiction, examine symbolism and cultural context, read a section of The Kite Runner, practice context clues and Greek and Latin roots, and practice sentence variety with compound and complex...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Word Order: Creating Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students move words from the bottom of the page to create sentences.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starting Participles
In this activity, Roni Schotter's picture book entitled The Boy Who Loved Words is used as the mentor text. This Language Arts Common Core Standards-aligned activity pre-writing task engages students in writing a collection of ideas of...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 8 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 8 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 8 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 8 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3: Level 8 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 8 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 9 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 9 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 9 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 9 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 9 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 9 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 10 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 10 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 10 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 10 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3: Level 10 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 10 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 11 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 11 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.