Novelinks
The Giver: Problematic Situation
What would you need to take care of yourself and a small baby? Using a situation inspired by Lois Lowry's The Giver, kids discuss which items they would need and which plan they would follow in order to flee from the Release.
Curated OER
The Old Man and the Sea: Guided Imagery
What do you imagine when you think of the sea? Put on some ocean sounds, close your eyes, and listen to a guided meditation based on the imagery from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. After class members listen to...
California Education Partners
Grapes of Wrath
To demonstrate their ability to comprehend complex text, individuals analyze the details, syntax, and diction John Steinbeck uses in a passage from The Grapes of Wrath to reveal the develop and evolution of Mae's character.
California Education Partners
Letter From Birmingham Jail
To demonstrate their ability to comprehend complex text, ninth graders are asked to craft an essay in which they use evidence drawn from "Letter From Birmingham Jail" to analyze how Martin Luther King, Jr. uses rhetorical devices...
Mr. Nussbaum
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, the site of the Civil War's first battle, taught the Union and the Confederacy an important lesson: they would both need to take stronger steps than anticipated if they wanted to win the war. History pupils read about the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Strategy 3: Using Graphic Organizers Implementation Guide
Whether or not you are new to using graphic organizers with informational or expository text, the materials in this guide will prove useful.
E Reading Worksheets
Making Predictions #4
Show young readers how to use evidence from the text in an activity about making predictions. After reading five short passages, kids note what they think will happen next based on what they have read, and include the evidence that...
E Reading Worksheets
Making Predictions #3
Sometimes it's helpful for kids to predict what is coming next when reading a story. Show your learners how to use evidence from the text they are reading to predict what happens next in five short passages.
K12 Reader
Color the Thanksgiving Adjectives
Young grammarians feast on a Thanksgiving-themed worksheet that asks them to color all the adjectives found in the drawing of a turkey sitting in a pumpkin patch.
Curated OER
Word Roots FIN, SED, and FER Beginner Word Search
Young learners must find 12 vocabulary words containing the roots FIN, SED, and FER from a provided list in a 15-by-15 grid to complete this word search activity. Directions, clues, word search grid, and answer key are ready to print and...
Curated OER
Word Roots CERN, JUR, and LEG Advanced Word Search
Pupils search for 12 vocabulary words all containing the word roots CERN, JUR, or LEG in this standard word search activity. This worksheet contains a word bank of vocabulary terms as well as a 15-by-15 word search grid. This is not an...
Curated OER
Word Roots NAT, TRACT, SEQU Intermediate Word Search
Learners are given a list of 12 vocabulary words containing the roots NAT, TRACT and SEQU which they must find in a 15-by-15 word search in order to complete this activity. Directions, clues, word search, and answer key are all available...
Curated OER
North, South, East, and West
A basic lesson on the teaching of the cardinal directions awaits your class. They are directed to go to different parts of the playground and where they attempt to describe their location in relation to each other by using the cardinal...
Curated OER
Word Roots 1: DICT, VENT, DUCT Advanced Word Search
Polish knowledge of the listed word roots and vocabulary words with this word search. Learners find twelve words. Answers are provided as are printouts of the directions, clues, word search, and word search answers.
Curated OER
Word Roots 6: PLIC, FAC, COGN Intermediate Word Search
Consider this word search to engage your class with the provided list of vocabulary words. Learners spot twelve words within the puzzle. After the word search, you will find links to printouts of the directions, clues, word search, and...
Curated OER
Figure of Speech
Examine the changing nature of language in the U.S. View and discuss excerpts from a PBS documentary with your class and then conduct Internet research, and complete a team project on the evolution of teen expressions.
Curated OER
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
"It is my lady, O, It is my Love!" Provide class members an opportunity to develop their skills reading difficult text with an exercise that focuses on the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet (Act II, scene ii). Using the provided...
Curated OER
"As You Like It" by William Shakespeare
Jacque's soliloquy from Act II, scene ii of As You Like It sets the stage for a close reading exercise that models how to approach difficult, dense text and enables readers to practice reading comprehension and analysis...
Mr. Ambrose
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Good discussion questions, quizzes, and tests teach as well as assess. Readers of The Great Gatsby will learn much from the materials in a 36-page packet designed to help students prepare for the AP Literature exam. Included in the...
Curated OER
Inside, Outside, Upside Down
Students study directional words and opposites. In this inside, outside, upside down, lesson, students illustrate words and are captured on camera sharing their words. The digital pictures will be compiled into a class slide show to...
Curated OER
Winners Never Quit: Vocabulary words
In this Winners Never Quit learning exercise, students read the book Winners Never Quit and then use the vocabulary words in a sentence. Students use 8 words in sentences and put the words in alphabetical order.
Curated OER
Sight Word Practice: Like and My
In this sight word worksheet, students write the correct sight word in the blank to compete 4 simple sentences. Sight words used are like and my.
Curated OER
Sight Word Practice: And and The
In this sight word instructional activity, students write the correct sight word in the blank to complete 4 simple sentences. Words used are "and" and "the."
Chomp Chomp
Word Choice - Exercise 12: To, Too, and Two
A twenty-question worksheet provides practice using the commonly confused to, too, and two. Meet Common Core standards with the help of this resource in your fourth grade classroom. Use as homework or an assessment.