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Thai Children's Trust
Learners spell words in braille and learn how to use braille to punch out their names. In this braille lesson plan, students discuss what life would be like for a visually impaired person.
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Oh My
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Latin Roots 1
In this Latin roots worksheet, 8th graders figure out the answers to fourteen clues associated with a spelling list connected to Latin roots. Students locate their answers and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Words with ci and ti
In this words with ci and ti worksheet, 6th graders complete a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to twelve clues associated with spelling words with ci and ti in them.
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Reintroduce an Irregular Word
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this irregular word lesson, students must identify irregular words used in class and pronounce them when their teacher refers to one in class. Students...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Musical Chairs
Students study language. In this word fluency lesson, students play a version of Musical Chairs in which they must correctly say an irregular word, pulled from a bag, to keep their chair. The game is played with a small group of...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade
Pupils practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Consonants Blended with Long Vowels and Endings
Students practice vowel and phonic sounds. In this grammar lesson, students practice rhythm, rhymes, voiced phonic sounds, unvoiced phonic sounds and voiced vowel signs. Students brainstorm words with the cvce patterns.
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Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos Cast Their Spell (64)
Students explore the natural wonders of this once remote area in Utah and explore how it became a popular tourist destination in the early 20th century. They examine how the region was used by Mormon settlers, scientists and the government.
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Lesson Plan: Final Phoneme ll, ff, ss
Students apply word level skills through shared and guided reading.
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Lesson Plan: Long Vowel Phoneme "oa"
Students read The Toad and The Goat, discuss main idea and story sequence, and identify rhyming words with the "oa" sound.
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Monster Lesson
Fifth graders write a detailed description of a monster or alien they have created. They e-mail the description to another student, and the e-mail buddy draws the monster based on the descriptive writing.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 5 lesson 21
In this daily proofreading learning exercise, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 5, lesson 22
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 lesson 27
In this daily proofreading worksheet, learners correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 lesson 28
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 lesson 30
For this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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The Alphabet Game
Students participate in a game that promotes group unity while spelling words with letter cards. In this teamwork lesson, students have to work together to win the game, but may find it hard to do so without making a lot of...
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Looking at Life through the Creation of Personal Metaphors
Learners focus on the creation of personal metaphors, which are first illustrated in pictures and caricatures and then extended to descriptive/analytical paragraphs. They teach the lesson to others using their own personal metaphors as...
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Step By Step Directions
Perfect for your unit on pumpkins and autumn! Learn how to write step by step directions on how to dry pumpkin seeds based on The Pumpkin Book. Youngesters also explain how they know this is a "how to" book. A fun and yummy instructional...
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Shopping
Students explore shopping vocabulary. In this ELL speaking lesson, students guess words that would be on a shopping list, identify or define words related to shopping, take a shopping survey, and read related text aloud.
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On a Roll With Digraphs
Learners practice building and spelling words with digraphs. After discussing what digraphs are and how they change the spelling and produnciation of words, they create a dice game and play by spelling words containing common digraphs.
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Five Spelling Games
Learners follow directions to complete activities that help them learn their weekly spelling words.