Choral response is a great way to assist English learners with proper pronunciation. Use this resource to help your ELD class see, say, and understand high-frequency phrases. Each slide contains one phrase, there is no audio or animation...

For this vocabulary worksheet, students write vocabulary words as the teacher calls them out, unscramble vocabulary words and use words in sentences. There are 7 words total.

Foster reader confidence when encountering complex text and reinforce the skills readers have acquired to build and extend their understanding of text. The plan uses a section of Douglass’ narrative as an exemplar text. Directions for...

Poems are meant to be heard. Hearing a poem being read enriches one’s understanding of the tone and mood of the piece. Introduce your class to the sounds of poetry with a packet that not only details how to use poetry recordings in the...

The secret to a successful literature circle discussion is preparation. Readers prepare for such a discussion by completing a two-page worksheet that asks them to summarize the text, record new words, ask and answer questions, and...

Aspiring journalists learn about media literacy, journalism, and the press. Units come complete with handouts, assignment rubrics, notes, and extension suggestions. Each unit also comes with a list of vocabulary words and learning...

If you could build your own world from the ground up, what would you include? Ask your pupils this question, and have them write about their worlds and share with partners. Then, show the short film, which includes some impressive world...

Fourth and fifth graders review how words can have several parts, including; roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Pupils receive a word building tiles worksheet, embedded in the plan, and they record selected roots, prefixes, and suffixes in...

To better comprehend the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, learners define 3 vocabulary words, define 1 literary term, and respond to 10 short-answer questions. This resource refers only to Chapter 13 of the book. 

Half and half. Split the class in half to gain a full understanding of sidebars. Pupils work in groups to discuss sidebars in text. Half of the groups read Seriously Sick, and the other half reads Killer Genes. They read using...

Collaborate with your class after reading William Shakespeare's The Tempest with a group labeling activity. As you note key concepts or words from the play on the board, class members suggest associations and connections...

If friendship were a soup, what ingredients would be in it? As part of a study of Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, kids engage in a series of friendship-themed activities using materials contained in this richly...

Close your colonial America unit with a performance-based assessment. Class members will show their proficiency in several skills including using details to back up inferences, determining the meaning of words in context,...

Using everything they have learned about writing paragraphs over the past few lessons of the unit, class members compose an informative paragraph independently. This is an authentic assessment of their ability, since learners have...

Writing becomes dynamic in a presentation. Presenters transform a piece of writing they have already composed about the Little Rock Nine into a presentation. The focus is transferring ideas from their writing into short prompts on cards...

In this vocabulary building exercise, students choose the best definition for a set of vocabulary words. Students are given strategies for making the words a permanent part of their vocabulary.

Students play a ball game to reinforce vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, 1 student throws a ball to another student and states a vocabulary word. The receiving student has to define the word. If they do, they get to throw...

In this final e rule worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.

In this short u worksheet, students write 6 words as they are called out, unscramble words and use them in sentences. All words have short u in an "unusual" way.

In this ow-ou worksheet, students write 6 words as they are called out, unscramble words and use them in sentences. All words have the ow or ou combination.

In this short i worksheet, learners write 5 short i words as they are called out, unscramble the words and find incorrectly spelled words in a series.

In this short e worksheet, learners write 5 short e words as they are called out, unscramble them and find the misspelled word in a series.

In this opposites worksheet, students complete the sentences in Column A with words that are opposites in Column B. Students write the letter of the correct word that would finish the sentence.

In this completing conversations worksheet, students read ten short conversations. From a list of given phrases, students complete the missing sentences in the conversations.