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Punctuation Practice
For this punctuation worksheet, students rewrite and correctly punctuation 8 sentences, then write an original sentences at least 10 words long. Answers are included.
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Collections Connect Four
In this items that come in bunches instructional activity, learners play a Connect Four type game with vocabulary words that name things that come in bunches. They work with words to make matches such as geese/gaggle, and to get four...
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Mixed Rephrasings
In this rephrasing worksheet, students rewrite sentences so that they have the same meaning but different words than the sentences given. Students complete 30 problems.
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Student Self-Esteem
Students investigate human psychology by completing a worksheet in class. For this self-esteem lesson, students identify the importance of confidence in life situations and discuss why they should feel good about themselves. Students...
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Theatre
Students identify and create flashcards of important key terms as related to theatre. Students observe and write a 1-page summary of events seen at the High School Musical production using at least 8 vocabulary words in your summary....
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Poetry
Fifth graders are introduced to poetry and many authors who create it. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders create a class poetry book. Each student submits an original poem, along with an illustration.
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The Poetry of Woody Guthrie
Students develop oral fluency through reading and singing. They sing "This Land is Your Land" and discuss what the pictures and words mean in the song. They connect the song and poem and previous learning and write a journal.
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Using Walt Whitman¿¿¿s Poem ¿¿¿Leaves of Grass¿¿¿ And Takamri¿¿¿s Girl And Boy As Inspiration for Writing a Celebration of Self
Learners read and analyze Walt Whitman's poem, "Leaves of Grass." They compare/contrast Whitman's style to artist Takamori's style, and write an original poem about their childhood and fond memories.
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Invention Timeline
Learners conduct a research project looking at the origins of the Korean language. To create a context for the investigation they first look at the invention of some common items.
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Design a CD Cover
Students encounter a unique way to design their own personal CD covers. Students research on how others have designed similar covers. Students produce an original CD cover. Students correlate various singers to their CD covers.
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Inferring Themes
Fifth graders practice making inferences on various types of reading material. As a class, they develop a definition of the word "theme" and discuss themes for some of their favorite stories. They use the context of the reading...
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Creative Writing Lesson Plan
Students practice recognizing the elements needed to produce a piece of creative writing and become aware of those elements in their own original pieces of writings. In groups, they creatively write a new story utilizing all the major...
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Story Framing Legends
Students review, examine and study the seven stages to a traditional legend or modern story in legend form. They locate two traditional legend stories and see if they fit into the two categories listed for them in two boxes. Each student...
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Christmas Alliterations
Review and discuss how to correctly write alliterations and then write seven original Christmas alliterations to share with their classmates. This activity has a suggested extension that has them make a book illustrating their...
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Learning About Interjections
In this interjections activity, students answer 4 facts about interjections and then write 2 original sentences using an interjection in each one.
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"Umbrellas"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about the origin of the umbrella. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions about the text.
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"Soda Pop"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about the origin of soda pop. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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Writing Questions Review
In this writing questions, worksheet students write a question for each of the 8 given answers. They read the responses before writing original questions.
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Punctuation Review
In this punctuation review activity, students rewrite 8 sentence using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Punctuation Review 4
In this punctuation review worksheet, students rewrite 8 sentences using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Punctuation Review 6
In this punctuation review activity, students rewrite 8 sentences using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Punctuation Review 7
In this punctuation review activity, students rewrite 8 sentences using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Library Lingo Crossword
In this library lingo crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 6 clues to determine the 6 literary genre names that complete the word puzzle.
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Sentence Building 2
In this sentence building learning exercise, student practice their language skills as they write 8 original sentences using the nouns that are listed.