New York City Department of Education
Grade 4 Literacy in English Language Arts: A Call to Action
You have the power! Scholars learn that they have power of the pen in their writing. After reading and viewing various sources about standardized testing, they express their own opinions about the testing by writing letters to the...
EngageNY
Qualities of a Strong Literary Analysis Essay
Read like a writer. Scholars read a model literary analysis in preparation for a similar writing assignment before annotating each paragraph for the gist. Next, pupils devise a list of qualities of a strong literary analysis essay.
Roald Dahl
Matilda - Throwing the Hammer
Full truth, or an exaggeration? How can you tell when a storyteller is exaggerating a story? Readers analyze a story told by Hortensia, and identify the exaggerative language she uses. Then, learners write their own narrative story using...
Scholastic
Voyage on the Mayflower for Grades 3-5
Following an online activity, scholars complete a Grafitti Wall in which small groups write words and phrases on chart paper pertaining to Pilgrims, the Mayflower, and Thanksgiving. Pupils perform a close reading then answer a series of...
K12 Reader
Narrative or Expository?
Narrative or expository? That is the question readers face on a two-part comprehension worksheet that asks kids to read a short passage about these two different types of writing, and then to answer a series of comprehension questions...
Mama's Learning Corner
Is This Sentence Correct? (capitalization and punctuation)
Turn your youngsters into little editors with an exercise that focuses on some of the most basic and important writing conventions: capitalization and punctuation. Learners fix five sentences and then rewrite a sentence using...
Reproducible Master
Reader’s Journal
As you read a story or novel, have your class members put together and fill out a journal. They will have the chance to illustrate a cover page, draw and write about various topics, respond to a focus questions, and draft a paragraph.
Curriculum Corner
Informational Text Graphic Organizers
Examine informational text with a three-page worksheet that focuses on taking notes, identifying the main idea, and locating supporting details in order to form a summary paragraph.
Curriculum Corner
Prefix and Suffix Cards
Activate scholars' knowledge of prefixes and suffixes with a matching game that challenges learners to identify meanings, build words, and write and illustrate sentences.
Fabius-Pompey School District
Paired Passage Practice and the Extended Response Question
How do pupils relate paired passages to each other? Here's a resource that helps! The lesson includes a short story and a poem as a set of paired reading passages, followed by some analysis questions. It also includes an essay template...
Curated OER
Revising vs. Editing
Are your young writers unsure of what to look for when asked to edit a draft of writing? Direct them to this simple and attractive printable, which uses two acronyms—ARMS (add, remove, move, substitute) and CUPS capitalize, usage,...
Inside Mathematics
Printing Tickets
Determine the better deal. Pupils write the equation for the cost of printing tickets from different printers. They compare the costs graphically and algebraicaly to determine which printer has the best deal based upon the quantity of...
What So Proudly We Hail
A Lesson on Benjamin Franklin’s “Project for Moral Perfection”
Benjamin Franklin identified 13 virtues that he felt would strengthen his character if he could focus on each one. A thorough lesson explores high schoolers' personal values in the context of their lives, and compels them to strive for...
Curated OER
Identifying Setting: Expository Writing
Your class can take turns describing a well know location or setting without giving its name, and the rest of the class can try to identify the location, based on the details given. They chart the elements that helped in the...
Curated OER
Learning 3 - Write the Word
As learners become familiar with single-digit numbers, give them this fun set of activities focused on the number three. Incorporate language arts as they trace the word form and then write it once on their own. Next, counters...
DK Publishing
Learning 4 - Write the Word
Focus on the number four as youngsters complete several exercises to solidify this number concept. Note pre-readers will have a hard time with this, as it requires reading instructions. Consider doing together as a class or...
DK Publishing
Learning 10 - Write the Number
Already covered numbers 0-9? It's time to focus on 10 with this set of exercises. First, youngsters trace the number 10 three times and try printing it a couple of times on their own. Next, they count five sets of bottles and write the...
DK Publishing
Learning 19 and 20 - Write the Numbers
As the last exercise in your counting study from 1-20, this worksheet focuses learners on the numbers 19 and 20. They begin by tracing each numeral and then printing them once on their own. Next, youngsters count sets of bugs on leaves...
DK Publishing
Learning 2 - Write the Word
Focus on the number two with beginning counters as they review its word form, number form, and value. First, learners practice printing the word two, tracing it before writing it once on their own. Next, they draw two bunnies and...
Curated OER
Learning 3 - Write the Number
Do this for numbers 1-10, but in this one youngsters just focus on the number three. First, they trace the digit three times (of course!) and try a few on their own. Next, scholars count how many bears, bowls, and beds there are, writing...
DK Publishing
Learning 4 - Write the Number
Focus on fours! First, young counters trace the number four (in numeral form) three times and print a few on their own. Next, they count Little Bo Peep's groups of sheep, recording each total. There are four of each, but encourage them...
Curated OER
Learning 1 - Write the Word
Let's start from the beginning! Young counters complete activities focused on the number one to solidify their understanding of its value. First, they trace its word form and then try it on their own (maybe more than once, even). Next,...
Curated OER
Learning 10 - Write the Word
Focus on the number 10 as part of a series of worksheets for young counters. First, they trace the word ten and print it once or twice on their own. Next, learners draw 10 bottles onto an image of a brick wall and examine sets of...
DK Publishing
Learning 13 and 14 - Write the Numbers
Focus on the numbers 13 and 14 with beginning counters. They start by tracing each numeral, then printing them once on their own. Next, learners count sets of candy and record the totals. They also draw two of their own sets, one of 13...