Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Narrative Text Structure, Character Consideration

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
An activity work alongside a narrative text of your choice. With reading comprehension at its focus, readers complete worksheets covering character descriptions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Outsiders

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders complete a variety of activities related to the first two chapters of the book The Outsiders. They define metaphor, simile, idiom, and hyperbole, and take a vocabulary pre-quiz. In small groups, they write a character...
Worksheet
K5 Learning

Identifying Nouns (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
Find the nouns in 10 sentences with a simple grammar worksheet. After learners read each sentence, they circle each noun and then write their own sentences at the bottom of the page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Time for Shakespeare

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Memorable quotes regarding time in Shakespeare's plays are identified in this quiz. The quote is given and the learner chooses which play it is from. A collection of timeless words indeed.
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Where Are You?: Prepositions of Place

For Teachers K - 3rd
Examine prepositions of place in this language arts lesson. Learners participate in activities to indicate prepositions and physical actions that demonstrate those prepositions. They create drawings with shapes, play the games "Simon...
Worksheet
LearnEnglishFeelGood.com

Participles Used As Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Is a movie interesting or interested? Use context clues to decide which participle would be the most appropriate in each of ten sentences.
Lesson Plan
The Kennedy Center

Fairy Tale Variations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here are two great lessons that work together and are inspired by the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Young writers and actors will retell the story of "The Frog Prince" through games, improvisational script writing, and...
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Random House

Go Fish!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
"One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish." Kids color, cut out, shuffle and deal a set of cards to play Go Fish!, use hams and green egg cards to play tic-tac-toe, and engage in other activities connected to books by Dr. Seuss. Oh, the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blogging to Create a Community of Writers #6: Writing a Review

For Teachers 6th
Looking for a good social media lesson for your class? Then, this lesson is for you! They study various written reviews, then must choose an item to review of their choice. They can choose from: a book, restaurant, CD/musical...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Baseball: The Tenth Inning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Bring the historical relevance of baseball into the classroom, as pupils discover the lessons learned from the breaking of baseball's color barrier by Jackie Robinson. Learners view video and analyze Robinson’s character, as well as his...
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The New York Times

Big Brother vs. Little Brother: Updating Orwell's 1984

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Government surveillance is an enduring conflict that has become increasingly complex with our nation's use of technology. Add to the understanding of Orwell’s 1984 by using the resources here that display the contemporary actions of Big...
Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We’re a Family: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers K Standards
Pay special attention to onsets and rimes and initial consonants with this packet of activities designed to provide additional support to youngsters just learning to read and write.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading: The Ancient Olympic Games

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a one page text about the ancient Olympic games. Students answer 9 true and false questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.
Worksheet
Common Core Sheets

Declarative, Interrogative and Exclamatory Sentences

For Students 4th - 5th
It's time to identify these sentences as interrogative, exclamatory, or declarative based on their ending punctuation.
Lesson Plan
Time Warp Trio

My Big Fat Greek Olympics

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
The Olympic Games are indeed a significant and far-reaching cultural component in our international community today, but from where do they originate? Where do our traditions stem from, and how do we choose the sports that constitute...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Isolating, Move and Tell

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Build phonological awareness with this fun game focused on isolating and identifying medial phonemes. This game board contains an image on each square; when the child lands on a square, they must say the medial sound of the word they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Punctuation Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and use hyphens, dashes, and semicolons. Using teacher created cards, they correct sentences written on the board by the instructor.
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Curated OER

Football Spelling

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders play a football spelling game where two teams spell words and gain yardage for each correctly spelled word. This clever spelling game will be highly motivational for your class! Each team gains ten yards every time they...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphic Elements, Compound Word Trivia

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Engage young learners in expanding their vocabulary with a fun game. Scholars learn how compound words provide clues about the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. Pairs take turns reading a definition, locating its corresponding compound...
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Bierbaum Elementary School

Practicing Patience

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
As teachers, we have a lot of patience. Our scholars, on the other hand, may need some support. Give your pupils the emotional intelligence instruction they desire with a lesson designed to teach patience through grand conversation,...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Bingo

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars build a strong understanding of medial sounds, vowels, and letter sound correspondence while playing Bingo. Taking turns, peers choose a card and say its name and medial sound; all players look for the vowel on their card....
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Curated OER

Spelling Race

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Learners of all ages can practice their spelling abilities by participating in a fun group game. They utilize a pile of letters written on paper to "build" a word instructed by the teacher. The fastest pair of spellers wins a point!...
Learning
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Upper and Lower Case Concentration

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Play a wild game of memory with your youngsters. These adorable animal-themed tiles include every uppercase and lowercase letter of the alphabet. Kids match the uppercase and lowercase letters to remove them from the board.