English language learners act out verbs, discuss their importance in constructing grammatically correct sentences, and then learn about helping verbs. They use helping verbs in a sentence then discuss how they are different from action...

As you are teaching the parts of speech, introduce your action verbs lesson with this helpful PowerPoint. The 19 slides in this presentation walk students through the different types of action verbs, including: present, past, and future...

In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners answer 20 multiple choice questions regarding helping verbs. Students may check their answers immediately.

Online interactives are fun for early finishers, great at independent work stations, and perfect for home schoolers. Use this one to reinforce the use of helping verbs. Learners complete each of the 20 sentences using a drop down located...

Give learners the essential skills to maintain proper hygiene and cleanliness when going to the bathroom. Here you'll find three pages of picture cards that illustrate the various processes involved in toileting, from limiting the amount...

Fables can teach us about life's morals, but they are also helpful for reviewing verb tense, spelling, and word choice. Three reading passages feature well-known fables, each with several opportunities for students to circle the correct...

Some sounds sound very similar! Help your class learn how to distinguish between various sounds by following the steps outlined in this plan. The plan includes a warm-up, a teacher-led portion, and details for guided and independent...

How many classroom objects can your learners identify? Use a set of activities based on object recognition and color matching to help young kids use their observation to learn new vocabulary.

Sometimes it can be hard to express emotions. Help little learners figure out what makes them happy, angry, sad, or scared with a lesson that focuses on feelings. It includes singing, drawing, matching flashcards, and more. 

The present tense is a helpful skill to review in any language arts classroom. Focusing on statements made in the affirmative and in the negative, a slideshow presentation guides pupils through grammar rules and examples for the simple...

Begin each day with a warm-up that has ELLs focusing their minds on a skill that will be taught that day. Focusing on verbs, each daily lesson reinforces study and self-management skills, helps learners become proficient in working with...

In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite fourteen sentences with the helping/linking verbs should and must. Students share their responses with their classmates.

In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite each sentence by adding in the linking/helping verbs may, might or be able to. Students share their sentences with their classmates.

In this grammar worksheet, students read a paragraph and fill in the blank spaces with the helping/linking verbs is or are. Students share their responses with their classmates.

Students identify and explore the ways in which businesses, government, and community organizations provided helpful information. A list of local agencies is comprised and students list questions which are appropriate to ask at these...

In this vocabulary activity, students complete a crossword puzzle using the 13 clues. Help is provided in the form of first letters in each word. The relevant vocabulary is found in the Language and Body Language sections of the Working...

So cool! This online interactive worksheet also includes a cute video. Perfect of use at an independent work station where kids can view the video then practice using the auxiliary verbs can and can't. Tip: This would be a fun homework...

Learning prepositions can be tricky in any language, and English is no exception! Try out the activities described here to help your English language learners grasp the difference between in and on and through and by. After a game of...

English language learners will find this practice particularly helpful. They match the sentences to their visual depiction. In the second exercise, they fill in the missing words. They use the sentences in the first activity to discover...

For English speakers and English Language Learners alike, subject-verb agreement can be a tricky task in sentence structure. This PowerPoint provides helpful explanations for different instances in writing sentences, as well as ten...

Help your students mix up their writing with different kinds of sentences with this PowerPoint. Each slide gives a brief definition of the various types including: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and more! There are also examples...

Beginning a persuasive writing unit with your middle schoolers? Approach it through something that persuades us all: advertising! Through studying video and print advertisement, your class will practice Common Core skills for reading...

Help primary school pupils learn valuable reading strategies. As they choral read a poster or big book, they predict covered words and learn various reading strategies for figuring out an unknown word. This will help them gain an...