Young scholars discover how to write a research paper without directly copying written material. They read a passage, then record on the board any words that are new for them. They define these words, then organize their facts to create...

Fourth graders work independently or in a small group to (1) read a fictional passage, (2) use context to define unfamiliar vocabulary, (3) use comprehension strategies, and (4) make inferences. Reading passage and teacher script is...

Fourth graders read passages of Koya's Cousin Del before answering questions in a discussion setting. They listen to a variety of musical pieces before detailing how the music makes them feel in a short piece of writing. They share their...

New to using Tuesdays with Morrie? Check out this five-page resource that provides an overview Mitch Albom's book, its features, themes, and literary devices. The packet also includes suggestions for research projects.

Fourth graders explore various proofreading strategies. They develop their proofreading strategies. Students find and correct errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics. They discuss sentence formation, usage, and mechanics.

Young scholars study strategies that aid comprehension. They focus on the main ideas of a passage and eliminate unnecessary and repetitive information. They substitute super ordinate terms for a list of items and create a topic sentence.

Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They are timed during each reading and graph and compare their results.

Students alter a familiar short poem or song with synonyms and antonyms. In this synonym and antonym lesson plan, students replace the synonyms or antonyms in the text and discuss the changes in meaning. Students share their words.

Students practice different strategies to help them draw meaning from their reading. Students, divided into groups, read an assigned text selection. Each group member provided a summary of what they have been read based on a particular...

Students investigate the concept of writing a five paragraph essay. They go through the steps to develop an essay from prewriting to a final draft using a writing prompt of Olauda Equiano. The handout for the assignment has questions for...

In these reading comprehension worksheets, learners read the informational passage about mosquitoes. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions and 7 vocabulary questions about the text.

Students draw conclusions about a story with examples to support their statements. For this reading comprehension lesson, students look at a PowerPoint of a variety of passages from different books. They answer questions about the...

First graders read Fry Phrases to practice phrasing and sight word recognition. The skills of reading a grade level text and fluency with accuracy are also practiced. The students pace themselves in reading with this type of practice.

Young scholars observe and demonstrate a variety of summarization strategies. They silently read an article from National Geographic Kids, and as a class write a summary that includes the main idea and details and the five W's. ...

Students practice different strategies to aid them in drawing meaning from their reading. Students, working in groups, read an assigned text selection. Each group member provided a summary of what they have been read based on a...

Learners increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After discussing the importance of reading fluently, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...

Pupils determine how to form a simple topic sentence in order to summarize a reading passage to increase comprehension. They apply the strategy to reading a passage from a textbook by writing a topic sentence for paragraphs about the...

Fourth graders practice proofreading a passage. In this proofreading lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet by reading a passage and circling twelve errors. They proofread for errors in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.

In this sea turtle vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 listed terms to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.

Fifth graders understand what the definition is for context clues as the words, phrases, and sentences around the word one does not know. In this language arts activity, 5th graders review the different kinds of context clues. Students...

Third graders view three texts, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOTBALLER, THE HUMAN BODY, AND WHICH IS WHICH? with the titles covered. They discuss whether the books are non-fiction or fiction and try to come up with suitable titles for the books.

In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a 4 paragraph passage about a charity fund-raising effort and then respond to 8 short answer questions.

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about King Mswati and then complete a variety of activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.  

Eighth graders use creatures created from their imaginations to practice hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and alliteration in association with creative writing. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide their writing.