Third graders measure the speed at which they can walk in order to understand speed and distance traveled. They then research the history of transportation and express data in a class timeline.

In this find the error worksheet, learners will read an excerpt from a promotional leaflet produced by a well known company in which there is a mistake. Students must find the mistake.

In this punctuation instructional activity, students fix the punctuation in the paragraph given to them. Students complete this online and the answers are also online.

Students practice reading silently. The class discusses the benefits of reading silently and several methods for reading silently, including cross checking and chunking. Working in groups, they silently read a leveled text and discuss...

High schoolers, in groups, research specific websites to find what roles women filled during the Civil War. They discuss the roles and create a multimedia presentation for a slide show.

Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...

A quiz, designed for business writers, that tests knowledge of words which are frequently misspelled. It includes questions about two words which are spelled differently in British spelling than in American spelling.

A list of 102 frequently misspelled words followed by a short quiz and links to helpful resources.

Build spelling skills by choosing the correct spelling of these ten commonly misspelled words.

This site contains a list of commonly confused words with practice activities to help in learning how to use them correctly.

A printable table of commonly misspelled words for intermediate readers.

This Washington State University page lists the correct spelling for hundreds of commonly misspelled words. The list is in paragraph form and does not provide correlated misspellings.

A vocabulary spelling drill site for ESL students. Can be used as a tool for acquiring memory and spelling skills and for improving children's vocabulary.

This site contains a list of 20 words with commonly misspelled words that have silent letters. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.

A factsheet, a worksheet, a game, and a quiz are provided for teachers and students at this BBC spelling skills tutorial that shows you how to avoid confusing words.

Renowned handbook of style by William Strunk, Jr. It includes sections on usage, principles of composition, frequently misused words, and frequently misspelled words, L.9-10.3a Standard Format

Some words may sound like other words, but using the wrong word can lead to confusion and madness. A dictionary would be helpful to make sure you know what you're talking about! [0:40]

This site focuses on the commonly confused words weather and whether including definitions and examples with explanations. It also offers a link to practice exercises.

This lesson plan for grades 3-5 uses a team activity to focus on locating misspelled words on the Word Wall and spelling them correctly.

Players choose the word that correctly completes a sentence from a pair of words that are frequently misused or misspelled, such as they're and there, blue and blew, aunt and ant.

In this game, students are given 20 sets of four words and asked to click on the misspelled word in each set and type in the correct spelling. If students answer all 20 correctly, they can add their name to the leaderboard. There are two...

Vocabulary and grammar drills including quizzes on commonly misspelled words, irregular nouns and more. Quizzes range from beginning to advanced.

In this exercise, students read a paragraph about the ancient city of Petra, find 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.

This exercise has students read a paragraph about Horace Pippin's art, find the 5 misspelled words, and type them in the boxes provided. Java is required.