As part of a Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) class members are asked to predict events in Patricia Polacco's Pink and Say based on illustrations in the story, on their knowledge of Steven Crane's The Red Badge of Courage,...

Here is a skills practice sheet that instructs fourth graders to form words using affixes and root words. After reading 16 clues, individuals match an affix to a root word in order to create the word that best fits the clue.

Get to know the computer program, Microsoft Word, by completing 24 tasks, including typing a line of text, experimenting with format options, inserting page numbers, headers, footers, and more.  

A reading of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss and a nonfiction book of your choice begins a reading adventure pack comprised of three hands-on activities. Following the reading, scholars craft a food mobile made of colorful fruit and...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth novel in the series by J.K. Rowling, is the focus of a directed reading worksheet that begins by asking readers to examine the book cover and chapter titles and to predict what the story...

Reading is fun! Here, practice making predictions and instill concepts of print including the front of the book's features, the text's message, the connection between text and illustrations, and directionality with these daily reading...

Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a collection of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics activities, each linked to a popular Dr. Seuss story. 

These colorful pages are sure to engage learners fascinated by trains. It was designed expressly for learners with autism. Nine common sight words are printed on the sides of different colored boxcars parked in a train yard.

Designed for teachers, this 12-page packet uses passages from Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace" to model how to design activities that encourage close reading of complex text.

Create a buzz in your class with this collection of learning activities for the book Hi! Fly Guy. Including a list of comprehension questions, a sequence of events activity, a summary writing assignment, and a vocabulary list, this...

Challenge mathematicians to match 18 standard form number cards to their corresponding word form card and record their pairs on a graphic organizer. 

You can't spell alphabet without the letter T! Focus on this letter with an activity in which pupils determine which images are of items that begin with the letter T. They then cut out the pictures, paste them onto the worksheet, and...

As part of a close reading activity, individuals respond to three questions and craft two short essays based on a passage about Islam, one of the world most widespread religion.

In this words that start with X worksheet, students evaluate six pictures and circle the ones that begin with the letter X. Three of the six pictures begin with the letter X.

In this words that start with B worksheet, young scholars evaluate 10 pictures. Students then circle the pictures that start with the letter B.

In this words that start with E worksheet, learners view 10 pictures on the worksheet. They then determine which ones start with the letter E and circle them.

In this words that start with C worksheet, students view 10 pictures on the worksheet. They then determine which ones begin with the letter C and circle them.

Third graders identify word families.  In this reading word families instructional activity, 3rd graders explore word families (-udge, -ight, -umb, and -ound) with a partner then complete a worksheet for accuracy. 

Read this paragraph out loud to your class to demonstrate pronunciation of and introduce context for the given vocabulary words. You might also use this as a cloze activity and have class members read each vocabulary word or repeat each...

An advocate of the cloze procedure to determine what learners already know about a topic?  Class members listen to an excerpt from The Call of the Wild and then fill in the blanks on their cloze copy of the passage.  Directions...

Three short puzzles emphasize Latin roots grad, mot, and cad in English spelling and vocabulary. Learners choose words from a list and complete spellings in boxes with definitions for clues. A reading passage using the words is included....

Learners read a story with 220 basic sight words. They discuss why the words are important to identify and utilize them in their own writing assignments.

Here's a great way to practice handwriting and word recognition. In this letter identification lesson, learners identify eight words with pictures to help them learn vocabulary and reading skills as they use lowercase letters to complete...

In this ESL cloze worksheet, students read 8 sentences that contain a missing word. Students fill in the one word they think would best complete each sentence.