Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using a Graphic Organizer to Research a Question

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Is Pluto still a planet? Using this popular question, kids are introduced to graphic organizers as a writing tool. As a class, they watch a demonstration on how to use them and work together with a partner to research whether Pluto is a...
Organizer
Polk Bros Foundation

I Can Infer Motive and Effects for an Action

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your pupils determine just what makes a character or person tick by zooming in on one character or person. This graphic organizer is dedicated to analyzing one person and asks pupils to infer a personality trait, note down an action...
Workbook
US Department of Education

School-Home Links elling, self-to-text connections, writing lists, author

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Engage families in at-home practice using this 100-page worksheet packet for elementary school English Language Arts practice. Each worksheet briefly explains the objective to parents so they can guide their child through the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Predicate Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
Focus on identifying predicate adjectives in sentences. Use the first sheet to review adjectives and predicate adjectives. Several examples are provided along with brief explanations. Then, move on to the second sheet to put this...
Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension: Great Britain

For Students 3rd Standards
Read to understand! Sounds great and your third graders will read to understand several interesting facts about Great Britain. They read, identify key details in the text, and write to answer five comprehension questions. Learning to...
PPT
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Punctuation: Visible Speech

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Examine the proper uses of punctuation with this easy PowerPoint. Simple, bold, and straightforward, each slide introduces a different symbol. Difficult or confusing instances are indicated as well.
Organizer
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Poston Butte High School

Literacy Language Kit for the Book Hi! Fly Guy

For Students K - 3rd Standards
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...
Interactive
Curated OER

Some or Any Exercises

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this interactive grammar learning exercise, students complete 25 sentences by typing in the word "any" or "some" to appropriately complete each sentence.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Bad or Badly: A Troublesome Pair

For Students 5th - 9th
For this grammar worksheet, students learn about the differences between adverbs and adjectives. They learn when to use "bad", an adjective, and when to use "badly", an adverb. Students then fill in the blanks in the 5 sentences using...
Lesson Plan
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Big or Little

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big or Little, . In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fat or Skinny Questions?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this fat or skinny questions worksheet, students identify whether questions are simple or intricate for the book The Rainbow Fish. Students analyze ten sentences.
Activity
Ideas From Suzi

Responding to Literature

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Guide your class through a text with resources for before and after reading. Learners ask questions, discuss characters and plot points, point out elements of the reading that stood out, and compose brief summaries.
Unit Plan
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments,...
Lesson Plan
Apple State University

Friendly Letter Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This mini-instructional activity about informal letter writing is packed with a lot of information about writing a friendly letter. Class members begin by working in pairs to answer questions after reviewing letter models. Then, take...
Unit Plan
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Home Sweet Home: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Through grand discussion, picture cards, and poems, enhance language proficiency with a Home Sweet Home themed unit created to support English language development. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Say and Tell

For Students 7th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, learners read sixteen sentences and choose the correct word, say or tell, that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Action or Linking? - Test Your Knowledge of Linking Verbs

For Students 6th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about using linking verbs in sentence writing. They then use what they read to answer the 12 problems on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
Lesson Plan
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Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students receive instruction to punctuation marks in the appropriate places using provided examples. They then place the correct punctuation in the sentences on the worksheet noting that there are some punctuation marks in the...
Worksheet
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Main Verb or Helping Verb? - Using Have and Has

For Students 6th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students learn the difference between main verbs and helping verbs in sentence writing. The read how to use "have" and "has" correctly. Students then use what they learned to answer the 11 questions on the...
Interactive
Curated OER

Fragments and Types of Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this online interactive grammar learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding fragments and types of sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Telling Age Worksheets: Handwriting Practice- "I'm One"

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice and ESL worksheet, students write the answer to the question "How old are you?" Students trace the sentence "I'm one." Students then practice printing this sentence two times on their own. This is Zaner-Bloser...
Worksheet
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Dependent Clauses and Types of Sentences

For Students 5th - 6th
In this dependent clause/sentence types worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Answers are included, labeled as a quiz, but may be used as practice.
Interactive
Curated OER

Word Round Up: Developing Superior Sentences

For Students 5th - 6th
In this superior sentences learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about parts of speech, sentences, and making sentences superior. Students complete 10 questions total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Verbal Trio - Learning about Verbals

For Students 6th - 9th
Do you know what a gerund is? Use this grammar instructional activity to help emerging grammarians learn about using different verbs (infinitives, gerunds, and participles) in sentence writing. They then use what they read to answer the...