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What's the Main Idea??
Students 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...
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To Be and Have Got
In this to be or have got instructional activity, learners fill in the blanks, write sentences, use short forms, and more with to be or have got. Students complete 3 activities.
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Rewriting Alexander's Day
Young scholars experiment with word choice and sentence fluency to revise Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
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Three Reasons Why I Want To Be...
High schoolers investigate the process of writing an expository paper. The purpose of the paper is established in the introduction and the supporting details are sequenced in a logical order. The paper possesses punctuation and...
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Forces and Machines
In this forces and machines worksheet, students will review vocabulary associated with forces including friction, inertia, and work. Students will also explain how simple machines help to do work easier. This worksheet has 10 matching, 6...
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Verbs: Present Time
In this verb forms instructional activity, students practice using the simple present and the present progressive forms of verbs. Students complete twelve sentences with the correct form of the verb.
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Put That in Writing
Students identify life situations which require various writing responses, use the power of the written word to obtain results, practice writing responses to real-world events, and demonstrate the skills needed to recognize and create...
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Machines
In this machines instructional activity, students review different types of simple machines including pulleys, wedges, levers, and inclined planes. This instructional activity has 10 matching, 4 multiple choice, and 8 short answer...
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Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words: #3 Dolch Silly Sentences
Learners practice word recognition skills. In this dolch sight word lesson plan, students arrange sight words to create silly sentences that are grammatically correct.
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Second Grade English/Language Arts Quiz
In this language activity, 2nd graders complete multiple choice questions about sentence structure, parts of speech, dictionary work, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Passive Voice
For this passive voice worksheet, students complete the sentences with am, are, or is, also complete them with verbs, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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"All About Me" Paragraph
Fifth graders write a paragraph titled "All About Me" in the computer lab after they have drawn graphic organizers to fill in background information about themselves and used a "10-Point Writing Checklist" to do peer editing.
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Letter Writing
Third graders write to themselves or to known audiences, share news, explore new ideas, and record notes. They identify that holidays are days that people set aside to recognize a person or event that has made a great impression....
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Where are the mistakes?
In this proofing/editing instructional activity, 1st graders read ten sentences to determine if they are correct or have mistakes in them. Students write yes if they are correct or no if they aren't at the end of each one.
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Oral Language in Mathematics
Third graders examine fractions by descriptively writing about them. For this number sense lesson, 3rd graders read number sentences and compare fractions based on their size. Students explain fractions to a friend by writing a friendly...
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Cause And Effect
Fourth graders read the book Stellaluna and cite sentences that show cause and effect in the story. In this cause and effect lesson plan, 4th graders also write sentences that show cause and effect in their own lives.
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Is It Irregular? - That is the Question
In this grammar worksheet, students read about using irregular and regular verbs in sentence writing. They then answer the 26 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page.
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Identifying and Using Parallelism and Balance in Literature
Students examine the story for use of balanced sentences and parallelism-two literary devices-and then practice using those devices in writing of their own. They combine the simple sentences grammatically into one correct sentence. A. I...
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Reading Readiness Worksheet 2
Get ready to read with the words book, chair, hat, bike, and dog. Each of the five words is used to complete five simple sentences. Learners will write the word that fits best on the spaces provided.
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"Postcard From Bear"
Learners complete various activities related to the book "Postcard From Bear." They participate in a shared reading activity, identify the locations in the book on a map, and write a postcard to the bear in the story.
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Walk on the Wild Side
Have your class practice alliteration using this instructional activity. Learners listen to stories with alliterative elements and create their own sentences illustrating this technique. The instructional activity is incomplete, but...
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Ow Sound
First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound, then...
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Getting into Shape
Students identify 3-D geometric shapes through different pieces of artwork. They examine and identify segments and angles. Students act out shapes and create a piece of artwork. Additional cross curriculum activities are listed.
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Double Dip: Using Multi-Meaning Words
Double dip ice cream cones are a fourth grade favorite, and now they come in vocabulary and context flavor. Learners practice using double meaning words as they construct ice cream cones that contain two sentences showing how context can...