Seventh graders practice their spelling skills. In this word patterns and analysis lesson, 7th graders  examine the unstressed -er, -or, and -ar. Students listen to a mini lesson regarding the endings and then complete a worksheet....

Keep your classroom parents in the loop with a cute newsletter format. It includes fields for what kids have learned that week, as well as any news, upcoming events, student of the week, reminders, parent tips, book notes, spelling...

Class members dig into the expectations for the end-of-unit assessment for A Mighty Long Way by studying the rubric. The Rubric Criteria strips help pairs of readers look more closely at specific rubric points. They share ideas with the...

Fifth graders complete a spelling activity for homographs. For this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete a crossword puzzle using homographs.

First graders complete spelling activity for frequently used words. In this spelling lesson plan, 1st graders practice spelling frequently used words. Students also complete a word search for high-use words.

Sixth graders complete a worksheet. In this spelling lesson, 6th graders test a spelling rule and use it to analyze various words. Students complete a worksheet where they complete words with ie or ei.

Second graders complete a spelling activity to learn how to spell plural words. In this plural words lesson plan, 2nd graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then a worksheet to spell plural words.

Ninth graders complete spelling exercises using Greek word parts. In this Greek word parts lesson, 9th graders complete an oral assignment to spell with Greek word parts and a worksheet.

Fourth graders complete a spelling activity to learn how to spell with apostrophes. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher. Students then complete the Instant Activity worksheet for...

Eighth graders discuss common grammatical errors made in spelling.  In this spelling lesson plan, 8th graders examine homophones and homographs to discover the reason why they are often misused.  Students create sentences using...

First graders explore homophones. For this spelling pattern lesson, 1st graders are led through a discussion on homophones and words that rhyme with homophones. The teacher leads the class in sorting these rhyming words based upon their...

Ninth graders complete spelling activities using Latin expressions. In this Latin expressions lesson, 9th graders complete an oral class activity using Latin expressions and complete a worksheet where they research to explain the...

In this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, polysyllabic -ing, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.

Search this crossword puzzle for words with long /o/ and /i/ sounds. Some of the clues are challenging, so consider completing the most difficult clues together. As an extension, it is suggested that your learners find the homophones in...

Young writers study similes and then complete a writing activity for similes. They complete a teacher-led activity for similes and then work independently to write sentences using the given similes. A solid instructional activity!

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.

Fifth graders complete analogies with their spelling words. In this analogies lesson plan, 5th graders give the answers to analogies with their spelling words that contain either le, el, al, er, or, or ar.

Eighth graders write and proofread dictated sentences. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice writing 4 dictated sentences. They proofread the sentences for spelling, written conventions, apostrophes, plurals, "ie"/"ei" spellings,...

Fourth graders come up with a word that ends with the "el" sound for every letter of the alphabet. For this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders use all 26 letters to come up with these words.

Students are introduced to new vocabulary each week. Individually, they take a pre-spelling test for each group of words and discuss the importance of increase one's vocabulary. They take a final spelling and vocabulary quiz for the...

Fifth graders complete activities for ou and ow words. In this ou/ow words lesson, 5th graders practice ou and ow words by completing the 'instant activity.' Students complete a crossword puzzle activity for ou and ow words.

Help your sixth graders know exactly what is expected of them when it comes to Common Core language standards. Distribute the checklist, which is written in kid-friendly "I can" language, to each child. While most of these standards are...

In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President Woodrow Wilson. The errors range from capitalization, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Sixth graders understand the usage of capital letters for mapping skills. In this capitalization lesson, 6th graders correct sentences to insert appropriate capital letters. Students select cities from the sentences and make a word puzzle.