Curated OER
Creating a Research Paper
Students orally explain First Line and Hanging Indent. Students write a paragraph describing the MLA document style. Students design a poster showing various line spacings. Students write a song or poem and perform it for their...
Curated OER
Choosing the Best Hits
Students practice quickly scanning the results of an internet search to determine which might provide the best information. They choose key words or phrases to type into the search engine and read the descriptions of each hit.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Storybooks and Games
Young scholars explore stories, games and coloring pages on an interactive website. In this pre-reading activity, students have free access to stories, coloring pages and simple games at the Lil' Fingers website.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words
Contains plans for seven lessons that teach students to use more expressive synonyms in their written and oral language. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains printable resources for the lessons as...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Tired Word Web
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will brainstorm words to use in place of overused words (ex: like, nice, pretty, bad, etc.) in their writing. May be adapted to use as a team game.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Web Resources for 3 5 Reading and Language Intervention
Tons of online resources for reading and language skills compiled nicely into a student-friendly SMART Notebook file.
Curated OER
Charlotte's Web: Pick the Perfect Word Game
Word games with Wilbur! This site contains an interactive game based on E.B White's book "Charlotte's Web." The student can drag words into the barn to find correct nouns, verbs, adjectives, synonyms, and more! A fun way to assess...
Curated OER
Charlotte's Web by e.b. White
Word games with Wilbur! This site contains an interactive game based on E.B White's book "Charlotte's Web." The student can drag words into the barn to find correct nouns, verbs, adjectives, synonyms, and more! A fun way to assess...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: How to Use a Thesaurus
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will review how to use a thesaurus. Uses links to an online web thesaurus to look up various words. Great starting point.