Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

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This site contains a list of commonly confused words with practice activities to help in learning how to use them correctly.

Learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.

A tutorial that explains how to solve word problems. It points out key words that signal operations or what is being measured, and wording that is confusing and needs to be simplified. Presents lots of examples, both simple and complex,...

Excellent reference tool listing prefixes and roots together alphabetically along with definitions and examples.

Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...

Students learn how scientific terms are formed using Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes, and on that basis, learn to make an educated guess about the meaning of a word. Students are introduced to the role played by metaphor in...

Once students realize they are able to gain more information and expand their learning by asking questions, they love to use their question words. In the end, the more students ask, the more they will have to answer; therefore, the more...

This lesson helps students to USE words for all they're worth! Multiple meaning words may not seem like a kindergarten skill; however, it is imperative that we teach our students about these "tricky" words! Included are printable...

The Stroop effect describes an experiment about the time it takes to name the color of printed words. When you try to name the color in which color words are printed, it takes longer when the color word differs from the ink color than...

Learn how to read and understand word problems so you can solve them.

This graphic organizer can help students as they explore new vocabulary words. It offers a place for a dictionary definition, as well as a place to practice using the word in a sentence.

This video segment from Between the Lions focuses on letter knowledge, showing several words that begin with the letter "c" and, in these examples, the /s/ sound that it makes.

This lesson plan features the Latin roots SPECT/SPEC = watch, see, look, appear; STA/SIST = stand, place; VERT/VERS = turn. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a...

This lesson plan features the Latin roots SENT-SENS = feel, be aware, think; GRAT-GRAC-GREE = thankful, pleasing; PON-POS = place, put Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have...

This lesson plan features the Latin roots CERN-CER-CRE = separate, distinguish; JUR/JUS = law, right; LEG = law. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...

This lesson plan features the Latin roots GRAD = step, walk, degree; MOT = move; CAS/CID = fall, sink. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a vocabulary...

This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue, and a vocabulary word...

This article focuses on teaching 2nd graders to form possessive. It provides two complete lesson plans with activities for teaching them how to form possessives.

Learn to use apostrophes to indicate possession, or ownership -- and when not to use them.

Practice solving more challenging addition and subtraction word problems with "more" and "fewer". Multi-step problems are also included. Numbers used are 100 or less. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...

This article explores how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word using the styles tool. Written with step-by-step instructions, the article includes information on how to create the table of contents, how to customize it, and...

Second-Grade teacher Aimee Salazar uses this lesson year-round to teach students number sense by creating their own word problems. included are monthly mini-books titled "What's the Problem" with monthly themed exercises to help students...