Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Organizing Writing to Convey a Central Idea

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Fourth and fifth graders practice the skill of organizing their writing to convey a central idea by sorting 14 facts about the dogwood tree into four categories of facts. The categories, which are written on the board, are; Governmental...
Worksheet
Curated OER

3 Numbers, 4 Sentences

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this addition and subtraction worksheet, students complete the addition and subtraction sentences for each fact family. Students write their answers on the lines.
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University of North Carolina

Fragments and Run-ons

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
English teachers around the world cringe when they come across fragments and run-ons in papers. A handout on these poor imitations of sentences helps bring relief by reviewing the basics of sentence construction and by offering...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Alliteration Adventures

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Assign a worksheet to reinforce the literary device of alliteration. Scholars choose a letter, brainstorm a variety of nouns, verbs, and adjectives that begin with that letter, then write three sentences using the words they listed. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

On Target

For Students 3rd
In this number sentence worksheet, 3rd graders decide whether they will add, subtract, multiply or divide to solve five word problems. Students write out the number sentence for each word problem on the lines provided.
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Improve Your Writing with Similes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A language arts worksheet works like a dream. Class members become as busy as bees as they complete a activity geared toward similes. The layout of the sheet is as clear as crystal, with directions that are easy to follow. 
PPT
Curated OER

Parts of a Friendly Letter

For Teachers 2nd
The art of writing a letter has not been lost to email and texting! Teach kids how to format a friendly letter with a presentation about the parts of a letter, as well as prompting them to write a letter about their favorite holiday.
Worksheet
Read Theory

Analogies 3 (Level 7)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Master word analogies with a straightforward exercise. Pupils match word pairs to one another based on the relationships represented in each pair. The learning exercise provides bridge sentences that learners fill out as...
Learning
Curriculum Corner

Bugs and Flowers Math and Literacy Centers

For Students K - 1st Standards
The sun shines, flowers bloom, and bugs fly—it must be Spring! Add a cheerful theme of bugs and flowers to math and literacy centers. Scholars take part in an assortment of activities designed to reinforce concepts such as...
Activity
Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education

Sight Word Lists and Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Scholars examine newspaper articles and highlight two sight words to discover which appears more frequently. They then glue sight words onto paper to make flashcards before composing, writing, and creating picture representations of...
Writing
Unified School District of De Pere

Reader Response Journals

For Students 7th - 12th
Writing about and in response to what you read can help you process the text and lead to stronger analysis. Included here are four larger topics that students can write about, sentence starters to help pupils get started with their...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

Dividing by 5

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Use counting cubes to help scholars comprehend basic division concepts. They examine stacks of blocks and are given the total number. Using this information, mathematicians fill in a division number sentence to determine how many blocks...
PPT
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Curated OER

Phrases and Clauses

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Clarify the different types of phrases and clauses that young writers can use to vary their sentence structure. A helpful slideshow presentation encourages your class to fix sentences by adding more interesting phrases and clauses,...
Lesson Plan
Apple State University

Friendly Letter Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This mini-lesson 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 part in a grand...
Worksheet
Worksheet Web

Heteronyms

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Challenge scholars to identify and use heteronyms in a sentence with a two-page learning exercise designed to boost grammar skills. 
Printables
Curriculum Corner

Valentine's Math and Literacy Centers

For Students K - 1st Standards
Look no further for a Valentine's Day-themed packet intended for math and literacy centers. Learners practice writing, reading, and representing numbers in a variety of ways, including skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s to 100. The pink...
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Achievement Technologies

Language Arts Worksheets

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Looking for some quick grammar warm-ups? What about handy spelling crossword puzzles? Find everything you need with a resource that contains practice worksheets for parts of speech, parts of a sentence, common grammatical errors, tricky...
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August House

Anansi Goes to Lunch - Kindergarten

For Teachers K Standards
Greed is the theme of the West African folktale, Anansi Goes to Lunch and this multidisciplinary collection of lessons. First, scholars listen to a read aloud and participate in a grand conversation about the book's key details and...
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...
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University of North Carolina

Summary: Using it Wisely

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Sometimes summarizing keeps a writer from going deeper into their analysis—don't fall into that trap. Learn the difference between summarizing and analyzing using an insightful resource. Focusing on introductions, the lesson shares...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Sound of…Poetry!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Scritch, scratch, scritch. It's the sound of pupils writing poetry! Focus on sensory language and onomatopoeia with a writing lesson. After listening to some sounds, learners examine a couple of poems that include sound words and then...
Lesson Plan
Poetry4kids

Personification Poetry Lesson Plan

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Scholars take part in two exercises to boost their knowledge of personification. After reading a detailed description and excerpts from famous poems, writers list action verbs and objects then combine words to create a humorous...
Worksheet
ESL Holiday Lessons

Christmas Day

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Celebrary the holiday season fluently with a packet designed for English learners. The resource includes reading comprehension, spelling, scrambled sentences, and writing worksheets focused around Christmas.
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Curriculum Corner

Guest Teacher Plans: Kindergarten

For Teachers K Standards
Emergencies happen. Be prepared the next time you have to call in a substitute with a lesson plan designed to meet the needs of a kindergarten class. Throughout the day, class members work with number and alphabet cards, identify numbers...