Sixth graders construct a unique collage that he or she believes represents his or her "SHAPE" (Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, Experiences).

In this puzzle worksheet, students think of a number and follow twelve computations to do with that number. The answer to the puzzle is always one. Students make their own set of steps.

In this English worksheet, students read "Londoners Offered BLT for SAD," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students classify organisms according to the rules of taxonomy. In this biology lesson, students name organisms using binomial nomenclature. They create a new organism and explain which specific group it belongs to and why.

This EnglishClub tutorial defines the term acronym, a type of abbreviation, and then provides several examples of acronyms.

This page focuses on Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms including definitions for each. It also provides links to lists of abbreviations, etc. by category including Titles of Literary Works, Books of the Bible, Legal Terms and...

A nine-slide presentation explaining how to use the acronym MAP (main idea, attitude, preview) to edit and revise a topic sentence.

Ten slides discussing the elements of a topic sentence and explaining how to write an effective topic sentence by using the acronym MAP (Main idea, Attitude, Preview).

Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2

What is an apostrophe? Where are apostrophes found in writing? Use this website to learn more about these crazy little punctuation marks.

This site includes a graphic organizer to help students use the ACE acronym to help them read word problems with high comprehension. In the graphic organizer, students' reading of word problems requires them to "ask" [A], "choose" [C],...

Contains plans for three lessons that introduce a nonfiction prereading strategy with the acronym THIEVES, which stands for Title, Headings, Introduction, Every first sentence, Visuals and vocabulary, End Questions, and Summary. In...

Students can find and analyze different abbreviations and acronyms using newspapers. An online abbreviation and acronym dictionary is linked to this lesson plan for 4th grade.

This two-page PDF includes a Poetry Analysis format using the acronym TP--CASTT. It explains how to evaluate a poem. It is followed by the blank form for students to use when analyzing a poetry.

An interactive abbreviations assessment is found on this page. Acronym, initialism, and contraction concepts are included on this assessment.

An eight-slide presentation introducing how to write a strong topic sentence by using the acronym MAP (main idea, attitude, preview).

An excellent outline of the usage and rules concerning the "period" in English punctuation. Includes guidelines about acronyms, abbreviations, sentence ending, and more.

This article focuses on 4th-grade spelling words which include the following: abbreviations and acronyms, suffixes, capitalization, and silent letters.

This how-to page provides tools to help students be engaged in their classes. Strategies for listening, notetaking, and planning for classes are shared.

This EnglishClub resource provides eleven instances in which using capital letters is necessary. Several examples are provided with each of the eleven rules.

How do you know you are using a trustworthy source when writing a research paper? Use this acronym for easy questions to ask yourself to make sure you have a reliable source. Click on each one for further details.

This EnglishClub reference page provides the definition for "abbreviation" and then provides a chart with examples of abbreviations.

This resource gives three pointers for getting the best results from your spell checker.