Keep things short and sweet for your young learners with a simple long vowel worksheet. Presented with four long vowel words with the vowels missing, children must correctly identify and write in the letters that complete...

Send the new faces in your class on a people hunt with a quick back-to-school, get-to-know one another activity. Learners are tasked to find a person in their class with blue eyes, wears glasses, has a birthday in March, and...

Emotional appeal or argument? That is the question. An informative lesson helps your class recognize the difference between a logical argument and an emotional appeal and learn how to craft an argumentative response. Writers develop a...

Students develop letter writing fluency. For this letter writing lesson, students write alphabet letters. Students work individually to develop letter writing automaticity.

In this letter recognition worksheet, students trace the uppercase letter "A," write the letter independently. Students may also color the picture of the monkey hanging on the letter.

Paul Revere, Mercy Otis Warren, James Forten, Henry Knox. The voices of the American Revolution come alive in this enrichment packet designed to challenge learners who have mastered the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin...

Set up each pupil's desk with one of these back-to-school printables. Each desk decoration includes a line to write in the individual's name as well as a copy of the alphabet, complete with arrows and numbers that show learners how to...

Involve project-based learners in the evaluation process by asking them to reflect on the process. Individuals identify their role the in the project, what they learned, what they enjoyed most, and what they would have done...

In this alphabet awareness learning exercise, students complete a maze by following the alphabet letters A to Z. Students write the letters as they go.

In this trace and write worksheet, students trace and write the upper and lower case letter A. Students trace and write 5 lines total.  

In this word bank letter A words worksheet, students use the card as a reference for A sight words. They add words of their own to the list.

In this letter A printing practice activity, students trace the uppercase and lowercase As and then practice writing each of them independently. Students also trace and write independently 4 words that begin with A.

In this letter a worksheet, students focus on printing practice as well as the letter sound. Students practice writing 1 line of both capital and lower case and color 2 pictures that begin with the letter sound.

Should primary graders have their own computers? Should animals be kept in captivity? Young writers learn how to develop and support a claim in this short unit on persuasive writing.

There are three spinners to use in this phonic activity. Spinner one contains digraphs, spinner two contains vowels, and spinner three contains consonants. Learners spin each spinner, write down the letters they get, blend them to make a...

Encourage your young citizens to make a difference. Using Tyson Miller's Dream of a Nation: Inspiring Ideas for a Better America as a starting point, class members watch documentaries, investigate issues, and then write letters to...

Become a handwriting superstar with learning exercise featuring the letter N. Here, scholars carefully trace and write the letter in upper and lowercase style.    

The classroom might not be the best place for informal language, but it's a great place to teach middle and high schoolers how to identify the correct language register for their audience. A short lesson plan on formal and informal...

It's back-to-school time, and what better way to get learners to know each other than with icebreakers? Bring a list of icebreakers, ranging in grade levels, to the new members of your class. 

The upper and lowercase letter Z is the focus of a handwriting activity that challenges scholars to trace and write the letter independently. 

A two-part lesson introduces learners to a six-step process for writing and presenting oral reports. Participants learn how to select, limit, and research a topic, how to organize their notes, draft and revise their reports, and practice...

Here are 26 templates for writing worksheets that permit learners to practice printing each letter of the alphabet, and complete other activities such as counting, drawing, coloring, recognizing letters, matching number and name,...

Provide third and fourth graders with a persuasive writing example and this checklist. Have learners read through the persuasive writing example to find the characteristics included in the checklist. Is the passage a good example?...