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There are few things as frustrating to a teacher as a disrespectful student. Luckily this collection of activities, worksheets, and writing exercises is here to help eliminate this problem by teaching young leaners what respect really...

Begin a narrative writing assignment with this prewriting activity. Writers record details bout where their story will take place, what it is about, and how it will end. 

Put children's descriptive writing skills to the test with these fun collaborative writing activities. Presented with the picture of an object, young writers are are tasked with creating a description that provides enough detail for one...

Take a close look at this 14-page resource that contains everything you want to know about close reading, from what it is and is not, to suggestions for how to choose a text and craft text-dependent questions that encourage readers to...

Discussing topics that other people are interested in is a key social skill that can often be overlooked. Here is a resource that supports learners in developing this life skill by first prompting them to consider a wide range of...

Here is a uniquely formatted worksheet. In it, learners are given a series of coordinate pairs that correspond to letters on a grid. They have to write down the letter that each coordinate pair has them land on in the spaces below. The...

It is so important for English language learners to be able to write for a variety of purposes. Specifically written for an ELD class, this activity provides explicit instruction for teaching learners how to write a poem. First, they...

The world outside is more amazing than any television show. Young learners watch a music video that features many fascinating attributes about our world.   

Students reinforce the meanings of spelling/vocabulary words by playing the game Pictionary. The class is divided into groups and one student from each group draws a picture to indicate a word and their team tries to guess what it is....

Looking for a Halloween-themed vocabulary lesson plan? Study words in context using Zoe Hall's story It's Pumpkin Time, an excellent informational text for budding readers. The spooky suggested words are: buds, gather, hollow,...