While you tell the story of "The Gunny Wolf," your class will actively participate by asking questions and clarifying. Next, they answer questions about the story to increase comprehension before creating a storyboard to document the...

What can we find in a dictionary? Your scholars may be surprised to hear that it's more than just definitions. They explore this resource by finding word meanings, uses, and origins in this vocabulary worksheet. Learners look up five...

Inspire your class to tell some creative stories with a series of story cards. They arrange cards that feature pictures of various items (a robot, a jeep, a ladybug, etc.) and narrate a story about each item.

Practice proper apostrophe use with a grammar worksheet. After reviewing contractions, plural names, and possessive nouns, kids fix and rewrite 10 incorrect sentences.

Celebrate Eric Carle’s beloved children’s books, especially those about animals. Teachers and readers alike engage in Carle’s books as they explore the art and color in each of his stories, and how these elements support comprehension.

Help writers recognize how word order affects meaning, discover new words, and confirm or check meaning writing. They will explore how punctuation helps a reader understand what is written and the connections between punctuation,...

Passive voice and participial adjectives are the focus of an 11-page resource packet designed for ESL/ELD classes. Language learners engage in activities and complete exercises that give them lots of practice with these constructs.

A biography writing lesson plan with a tasty twist! Kids create a "visual biography" in which each pizza slice represents a paragraph, and toppings represent supporting details. They learn research techniques, note-taking skills, and how...

Create new adverbs with a list of adjectives. After reviewing how to add -ly to words that end in consonants, as well as words that end in vowels, kids work through 16 adjectives.

Pare, pair, or pear? Learners explore homophones with this dictionary skills worksheet. They look up definitions to five sets of homophones to see how words can sound the same but have completely different meanings. There are plenty of...

Amigo by Byrd Baylor gives learners a chance to practice with unknown words and context clues. Choose several vocabulary words to focus on as you read the picture book, or use the ones provided here (the book is in English...

Which ones can be thrown on the ground? Discover the difference between natural litter and unhealthy trash, helping scholars by using several examples. Use the information here to give them a basic background, but also encourage prior...

Young readers sort their way through a deck of word cards in order to become familiar with four common spelling patterns. Focusing on the ch-, sh-, wh-, and th- consonant digraphs, students draw cards and write...

Help young learners master their alphabet with this simple series of worksheets. Including a separate worksheet for each letter of the alphabet, children first trace the letters four times before writing them on their own and...

"What did you do yesterday?" Language learners engage in carefully scaffolded activities that review past tense regular verbs, that introduce new vocabulary words, and that permit practice of using the past tense of...

It's no secret that the English language doesn't always follow clear sets of rules. Help your class adapt to these inconsistencies with this collection of grammar worksheets that teaches children the past tense form of many...

Find the nouns in 10 sentences with a simple grammar worksheet. After learners read each sentence, they circle each noun and then write their own sentences at the bottom of the page.

Guess the setting in a series of reading passages that allow learners to make inferences. Five short descriptions prompt kids to match one of four settings, based on context clues.

Review with your young learners what opposites are and use a fun tag board game called Auntie Alice to practice. After the class plays the game, pairs work on computers practicing with interactive matching/flashcards/concentration games...

Investigate the parts of a book and in particular, the pop-up, tab, wheel, and or accordion features that can be added to a book to move and enhance the storyline. This is a three lesson unit.

Young children explore the concept of the Golden Rule in this fun primary grade instructional activity. To begin, the class sings the song "The Lion and the Mouse" before discussing what the Golden Rule means and how...

Young learners will build confidence with this illustrated worksheet. For each question, they determine whether the word starts or ends with sh. An example given is the word fish. Does it begin or end with the sh sound? 

As part of their study of future tense verbs, language learners engage in activities, read fables, and sing songs. The 25-page packet includes detailed lessons, worksheets, graphic organizers, and answer keys for assessments.

Singular and plural. Count and noncount. Nouns are the focus of this 19-page grammar packet. Language learners complete a series of exercises ranging from fill-in-the-blank questions to word puzzles and more in order to further...