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Lesson Plan
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Common and Proper Nouns

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Identify nouns in speech and writing. Learners find all the nouns in a read-aloud story. Then, they complete a worksheet that reviews the use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, and interjections. A list of...
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PPT
Curated OER

Writing a Story - How do I Start?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Terrific tips on how to start a story is the focus of this language arts presentation. Tips include: describing what's about to happen in the story, examples of sentence openers, and how to capture a reader's attention right away. There...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Sentence Order Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence order interactive worksheet, students arrange the words of each sentence in proper order. There are five sentence scrambles to complete.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Use Parts of Speech to Improve Sentence Beginnings

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students demonstrate the parts of speech in sentences. In this grammar lesson, students highlight and identify the parts of speech in sentences.
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Handout
Curated OER

Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
What kind of sentence is it? This can be a complex subject, so don't compound the difficulty by skipping over the topic! It's simple, just have your class read and go over the information here and then complete the included exercise.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Complete the Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing phrases to complete sentences worksheet, students use picture clues and phrases in a box to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students write 8 answers.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Revising: Strong Conclusions for My Accessing Books Around the World Informative Paragraph

For Teachers 3rd Standards
It's important that writers leave their readers with a strong and satisfying conclusion. Help your young writers develop the skills to compose a concluding sentence with the steps outlined here. After class members have had a chance to...
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PPT
Pearson

The Simple Past: Yes/No and WH- Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Were you in an accident? How did it happen? Pupils practice asking and answering questions with a language arts slideshow presentation. As they work on describing past events to explain a current condition, individuals take a look at the...
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Lesson Plan
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Identifying Complete and Incomplete Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify complete and incomplete sentences. In this grammar lesson, students are shown examples of incomplete sentences on the board and rewrite them correctly. Students complete a worksheet as a follow-up activity.
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Worksheet
DePaul University

Learn about Fables

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Expose young readers to a new genre of fiction with a short reading passage. After learning about fables, children identify the main idea and supporting details in preparation for writing a short summary. Read the text as a class,...
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Worksheet
DePaul University

Working at the Television Station

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
There's a lot that goes on behind the scenes of a local news program. Read this passage independently or as a whole class to learn about all the different people that work hard to bring us the news. Afterward, young learners determine...
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Interactive
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Various 135: Fill In Sentences

For Students 3rd
In this sentence structure worksheet, 3rd graders choose the proper word to complete the ten given sentences. This is an interactive, multiple-choice worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hot Dog Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use a hot dog as a metaphor for good reading, and make your class drool! Writers identify the parts of a paragraph, linking them to parts of a hot dog. Then, they translate this knowledge into a well-written paragraph. While a check-list...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Structure Subject Noun Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this nouns instructional activity, students use the nouns from the list to complete the chart. Students write the words into person, place, or thing chart sections.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Borrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a "Prompts in Reverse" Technique to Inspire Your Writers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Verb Tenses

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, students explore verb tenses. Students are given nine different sentences where they are to choose the verb that best completes the sentence.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter Writing Basics

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students write a business letter with information regarding specific writing mechanics. In this writing lesson, students learn to write a business letter and they focus on one area of concern. Students follow a business letter template...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beginning With Writing; Convey Ideas in Writing

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Walk young writers through the process of creating an initial writing sample for their portfolio. They determine their purpose, organize their ideas, and then create a draft. The lesson includes worksheets and online resources to aid in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Subject/Verb Agreement

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. In this writing lesson, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using their...
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Writing
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Understanding Paragraph Basics

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Full of informative, helpful, and accessible activities, a language arts packet is sure to be a valuable part of your writing unit. It's versatile between reading levels and grade levels, and focuses on the most efficient ways for your...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mixed Up Story - Cindersmella

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this literacy and writing worksheet, students reorder words to put them into sentences. They put the 14 sentences in order to write a story before the write mixed up sentences for a friend to put in order. They write a title which...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Compound Sentences

For Students 3rd
In this compound sentences worksheet, 3rd graders combine two sentence using the word "and". In this short answer worksheet, students write four sentences.
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Worksheet
LearnEnglishFeelGood.com

Using Commas

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Taking the time to write commas is necessary, especially if you want the reader to understand what you are writing. ELLs can practice their sentence writing skills by adding commas as needed on this ten question activity.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Structure Worksheet-Subjects

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this worksheet on subjects of sentences, students circle subjects and insert correct punctuation in sentences. Students then write a list of nouns in "their notebook" to practice spelling them and to build an English dictionary.