Curated OER
Choose the Homograph
Practice homographs with this fun activity! Learners choose the meanings of ten homographs based on the sentence's context clues. The activity has a picture of bats - one flying mammal, and one used in baseball. Use this resource as a...
K12 Reader
David Copperfield
High schoolers use the provided graphic organizer to demonstrate their ability to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in a passage from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield.
K12 Reader
Using Similes
Your class will find using similes as easy as pie after completing this figurative language exercise. Provided with a list of incomplete similes, young writers must use their creativity to fill in the blanks with nouns that accurately...
Curated OER
Review: Future Perfect Progressive Tense
Now that your English language learners are becoming comfortable with their new language, have them review one of the tougher tenses: the future perfect progressive tense. As they read the passage provided, they must conjugate seven...
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Reading Comprehension: Thor and Sif
Expose your readers to the fascinating legends of Norse Gods Thor and Sif. They read a brief introduction about traditional stories and myths then read several paragraphs on these figures, marking unknown words as they go. Learners look...
Curated OER
Reading a Dialect
Reading a dialect can be difficult; show readers that it can also reveal fascinating details! They read two extracts from Jane Gardam's The Hollow Land, which is written in a British dialect. Readers answer comprehension questions,...
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Similes
Similes are a great way to get your writers thinking about descriptive details. They read a brief explanation which covers clichés and the general wording of a simile. Then, learners try a few on their own. First, they complete nine...
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The ai and ar Sounds
These words sound the same but are spelled differently, giving scholars a chance to practice spelling patterns and rhyming words. First they read that the /ai/ vowel sound can be made with three different spellings. Learners label three...
Curated OER
Comparing and Ordering Decimals
Which decimal is greater? Learners start by comparing eight pairs of decimals, writing in the symbol (> or <) to indicate values. The next two sections involve sets of three decimals. They start by circling the decimal with the...
Curated OER
Probability
How likely is a new baby to be a boy? Or for snow to fall in August? Mark the likelihood of various events on probability lines. For extra practice, have your fourth and fifth graders make up different scenarios in their lives to...
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Colons, Semicolons, and Dashes
Colons, semi-colons, and dashes are three of the most misused punctuation marks! This worksheet allows learners to better understand when it's appropriate to use each one, and gives them some practice in doing so. There are six sentences...
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Compound Sentences
Do your pupils need a little variety in their writing? Help them build compound and complex sentences with sentence frames. They first combine two independent clauses to form a compound sentence, then add a third clause to make a complex...
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Punctuating a Paragraph
Do your fourth graders need a little help with punctuation? Use this run-on paragraph to demonstrate proofreading for capitalization, punctuation, and separating ideas into separate paragraphs. At the end of the activity, learners...
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Idioms with vez
Knowing idiomatic phrases gives learners a better idea of a language and its people. Introduce your scholars to idioms using the word vez. Answers are provided, but be sure to discuss some of the more difficult ones with your class!
Curated OER
Identifying Theme
What's theme, and can texts of every length have one? Explore the themes of fives short reading passages with your middle school class. Encourage them to highlight specific places in the text where they recognized the theme.
Perkins School for the Blind
Learning Names of Articles of Clothing
What to wear today; such a vexing question. Spend some time introducing the names, fabrics, types, colors, and functions of various articles of clothing to your class. Each child will take turns asking each other what they are wearing....
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.6
Cover language registers so that your class members can adapt their speech when necessary. The two example activities are interactive and involve authentic interaction. Test your pupils' understanding of speech adaptation with one or...
Perkins School for the Blind
Planning a Special Event
I love planning parties, they are a great way to get social, require organizational skills, and engage cooperative problem solving. Teens with visual impairments put their heads together to plan an event for their friends. They...
Weather Bug
WeatherBug
Exploring the weather has never been more intriguing! Whether you are looking for a quick glance at the 10-day forecast, trying to figure out if lightning is heading your way, or wondering what the pollen count is, you will find out...
NASA
Building for Hurricanes: Engineering Design Challenge
"By the hair on your chinny-chin-chin, I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in," says the big, bad wolf! Engineering hopefuls are challenged to design and construct a hurricane-proof building from simple office and craft...
Curated OER
Earth's Water
If the majority of our planet is covered with water, why do we need to bother conserving it? With a thorough and varied investigation into the location and types of water on the earth, learners will gain an understanding of why this...
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Water in Earth's Hydrosphere
Environmentalists test stream water for temperature, pH, and turbidity. Each group shares their information and then the class makes an overall evaluation of the water quality. A slide show sets the backdrop for the teaching portion and...
Khan Academy
Challenge: Favorite Fruits
Creating a list of favorite fruits is the perfect use of an array in coding. Practice defining and using arrays in this simple activity of creating an array and printing out each element in the array.
Khan Academy
Challenge: Favorite Animals
I'm not scared of lions & tigers & bears; in fact, they are on my favorites list! Have your young coders practice creating arrays and using loops. First they define the array as a list of favorite animals, then print them out...
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