Learn about different reference materials such as dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri to help you learn meanings of words, pronunciation, or parts of speech. View a short lesson then practice using Game Mode or Test Mode.

The Common Core Standard L.1.1.c states that the students will use singular and plural nouns in sentences with matching verbs. Students will do this in writing and speaking. This lesson allows students to write and tell the class...

This lesson plan helps students explore the mathematical concept of area and features resource links to further learning. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.a Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it

What do students love more than building? Building with marshmallows! In this lesson, students get to build shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. Included are an extensive lesson plan, a video showing examples, a worksheet, and ideas...

This writing assignments asks students to assume the voice of a person from history they have researched. Focusing on a topic or belief the person showed passion about as history unfolded, the students write an essay modeled after NPR's...

This article describes a new approach to teaching children more than just memorizing a formula to find area and hope they don't confuse it with perimeter. This approach involves a project with real life situations....

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students are actively engaged in learning how formal and informal language are used in written and oral communications. Downloadable handouts are provided.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from four quality lesson plans to help students practice the Common Core Standard of adding drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

Links to 22 lessons that focus on skills within third grade reading standard RL.3.5: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Links to 44 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.2: Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,...

Links to 94 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard RL.4.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4 and 5 text complexity band proficiently,...

Links to 29 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard RL.4.6: Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first and third person narrations.

Links to 12 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.3b: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events to show the responses of characters to situations.

Links to 4 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.3c: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.

Links to 17 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.3: Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

Links to 60 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1c: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks...

Links to 57 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.4.1b: Follow agreed upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.

Choose from a variety of lessons that meet the Kindergarten standard of engaging in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch and show the data by making a line plot. This lesson includes an...

This in-depth article analyzes how teachers can effectively teach students that written language does not always correspond to spoken language. Sample lesson ideas are included. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will connect the concepts of counting each square unit and multiplying the side lengths to compute the area of a rectangle. They will extend this knowledge by computing a side...

It is very important to build a class community where all students feel valued and safe. This activity will do just that and you will address the Common Core speaking and listening standards. Students will get to know each by discussing...

Today's lesson is all about asking and answering questions so we can strengthen comprehension.

For this lesson, students will record events and evidence from the story "Frog and Toad Are Friends" so they can use that evidence to answer comprehension questions.