Students practice editing for conventions, focusing on one element at a time after reviewing conventions poster. They examine how to use proofreader's marks and discuss how to edit using them.

Fifth graders explore communication by analyzing manners. In this social skills lesson, 5th graders review the different forms of communication and how to present yourself in a phone conversation, face to face meeting, e-mail, etc....

Students study the names of classroom objects, then examine their cards and read the information silently and very carefully.

Are your readers ready for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Use a cloze procedure to determine if the reading level of Twain’s classic is appropriate for your pupils. The cloze passage, an answer key, as well as directions and a score...

Readers work to increase the speed of their out-loud reading to improve overall fluency.  They work with partners to time and record how far they read in one minute using the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. The procedures...

In this grammar worksheet, learners read and discuss general guidelines associated with prefixes and suffixes. Students then complete six exercises associated with adding different types of suffixes.

Students write postcards to the troops in Iraq. After listening to letters written by troops in Iraq, students discuss ways the troops are helping America and how they should show their support. Students use a postcard template and...

Each student receives a copy of the worksheet that focusing on the rules of "ie" and "ei". They examine the spelling principle and also examine the exception to the rule. They then work on the worksheet independently.

Students examine energy use and the different construction materials used in their home.  In this sustainable choices lesson students study different materials and what a sound environmental choice would be. 

Third graders measure the speed at which they can walk in order to understand speed and distance traveled. They then research the history of transportation and express data in a class timeline.

In this punctuation worksheet, students fix the punctuation in the paragraph given to them. Students complete this online and the answers are also online.

In this find the error worksheet, learners will read an excerpt from a promotional leaflet produced by a well known company in which there is a mistake. Students must find the mistake.

Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...

Build spelling skills by choosing the correct spelling of these ten commonly misspelled words.

This site contains a list of commonly confused words with practice activities to help in learning how to use them correctly.

Some words may sound like other words, but using the wrong word can lead to confusion and madness. A dictionary would be helpful to make sure you know what you're talking about! [0:40]

This Washington State University page lists the correct spelling for hundreds of commonly misspelled words. The list is in paragraph form and does not provide correlated misspellings.

This site focuses on the commonly confused words weather and whether including definitions and examples with explanations. It also offers a link to practice exercises.

This lesson plan for grades 3-5 uses a team activity to focus on locating misspelled words on the Word Wall and spelling them correctly.

Players choose the word that correctly completes a sentence from a pair of words that are frequently misused or misspelled, such as they're and there, blue and blew, aunt and ant.

In this game, students are given 20 sets of four words and asked to click on the misspelled word in each set and type in the correct spelling. If students answer all 20 correctly, they can add their name to the leaderboard. There are two...

In this exercise, students read a paragraph about the ancient city of Petra, find 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.

Are you ready to join the Pinata Party and burst into the Spelling Spree? Join the fiesta in "Arcade" mode by tapping/clicking on the correct spelling of the word and using the slingshot to make the pinata burst open. Play "Practice"...

In this exercise, students are to read a paragraph about Emily Dickinson, find the 5 misspelled words, and type them correctly in the boxes provided. Java is required.