Why is visual literacy so important in understanding Maus? Introduce your class to basic elements of graphic novels with a game of pictionary. A list of 13 words are included, but you could potentially add some World War II-related...

Why is it so important to learn the art of persuasion? Being persuasive helps you acquire the things you want or the things you feel are necessary. Print out these scenarios and assign one to each group of high schoolers. As a team, they...

In this long a word worksheet, students cut out words with long a in them and cut out the pictures they go with, and match them together. Students match 8 words with 8 pictures.

In this long e words instructional activity, students cut out long e words and the pictures they go with, and then match them up together. Students complete 8 matches.

Syl lab i ca tion. Kindergartners practice segmenting and blending multisyllabic words in an activity that asks them to repeat the process modeled by their teacher. The teacher slowly says the name of a classroom object, enunciating each...

Utilize your learners' spare time by having a "password" that learners must recite before they enter or leave the classroom. As suggested here, provide an irregular word that your first graders are trying to develop. How efficient! 

In this writing worksheet, students trace the word "am" in four sentences. They color the matching picture of each sentence. Sentences are in the form: I am a (noun).

In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that contain a sl-blend.

Test students' knowledge of parts of speech and sentence types with this 37 question multiple choice and matching quiz. Multiple choice questions provide examples that must be labeled as the correct part of speech or sentence type. The...

Being able to distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds is an important skill for young readers. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading...

Learners use context clues to define words with multiple meanings. After extensive practice with their teacher, learners read through six sentences, they then identify a word with a multiple meaning, and determine its meaning based on...

First and second graders explore writing conventions. They add question marks or periods to the end of teacher generated sentences on sentence strips. They locate punctuation marks in poems and write original sentences using appropriate...

Students exchange information orally about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones during the 1960s until 1970. They work in pairs to complete a gap-fill activity from memory. Students play hangman at the beginning of the lesson plan.

Here is a tricky little interactive online quiz with which your motivated learners can test themselves on the finer points of subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. They need to know that macaroni and cheese is actually a...

Have you ever studied historical words and found that they were deeply rooted in racism or prejudice? Select a long list of these words to have your class examine. What familiar roots do they have? Do they know when this word originally...

Thrill your class with the daily doubles and increasing points of Jeopardy! Complete with sound effects and visual cues, the game focuses on parts of speech, including nouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. Each point square links to a...

Give a kindergarten resource sheet to the parents in your classroom to help them track their kids' progress. Activities that kindergartners should master include identifying letters of the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, and parts of...

Break out the slide whistles, triangles, and tambourines. It's time for a punctuation lesson. This richly detailed plan is loaded with ideas and activities for using rhythm instruments to accent the punctuation in folk tales. A...

In this language arts worksheet, learners explore onomatopoeia-- words that sound like what they mean. Students read 20 animal noises and write the name of the animal that makes each of the noises. Example: cock a doodle doo (rooster).

In this missing possessives instructional activity, students fill in the blanks for the missing possessive pronouns in the sentences. Students complete 7 sentences.

In this sight words learning exercise, students participate in a sight word bingo game involving the sight words go, me, not, we, said, to, you, little, help and where. Students match the sight words to the words on their game board.

In this sight words worksheet, students participate in a sight word bingo game where they match up the sight words away, blue, come, down, funny, jump, make, play, three and two to sentence strips on a game board.

In this sight words worksheet, students participate in a sight word bingo game involving the sight words can, find, for, here, one, red, run, see, up and yellow. Students match sight words to sentence strips to practice using sight words...

In this sight words worksheet, students participate in a sight words bingo game involving the sight words a, and, I, it, is, in, the, big, look, and my. Students match the sight words to sentence strips to practice using sight words in...