Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reply to a Job Ad

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
So, you've just spotted an ad for the perfect job, now what? Get kids ready to enter the workforce by having them practice the first step, replying to a job ad. They scan the paper for a job, role-play responding to the ad via phone,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Are the Issues?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Investigate and report on three issues related to a current election. Elementary aged learners research information about specific issues, develop an opinion, and write a persuasive essay using supporting details and evidence to support...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Opinion through the Ages: Exploring 40 Years of New York Times Op-Eds

For Teachers 10th - 12th
What is the role of a newspaper's Op-Ed page? High schoolers explore the New York Times' "Op-Ed at 40," an interactive feature that lets them browse through 40 years worth of op-ed features, and consider the purpose and value of this...
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonics: Onset and Rime, Word Swat

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
With a fly swatter in hand, learners swat the rime-flys with their onset swatter to make, read, and write words by blending the onset with the rime-fly. Scholars blend words, make and write words, and also work to determine if the words...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Find Somebody Who...3 - Icebreaker Game

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Get everyone speaking! Giving your youngsters a time limit, encourage them to walk around the room and ask their classmates if they have done any of the 30 items on the provided list. They write down the names of each person in the...
Printables
Curated OER

Letter Format Outline

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this letter writing worksheet, students study the blank lines to learn the proper format of a friendly letter. Students write a letter.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Creative Writing Skills: The Great Alphabet Challenge!

For Students 5th - 12th
In this creative writing worksheet, students will take the great alphabet challenge. Students will write a sentence or group of sentences where the first letter of each word starts with successive letters of the alphabet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Check List

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing skills worksheet, students check a piece of writing they've completed using the check list. The check list includes sixteen different items to check.
Activity
CMS Education

My Pen Pal

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Written in two different languages, this resource offers pupils the opportunity to practice both their English and their Hebrew skills. Young writers respond to a couple of questions to get their ideas flowing. They then compose a letter...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Bunny See, Say, Write and Read!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Develop the reading, writing, and spelling skills of young learners with a simple worksheet. To begin, children practice reading and writing the words see, in, bunny, and hat, before reading a series of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Error Correction

For Students 1st
In this editing worksheet, 1st graders read, edit and correct a letter written with both present simple and present continuous tenses from Jane to her pen-friend in Australia.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Studying Checks

For Teachers 8th - 10th
While on-line banking and electronic payments seem to be the way of the future, next-generation wage earners still need to understand the details of check writing. Here the focus is on the details of the check including what the...
Lesson Plan
National History Day

“Saving the Bear”: The Russian Expeditionary Force of World War One

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How have Russian politics affected countries on a global stage? The discussion of the Russian Revolution and World War I begins with an analysis of primary resource letters. Learners finish with a project where they create a timeline of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bullying Essay

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this bullying essay worksheet, pupils find statistics on the internet about bullying and write an essay about their findings or write a letter to the principle explaining what should be done about bullying.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Silent Letters

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this spelling worksheet, students read six lists of words. Students identify one word from every list that contains a silent letter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Zooming In, Zooming Out

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing instructional activity, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Whipping Boy: Reading Comprehension an Discussion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This outlines steps for reviewing chapters 9-12 of The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman. Small groups read the chapters together and then clarify any confusing parts. The class compares 2 different letters to determine which is better...
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Berkshire Museum

Meet a Naturalist: Researching, Writing, Interviewing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars reach out into the community and learn about different environmental science careers in this inquiry-based instructional activity. Beginning with a short research assignment, children gain background knowledge about...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Read Expressions in Which Letters Stand for Numbers

For Teachers 6th Standards
Pencil in the resource on writing verbal phrases into your lesson plans. The 15th installment of a 36-part module has scholars write verbal phases for algebraic expressions. They complete a set of problems to solidify this skill.
Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: G Words

For Students K - 1st Standards
Good golly! Practice the letter G with a worksheet that prompts kids to cut, glue, and write. After finding the pictures that use the letter G, kids glue them in the correct places and write the words underneath
Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: G Words Sentences

For Students K - 1st Standards
What words start with the letter G? Pupils find the five items that start with the letter G out of eight images, cut out and glue these five to the page, and then write a sentence with each word.
Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: M Words

For Students K - 1st Standards
Your munchkins will be merry for M words! Early readers cut and paste six images of words that begin with the letter M, and then practice writing an upper- and lower-case M at the bottom of the activity.
Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: Q Word Sentences

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Q words don't have to be quizzical! Young learners identify words that begin with the letter Q using this literacy worksheet by cutting and pasting Q word images, and then writing the word by the image.
Worksheet
Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: H Words

For Students K - 1st Standards
Help your hardy learners with a handy worksheet! Kindergartners review a series of pictures, and cut out the correct ones to glue onto the worksheet. They then write the word.