Scholastic
Math Word Problems
After reading The Mitten by Jan Brett, youngsters willuse the characters in the story to write word problems for addition and subtraction. For example, they may state that a rabbit had 7 carrots and then lost 2, how many were left? There...
Curated OER
Leading into Good Writing
Discuss the importance of a lead in writing with your upper graders. They examine several examples of leads from literature and practice writing leads for pieces of artwork. They then select a topic from a list and write an introductory...
Curated OER
Parts of a Friendly Letter
The art of writing a letter has not been lost to email and texting! Teach kids how to format a friendly letter with a presentation about the parts of a letter, as well as prompting them to write a letter about their favorite holiday.
Sandra Effinger
Bulletin Board Project
Imagine a project that informs and entertains. Replace book reports with a bulletin board that highlights all the important elements of a novel. Readers research the author, create a timeline of events in the story, write a...
Ohio Literacy Resource Center
Arguing with Aristotle Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Introduce your classes to the Art of Rhetoric with a lesson that focuses on Aristotle's persuasive appeals and how they have been used, both ethically and unethically, to influence opinion.
National Humanities Center
Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
Three of Emily Dickinson's poems, "I like to see it," "Because I could not stop for Death," and "We grow accustomed to the Dark," provide instructors with an opportunity to model for class members how to use close reading strategies to...
K12 Reader
1st Grade Spelling Lists
If you're looking for spelling lists, check out this resource! Included here are 36 spelling worksheets, each with eight words to study. The worksheets include sight words, and each list also focuses on a particular word...
Denver Public Schools
Kung-hsi Fa-ts' ai! – A Chinese New Year Celebration
Looking for ideas for your Lunar New Year celebration? Check out an interdisciplinary unit of study that includes lessons in counting, calligraphy, culture, geography, literature, art, and music. Kung-hsi Fa-ts' ai! (May you...
Curated OER
Grade 2 Language Arts Review Quiz - Capitalization, Punctuation, Rhyming Words, Long "ee"
For this language arts review worksheet, 2nd graders complete 6 questions. They rewrite 2 sentences while making corrections to capitalization and punctuation. They circle words that go together and the words that rhyme in the next 2...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Frozen Foods
For this editing instructional activity, students read and edit a short paragraph about frozen foods inventor, Clarence Birdseye, who also founded General Seafood Corporation. Pupils find and correct the ten errors involving...
Education World
Every-Day Edit: King Tut's Tomb
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about King Tut's tomb. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Stellaluna
For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the novel "Stellaluna." Errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Poet Phillis Wheatley
In this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Poet Phillis Wheatley. The errors range from capitalization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Sesame Street
For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Sesame Street. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Curated OER
Every Day Edit - First Picture from Space
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the first picture from space. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - "Peanuts" Comic Strip
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about "Peanuts" Comic Strip. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Martin Luther King, Jr. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - The Fabulous Frisbee
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the invention of the frisbee. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Aquarius, the Water Carrier
For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Greek myth of Aquarius. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Winnie the Pooh
For this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Winnie the Pooh. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - President James Madison
For this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President James Madison. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Chuseok: Korea's "Thanksgiving"
In this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Korean celebration Chusok. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: California Statehood
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about California's statehood. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Lemony Snicket
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the character Lemony Snicket from A Series of Unfortunate Events. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.