Fourth and fifth graders practice the skill of organizing their writing to convey a central idea by sorting 14 facts about the dogwood tree into four categories of facts. The categories, which are written on the board, are; Governmental...

Get your class on track with their affixes by covering prefixes, suffixes, and root words in depth. This short three-lesson unit includes vocabulary lists to study, detailed plan procedures, and some accompanying worksheets.

In this punctuating sentences worksheet, students add a period or add an exclamation point to complete the 12 sentences.

In this punctuation worksheet, students read the sentences and add a period, exclamation point, or a question mark to the end of each sentence. Students complete 10 sentences.

Third graders develop multi-paragraph compositions. They include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. They use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound/complex) and sentence types (i.e.,...

In this online interactive verbs worksheet, students rewrite 25 sentences online changing their present tense verbs to past tense verbs. Students type each sentence in the white boxes provided.

In this transitive/intransitive verbs activity, students identify and use each verb type. In this fill in the blank activity, students answer twenty questions.

Students read a story and use sentence strips to order story events.  In this sequencing lesson plan, students learn new vocabulary words centered around the story Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, preview the story, make...

Students write friendly letters. In this friendly letter writing lesson, students write a friendly letter to a leprechaun. Students review the parts of a friendly letter then watch the teacher model how to write a friendly letter,...

Students complete an obstacle course.  In this following directions lesson, students read the book Going on a Bear Hunt.  Students learn how to maneuver through the obstacle course, walk through the obstacle course and then...

In this online interactive forming words worksheet, students complete 15 sentences online by typing in the correct form of each word in parenthesis.

In this grammar worksheet, learners circle the appropriate verb in parentheses that makes twenty-five sentences grammatically correct.

In this sentence completion worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word or phrase. Students analyze the 4 similar choices and select the word that makes the sentence correct.

In this passive voice worksheet, students change a set of 9 sentences from the passive to active tense, writing answers beneath sentences already given.

In this interrogative sentence worksheet, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 interrogative sentences including the word "when."

In this interrogative sentence worksheet, learners practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 sentences including the interrogative pronoun "what."

For this interrogative sentence worksheet, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 interrogative sentences including the word "where."

In this interrogative sentence worksheet, students practice forming questions as they rearrange 6 different groups of words to form 6 interrogative sentences including the word "why."

Write a story as a class.  In this writing instructional activity, each person takes turns writing one to two sentences onto the paragraph given about Kim the Kiwi bird, including characters and events.  Altogether, brainstorm...

Elementary and middle schoolers research animal facts and use them in a fable. First, they pair-share to find animal traits to use in writing a fable. They then complete a prewriting worksheet. After going through the writing process,...

Clear up common questions about commas with this handy resource! Useful as a reference page as well as a grammar activity, it presents six different rules for comma usage, including fanboys, lists, and parenthetical words and phrases. A...

If you're completely lost on what grammar you should cover for Common Core skill L.9-10.1, look here! You will find some ideas and examples on what to include, making sure your learners can master the skill. The multiple choice quiz is...

In this adjective clause worksheet, learners combine sentences from The Hitchhiker using the given adjective. Students can check their answers in this interactive worksheet.

Students create new sentences using adverb clauses identified from a book.  In this narrative writing lesson, students write new sentences from some of the dependent clauses used in a book read to them by the teacher.  Students...