Activity
Curated OER

Microsoft Word Exercise 1

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this word processing worksheet, students use Microsoft Word to make a copy of the text in the box, being careful of the spacing and indentations. Students save and print the document.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biography Newsletters

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Have your pupils just finished reading biographies? Extend their study by having them craft a biography newsletter about the subject of their biography.  Using a word processor, they create, revise and edit their report, and add...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Directional Prepositions: Beyond and Toward

For Students 6th - 8th
Crafty sentence builders go beyond the plan old subject and verb construction and add details that make their sentences more exciting. This learning exercise models how to add directional prepositions like beyond and toward to enliven...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who's Confused? Not Me!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The class works together to tackle easily confused words. Each learner receives a word and he or she must create a flashcard with the following things: the word, its definition, an original sentence that uses the word, and a picture...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Here's an Instant Activity for November 19, 2007

For Teachers 3rd
An instant spelling activity, that's what it's called. Learners practice their spelling skills with consonant and vowel -y ending words. They use a word bank to help them sort the words into consonant and vowel-y ending words.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Analyzing Verb Use: Part 2

For Teachers 3rd
With the Wordle ap in one hand, and their favorite writing piece in the other, 3rd graders analyze their verb usage. They select a piece they have written, type it into Wordle, then analyze their word choices and alter them using synonyms.
Interactive
Curated OER

Word Roots 2: FIN, SED, FER Beginner Definitions Match 1

For Students 8th - 12th
Consider this online matching activity to assist your class with vocabulary and word roots. Class members select a definition for each listed vocabulary word using a drop-down menu for each response. Learners receive immediate feedback,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building: "ai" Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this identifying words spelled with "ai" worksheet, students use definition clues, unscramble letters, and create sentences using the words main, hail, straight, trailer, remain, railroad, and maintenance. Students write twenty-one...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Construction #10

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this creating words worksheet, students form 18 words in 5 minutes from the letters in the word "maner". Students are instructed to only use each letter in the word once.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Construction

For Students 5th - 7th
In this word construction worksheet, students use the letter shown to form as many words as they can in 5 minutes. Words must be at least 4 letters long, and they may only use each letter in the list once.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Words Using Two Consonant Rule 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this recognizing words spelled with the two consonant rule worksheet, students write from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words coffee, pepper, distance, sandwich, address, and number. Students write eighteen...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Words With Short i 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with the short i pronunciation worksheet, learners write from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words sink, cliff, ribbon, listen, build, and written. Students write eighteen answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Words With Final-e-Rule

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary words spelled using the final-e rule worksheet, students spell from dictation, unscramble, and create sentences using the words huge, strange, continue, race, chose, and include. Students write eighteen answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building: Short e Words III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with short e learning exercise, students write them from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words dent, kettle, excellent, cent, ready, and heavy. Students complete eighteen...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

St. Patrick’s Day Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Get in the St. Patrick's Day spirit with a 12-word, word search puzzle!
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Valentine’s Day Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th
Planning a Valentine's Day activity? A themed word search will fit right in. Learners locate the listed words amidst heart-adorned letters.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Create a Compass

For Students 6th - 12th
Historically, humans have used many methods of finding due north. Using a hands-on activity, learners create their own compasses. They then test their compasses in their neighborhood or to assist with stargazing.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Red Badge Of Courage: Directed Reading Thinking Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As part of a Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) class members are asked to predict events in Patricia Polacco's Pink and Say based on illustrations in the story, on their knowledge of Steven Crane's The Red Badge of Courage,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Unwind: Directed Reading Thinking Activity

For Teachers 7th - 10th
To generate interest in reading Neal Shusterman's young adult science fiction novel Unwind, class members engage in a Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DRTA) that asks them to examine the front and back covers, the blurbs, and "The...
Worksheet
Dorling Kindersley

Question Words

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Teaching your primary learners how to ask questions? Then look no further. This worksheet introduces the six essential question words: who, what, where, when, why, and how. Children begin by practicing how to write these words, before...
Activity
Scholastic

What’s the Good Word? Etymology Project Guidelines

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Who named the shapes, or the days of the week? Should words be removed from the dictionary if they're no longer commonly used? Are there too many words in the English language? Language arts students explore these and additional...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Defining Conflict Using "The Interlopers"

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Feeling conflicted? Work out those issues with a language arts lesson on internal and external conflict. Using "The Interlopers" by Saki, class members identify the conflicts between the characters before writing their own short...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A picture's worth a thousand words—and even more inspiration! A visual activity uses photographs to inspire writers. The process teaches aspects of narrative writing, such as point of view and characterization.
Organizer
Curriculum Corner

Digraph Word Sort Recording

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young readers sort their way through a deck of word cards in order to become familiar with four common spelling patterns. Focusing on the ch-, sh-, wh-, and th- consonant digraphs, students draw cards and write...