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A Straightfoward Literacy Strategy

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Require class members to use complete sentences to improve literacy within your classroom, or perhaps, in the entire school.
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Paragraph Structure

For Students 6th - 10th
Practice writing paragraphs with this scaffolded worksheet. The "hamburger" model is used on the second page, following some examples and guided practice on the first page. Give beginning writers concrete, tangible support as they embark...
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Slowly But Surely

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The US mint has created this fabulous lesson plan, which practices language arts and mathematics skills. Learners will use the provided worksheets and step-by-step instructions to experiment with different sentence structures, use...
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Dice Game: Making Sentences

For Students 6th - 9th
Roll the dice! One die represents the subject, and the other represents the verb that must be used. With the subject and verb selected, the player must create a sentence using both correctly. What a fun way to reinforce verb...
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Parallel Structure, Exercise 1

For Students 4th - 11th
Challenge your pupils' writing skills with this two-page worksheet. There are a total of twenty sentences which must be read in order to determine whether or not they contain errors in parallel structure. Note: This worksheet accompanies...
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San José State University

Parallelism

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What is parallelism? Novice writers learn about parallelism and practice balancing 10 sentences for better syntax and parallel structure. A clear, straightforward instructional activity with answers included.
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The Big Bad Wolf and the Friendly Letter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
A terrific presentation on the teaching of friendly letter writing. Learners engage in a PowerPoint that is part story, part writing exercise. There are lots of great tips on how to construct a letter, and young writers are encouraged to...
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Borrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a "Prompts in Reverse" Technique to Inspire Your Writers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...
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Planetary Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Third graders explore place value to the ten thousands place. This incredibly thorough, 24-page lesson has learners construct, order, and compare numbers to 9,999. This three-day lesson includes reteaching and extension activities...
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Roll On Down!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create number sentences by rolling two dice. Each student rolls the dice and writes down the numbers in number sentence format. Then they add the problem by using the strategies of counting on and doubles.
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Addition / Subtraction Connection

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students write addition and subtraction number sentences that relate to each other and solve word problems. Students complete 6 sets of problems.
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Compound Sentences

For Students 3rd
In this compound sentences activity, 3rd graders combine two sentence using the word "and". In this short answer activity, students write four sentences.
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Addition Properties

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student study addition properties. In this addition properties lesson, students use multiple methods to solve various types of problems. Students illustrate and describe in various ways the Commutative Property of Addition. Students...
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Same and Different

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this mathematics worksheet, students first complete the tens place and then add the rest. Then they continue the patterns and compare each column. Students also fill in the missing addends and solve various word problems by writing a...
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Make Your Own

For Students 2nd
In this number of operations worksheet, 2nd graders write 4 original word problems to go with 4 number sentences. Students write out their answers on the lines provided.
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1st Grade Problem Solvers

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate, represent and solve problems using number facts, operations, and their properties. They solve on-step addition and subtraction number sentences and word problems using concrete materials. Students construct...
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Technology: Money Equivalency

For Teachers 1st
First graders,working on computers, drag coins into boxes to equal amounts pictured. Following a demonstration, they demonstrate how to type number sentences. As an extension, 1st graders create equivalent amounts using specific numbers...
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Five Holes in My Head

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this multiplication worksheet, students write a number sentence next to pictures that tell how many holes are in the groups heads. An answer key is included.
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Make 24

For Students 6th
In this make 24 numbers worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 12 different sets of numbers that create numbers. First, they write 4 numbers from 1 to 9 and use the operations to create a number sentence that equals 24 for each set of...
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Reading Fiction: Analyzing Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate sentence construction in fiction.  In this sentence construction lesson, students examine examples of fiction work and discover why sentences are a certain length.  Students create their own passages...
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Purdue University

Sentence Fragments Exercise 2

For Students 5th - 9th
In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
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Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the importance of using adjectives in writing. They separate into five groups, each group is given a bag with an object inside to describe using just one sense. They write a description of a Hershey's Kiss using adjectives.
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Finishing Unfinished Sentences

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, students finish each unfinished sentence by joining it to a finished sentence next to it with an expression like to see, to walk or to give.
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Two-Word Verb Exercise 4

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences using an expression different from the two-word verb phrase in each sentence.