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Guide Word Practice
For this guide words worksheet, students learn how to use guide words in the dictionary when looking for a word. Students circle the words that could be found on the page with the three examples of guide words. Then, students rewrite the...
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Building Words: A Walk in the Desert
In this making words worksheet, students use the letter tiles to rewrite each word according to the instructions. Students start with the new word in the first set of boxes - mask.
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Core Democratic Values in Action
Students compare and contrast rules they have in their homes and in the classroom. In this values lesson, students identify rules at home and relate to rules of other families. They list family rules, connect classroom rules to values...
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Comparative, Superlative, and To Have Got Test
In this comparative and superlative worksheet, students complete a chart which has them write the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, put words in the correct word order, answer short answer questions, and rewrite sentences...
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Picture Codes
In this picture codes activity, students solve problems where the pictures equal numbers. Students find out what the numbers equal and then write 16 equations.
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Omitting Needless Words
In this omitting needless words worksheet, students rewrite a set of 10 sentences, omitting words that don't add to the meaning of the sentence.
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Verb Practice
In this verb instructional activity, students rewrite sentences using have or has, circle main verbs and underline helping verbs and choose correct helping verbs to complete sentences.
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ESL: Possessive Adjectives with "To Be"
In this ESL possessive adjectives worksheet, students fill in blanks with correct adjectives, complete multiple choice questions, and rewrite sentences using possessive adjectives.
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Capitalization-Grade 1
In this grade 1 capitalization worksheet, students circle words in sentences that should be capitalized and rewrite sentences with correct capitalization.
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Using Parallel Structure
In this parallel structure worksheet, students rewrite a set of 10 sentences, revising for parallel structure, then choose expressions that make sentences parallel.
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The Distributive Property
In this distributive property worksheet, students solve and complete 26 different problems that include using the distributive property to complete. First, they use the distributive property to rewrite each given expression. Then,...
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All About Me
Middle schoolers are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. After reading excerpts from "The Diary of Anne Frank", they discuss how two people can see the same event in different ways and write about the event in the...
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Volcanoes
Second graders review the characteristics and aspects of volcanoes. Using this information, they write a creative story and draw illustrations to accompany the words. They use geographical terms to describe a location and the physical...
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Painting with Words
Fifth graders discuss words that are over used in their writing such as good, nice, happy, glad sad, etc. they complete a survey about word choice then hear a story and discuss descriptive phrases used in the story and how they help to...
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Ready, Set, Tech (Primp Up Your Poems: Literary Devices)
Students study literary devices used in poetry. They gain access to a specific Internet poetry site that provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a poem. They each write a poem and then exchange it with others in a group for peer...
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Every Dog Has Its Day
Students explore the use of imagery in writing. In this writing activity, students create a writing piece that features sensory images without resorting to the use of clichés.
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Interview! Magazine
Learners interview a subject and write a biographical sketch for a fictional magazine. In this interview lesson, students choose a person to interview and create two sets of questions. Learners conduct the interview. Students then write...
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Today We Encountered the White Man
Students analyze and interpret artifacts and a timeline to get specific information. In this timeline lesson plan students work in groups to research an Indian tribe and write an information piece of their research.
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Additions Incorporated
Students fill out a graphic organizer to prewrite about additions they would make to a school building. In this writing lesson plan, students do this as a start to a persuasive paper.
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Health: The Three Dimensions
Students examine the three dimensions of health, wealth, and happiness from both emotional and social perspectives. Among the week-long activities are discussions about good and poor habits, minimizing risks by proper planning and...
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Drill - Sentences with 'do'
In this grammar worksheet, learners rewrite fifteen sentences using the action verb be. Students study the example given for each category of sentences.
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Designing Scavengers
High schoolers write a headline that captures the most important aspects of the People's Design Award. In this design lesson, students are introduced to The People's Design Award and collaborate to create a headline for a newspaper...
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Lesson Plan
Learners practice their writing skills. In this writing perspective lesson, students review The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and consider the points of view of the main characters. Learners write descriptions of a modern-day event...
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House on Mango Street
Young scholars complete a guided reading study and autobiographical essay for Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street. In this literary analysis lesson, students read the novel, complete novel response activities, book review worksheets,...