Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Combining Skills
Students sometimes have difficulty learning to combine sentences correctly and effectively. This site discusses several methods and provides practice opportunities and quizzes.
Other
Rhl School: English Basics: Real Sentences
How do you know that a group of words is really a sentence? This resource features examples of complete and incomplete sentences that students can identify and fix.
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Tutorial World: Basic Reading Worksheets for Grade 5
This is a site for teachers looking for worksheets for fifth-grade English students. Includes vocabulary, grammar, sentence construction, comprehension and revision.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Adjective Game for Kids
Students use this writing prompt generator to choose a writing topic and three adjectives to use in an original piece.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Which Word? Sentences
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. Students must match each word to a sentence to complete its meaning. Includes 'Spelling Test' and 'Teach Me' features.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Sentence Unscramble
In this free version of the game, choose from four sets of words, depending on the grade level. Each word is used in a sentence, and the words are mixed up. Students must then unscramble them so that they make sense. Includes 'Spelling...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Are Adjectives?
This blog article explains what adjectives are, what they can do in sentences, and provides examples of each.
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Study Stack: Flashcards
Create and use flashcards for every subject and grade level! Setup a free account, insert all your data, and then you can custom create games, flashcards, crossword puzzles, matching games, word searches, and other study games. Any type...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Test Taking Strategies for Three Subject Areas
This lesson offers test-taking strategies that develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, and language arts mechanics.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Complete Sentence Quiz
What makes a sentence a complete sentence? Take this quiz to see if you can spot the complete sentence out of four choices.
Other
English Grammar Revolution: Types of Sentences
This site offers a brief tutorial on the four types of sentences, then two exercises of 10 sentences each, for student practice or assessment. Answers are also available.
Other
English Online: Beginners: Describing Actions
This game allows students to practice structuring sentences by viewing parts of the sentences with images that represent them.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Study Zone: Parts of Speech
Nice brief visual summary of the parts of speech - clear and concise - followed by an interactive practice quiz to reinforce concepts - great for ELL - has links to more in-depth explanations.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
University of North Carolina
Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: What Makes a Compound Word?
Discover how to break down compound words when you check out this informative site. Feedback is offered throughout this interactive lesson.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Conjunctions
This page focuses on conjunctions including what conjunctions are; the types of conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating; how to start sentences with conjunctions, examples of each of the above, and lists for each type...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Animals in Their Habitats
A variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities are provided on the theme of animals in their habitats.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Read a Word Fry Words 901 910
Identify correct decoding of multisyllabic grade 4 and 5 words by playing this online game.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Vocabulary Spelling City: Read a Word Fry Words 911 920
Identify correct decoding of multisyllabic grade 4 and 5 words by playing this online game.
University at Buffalo
Writing Strategies
Provides some help with the difficult job of teaching writing by providing some strategies for students to follow. Easy to navigate from the top of the page, strategies are categorized into grade 3-6 and 6-12, in addition to lesson plan...
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Reading Activities and Games for Vocabulary
This article focuses on developing vocabulary through reading activities and games. The more a person reads, the better their vocabulary; this article provides ideas for teachers and parents to promote more reading for fun.