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Desktop Spelling
Students participate in a spelling drill. In this spelling lesson, students correctly spell the word that is called out and remain standing if they spell the word correctly.
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James and The Giant Peach Vocabulary Building Activities
Reading literature is one of the best ways for kids to build a strong vocabulary while honing in on their comprehension skills. These vocabulary activities go along with the wonderful book, James and the Giant Peach. The children will...
Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: GREAT TO COMMUNICATE
Humans love to communicate and they do it in so many different ways. The class investigates how people have used new inventions and technological innovations to communicate. They are divided into groups of three or four and given the...
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Spelling Worksheet
Each student receives a copy of the worksheet that focusing on the rules of "ie" and "ei". They examine the spelling principle and also examine the exception to the rule. They then work on the worksheet independently.
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 17, 2007
Fourth graders complete a spelling activity to learn how to spell with apostrophes. For this spelling lesson, 4th graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher. Students then complete the Instant Activity worksheet for...
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Spelling Test: Lesson 8
In this spelling test worksheet, 4th graders choose the correct way to spell a word in this fourth grade spelling test. Students complete 25 questions.
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Black History Month Spelling Worksheet
For this Black History Month spelling worksheet, students analyze 4 words in a row; only one is spelled correctly. Students circle the word in each row that is spelled correctly. There are 14 questions; all words pertain to civil rights...
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Sing your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan "Belongings"
Students spell and punctuate singular and plural possessive words.
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Arbor Day Circle Correct Spelling Worksheet
In this Arbor Day spelling practice activity, students examine 10 sets of 4 words each. Students identify the words in each set that are spelled correctly.
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Persuasive and Emotive Language Lesson Plan
Students explore persuasive language. In this emotive language lesson, students consider the use of language that incites readers as they participate in reading and writing activities that require them to describe a tourist attraction,...
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Self-Test Quiz: Spelling
In this spelling worksheet, students listen to the sentence and spell the word that is missing. Students complete 10 problems total.
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A Sample Mini-lesson for Teaching Writing Conventions
Students study writing conventions. In this writing conventions lesson plan, students study writing they have already completed and look for conventions they are already using without realizing. In a small group, students discuss...
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Total English Elementary: The Best Thing is...
Given two nouns separated by an adjective, learners create eight sentences using the adjective in comparative form. Example: Jamaica/hot/UK, which becomes Jamaica is hotter than the UK. They then write the superlative form of eight...
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Magnet Lessons - Opposites Do Attract
Students can discover how opposites attract using magnet lesson plans that will engage the curious and active learner.
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Wackie Wordies
In this spelling lesson, learners rewrite scrambled words to make a real word. There are 12 words to unscramble.
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The History of Scrabble
Learners discover the history and rules to the classic board game, Scrabble. In this spelling lesson, students complete a KWL chart on Scrabble and present their findings in an oral report. Learners work in pairs to reenact one of the...
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Spelling Patterns: Or , Oor, and Ore Words
Fourth graders complete word work with words that contain the /or/, /oor/, or /ore/ spelling pattern. In this spelling pattern lesson plan, 4th graders participate in the weekly spelling list activity in which they sort words with the...
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Spelling Quiz
In this spelling worksheet, students click on the word that is spelled correctly. Students complete 10 problems total on this worksheet.
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Spelling Quiz
In this spelling worksheet, students click on the word that is spelled correctly. Students complete 10 problems total on this worksheet.
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Spelling Quiz
In this spelling worksheet, students click on the word that is spelled correctly. Students complete 10 problems total on this worksheet.
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Spelling Quiz
In this spelling learning exercise, students click on the word that is spelled correctly. Students complete 10 problems total on this learning exercise.
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Spelling Quiz
In this spelling worksheet, students click on the word that is spelled correctly. Students complete 10 problems total on this worksheet.
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Playing Vocabulary Basketball
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
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You Be the Editor
Young editors work in teams to find all the errors in a text. They identify grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Use this activity to reinforce correct usage of prominent punctuation symbols, such as apostrophes and ellipses. You...