Pennsylvania Department of Education
Write My Name With Shaving Cream
Pupils write their names using shaving cream. In this write my name lesson, students practice forming letters using shaving cream. Pupils follow appropriate conventions of print to convey a message and use spacing and letters...
Curated OER
Handwriting for Kids-Cursive
Students write in cursive. In this language arts lesson, students practice writing words in cursive. Students complete printable cursive handwriting worksheets.
Curated OER
Getting to Know Our Elected Officials
Fourth graders research an elected official of their choice. They complete a Five-Paragraph Boogie Test worksheets.
Curated OER
My Name is.....
Students utilize available technology to create, produce, and publish an alphabet pattern book. Students use publishing, multimedia and word processing for their writing. They create their own A My Name is Alice Class book based off the...
Curated OER
Postcards to the Troops
Students write postcards to the troops in Iraq. After listening to letters written by troops in Iraq, students discuss ways the troops are helping America and how they should show their support. Students use a postcard template and...
Curated OER
Earth Bags
Students discuss the environment and the problems facing our natural resources. They write ways to help the environment on paper grocery bags, illustrate them, and distribute them to grocery stores to be used with customers.
Curated OER
Narrative Prompt
Students write to describe a summer activity. They read a book about the seasons. They describe grab bag props and how they are used in summer.
Curated OER
Adjective Lesson Plan
Students view a PowerPoint to introduce them to adjectives and complete a quiz. In groups, they travel between stations in which they work individually to correctly identify the adjectives in a sentence. They also create a list of...
Curated OER
Community Commerce
Sixth graders explore commerce in their own community. They interview local business owners and collect data about their town. Students research the history of a local business and its daily operation. They prepare a presentation to...
Curated OER
The Scoop on Summer
Third graders write a noun that names a place they spent their summer vacation, a verb telling one activity they did, and use those words to write a complete sentence. Finally, they use an ice cream cone graphic organizer as a guide to...
Curated OER
The Water Cycle
First graders investigate the different stages of the water cycle. They conduct Internet research and complete a water cycle WebQuest. Students identify what happens at each stage of the water cycle, and write about each stage in their...
Curated OER
"Watermelon Day' Vocabulary "Watermelon Day
In this vocabulary worksheet, students write 2 sentences with 2 different vocabulary words from Watermelon Day, then draw a picture that describes one of the 6 given words.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Hyphen Between a Prefix and a Capitalized Word
Rules and examples for using a hyphen between a prefix and a capitalized word.
Other
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: Capitalization
This site from The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation contains 12 capitalization rules with a link to exercises and a test.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Exclamation Mark
This site from the Capital Community College contains information regarding the use and misuse of the exclamation mark, along with examples.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Question Mark
This site from the Capital Community College contains information regarding the correct and incorrect usage of the question mark. Includes some examples.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Proper Nouns (Days and Months)
This is better for a "small group" lesson. Students will demonstrate understanding of proper nouns and know that days of the week and months of the year are always capitalized.
Curated OER
Capital Community College: Punctuation Marks
Graphic image of colorful punctuation marks on a square, yellow background.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Subject Verb Agreement
This is a self-grading quiz on subject-verb agreement. Students read an article with boxes after punctuation marks, and decide if the mark should be removed.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Zara's Capital Letter Game: Game 1
Animated learning game where students choose the letter that needs to be capitalized in order to complete Zara's dream picture.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1
A learning module that teaches students about editing strategies in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Spelling Spectacularly, Capitalizing Confidently, Punctuating Perfectly, and Putting It All Together.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Introductory Phrases
This online quiz from the Capital Community College is tightly focused on commas and introductory phrases. Ten questions ask the reader to insert commas where necessary, then check the sentence against the website's version. Vocabulary...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Interactive Reading Games: Capital Letters
Here are two interactive games that young students can play to help them review when to use capital letters. Work on capitals at the beginning of sentences before moving on the more advanced games. Teachers are asked to register to use...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Dash
Instructional resource providing notes and examples on the rules for using the dash.