Curated OER
You Mean I Am Part of History?
Fourth graders open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper.
Curated OER
Photoelectric Devices
Fourth graders view a teacher-made PowerPoint presentation on how photoelectric devices work, and then they answer FCAT-like questions on the material presented. They answer questions about what they viewed in an assignment imbedded in...
Curated OER
The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This lesson goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Education.com
Education.com: L.3.2.f Worksheets: Use Spelling Patterns and Generalizations
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.3.2.F: Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families,...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Common Letter Patterns
Discover what letter patterns are and how they can help you with spelling concepts. This BBC Skillswise tutorial teaches you how with a factsheet, worksheet, quiz, and game.
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Woodland Hills School District: Spelling Rule Sheets [Pdf]
A PDF of 24 different phonics and spelling pattern worksheets.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Spelling Patterns
Students will write common letter strings in this SMART whiteboard activity. Pictures are used to help students visualize the meanings of words.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Word Families
Find over seventy different word families with common spelling patterns, and lists of elementary level words for each family.
Big Learners
Biglearners.com: ccss.ela literacy.l.1.2.d : First Grade English Language Arts
Here is a collection of our common core aligned worksheets for core standard L.1.2.D. A brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Click on the images to view, download, or print them. All worksheets are...
Other
Clear Ink/spell Web: Let the Web Decide!
A different type of spell checker, giving results from search engines, not based on dictionary word lists, but on frequency of use on the Web. If you're looking for a word that hasn't become official or want to see whether one...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Ge, Dge, Etc. Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of the soft /g/ in words that incorporate the "ge" and "dge" spelling patterns. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: ge, dge, etc." lesson.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Dry Spells, Wet Spells: How Common Are They?
Here's a project that looks at what the weather was like for over a hundred years. The goal of the project is to compare long-term precipitation patterns in different regions of the country. You will work with historical climate data,...
Other
Ghost Letter Digraphs
This Prezi presentation gives examples of the silent-letter digraphs kn, wr, and gn.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Long and Short Vowel Sounds
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students examine word and letter patterns to determine long and short vowel sounds.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Overview of Letter Combinations
This resource has two sections: Overview of Letter Combinations and two video demonstrations. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plan, lesson materials, word list, video transcripts, and teaching tips.