Teachnology
Shape (Or Concrete) Poems
Poetry comes in all shapes and sizes. Young writers pick a shape, select words and phrases that describe how the shape makes them feel, and create a shape poem. A raindrop example and step-by-step instructions give your budding poets a...
Savvas Learning
Verbs: Present
Present tense verbs are the focus of a 24-page packet designed for language learners and loaded with activities, worksheets, and exercises. Step-by-step directions, materials lists, and variations for each lesson are included. A solid...
Curated OER
Subject and Predicate
Give your class foundational skills by teaching them how to identify the subject and the predicate of a sentence. Walk them through the information on the top of page one, and then let them complete the practice opportunity...
Prestwick House
The Outsiders
Stay gold with a handy crossword puzzle based on S.E. Hintont's The Outsiders. As middle and high schoolers work on completing the worksheet, they review key concepts and quotes from the book.
Birmingham City Schools
Stick to the Point: Getting It Right with Constructed Responses
Practice writing constructed responses with a 26-slide presentation. Developed to guide scholars through the appropriate steps, the resource assists them in providing a well-considered answer.
Curated OER
Consonant Blends
In this consonant blends worksheet, students underline the word that best complete the sentences, where they choose from 3 words with the same consonant blend. Students complete 12 problems.
Chandler Unified School District
Active and Passive Voice Practice
Active or passive? Young grammarians identify the voice in a series of sentences and then rewrite those in passive voice.
Curated OER
Visual Messages: Creating a Photomontage
Students create a photomontage. In this lesson on photography as a means of conveying emotion, students use images gathered from the Internet to create a photomontage comparing how water is used in Africa and the U.S.
Curated OER
Simply Speaking
Emerging orators distinguish between effective and ineffective public speaking strategies. They read a text that fits in with a Native Americans unit and speak about the text with both ineffective and effective volume, tone, phrasing,...
Curated OER
Linkages
Students identify examples of linkages between places. They explain that communication and transportation are forms of movement and know that most of the goods and products in our daily lives are produced and manufactured in places...
Curated OER
Problem Solution Writing
Students, after brainstorming possible problem solving activities, choose from one of the many and write what the problem is and a solution to solve it.
Curated OER
Sssssssss
Young scholars experience the strategy of phoneme recognition to recognize /s/ in spoken words, including plurals, and in writing. They encounter the book Summer Fun by Lucy Lawrence and the tongue twister "Miss Sam saw a sneaky slimy...
Curated OER
Odd Word Out
In this word association worksheet, students view a large list of words and choose which ones are different as well as why they are different.
Curated OER
Persuasion in Print
Advertisers target teenagers. Groups select three magazine advertisements for similar products, analyze the appeals used in each, create a poster that features the persuasive techniques used, and present their findings to the class. The...
Curated OER
Latin Roots: Nat, Tract, Sequ/Secu
Available in both printable and interactive online formats, this true/false quiz is one of many activities at MyVocabulary.com that provide practice with Latin roots nat, tract, and sequ/secu. Young etymologists agree or disagree with...
Curated OER
The Sun Also Rises: Vocabulary
After researching the etymology of a word from the provided The Sun Also Rises vocabulary list, kids employ the desk top strategy and teach their word to other class members.
Teach-nology
Means the Same
Reinforce grammar instruction with an 11-question synonym worksheet. Scholars read a set of four words and circle the two that best make a synonym pair.
Curated OER
Race to the Eating Line Lesson Plan
Seventh graders participate in the building and racing of a vegetable and fruit race car.
Curated OER
School-Home Links 13
In this letter recognition worksheet, students point to the "j" at the beginning of the story and draw a box around the first word in the story. Students underline all the "c's" and circle each word in the story.
Curated OER
When the Giant Came to Town....
Students discuss various techniques artists have to show distance. They view examples, and discuss overlapping. Students create art work based on things in a city. Students tell about their artwork in casual style conversation while...
Curated OER
Which Letter Comes First
In this language arts worksheet, students match the words with the appropriate picture while deciding which letter belongs at the beginning of each word.
Curated OER
Media/Citizenship: Speed 3
Students examine data about the effects of speed in car accidents. They create their own media campaign about safety while driving. They share their ideas with the class.
Curated OER
Painting With Water
Students create water masterpieces while being outside. In this creative painting lesson students are allowed to paint with water on doors, cars and the sidewalk.
Curated OER
Creating a Job Community
Students design their own job communities. In this art and career exploration instructional activity, students are placed into groups to create models of business areas based on job types.