Curated OER
Open Cloze Worksheet 7
In this gap filling worksheet, 5th graders practice filling in the blank in eight sentences with only one grammatical word that best completes each sentence.
Kelly's Kindergarten
June Daily Activities
This is an absolute must-have resource for early elementary teachers! Here you'll find a collection of activities and worksheets for each day of the month of June, with topics ranging from ordering numbers on a calendar or identifying...
Curated OER
My Name Is...
First graders write four simple sentences about themselves. In this simple sentences lesson plan, learners insert a picture of themselves into Microsoft Word. Everyone writes four simple sentences about themselves. These pictures and...
Curated OER
Outlines and Organization: Sample Outline
Provide your essay writers with a sample essay outline. Richly detailed, this two-page handout not only describes the necessary parts of an outline, but also explains the purpose of each section. A model outline is also included.
Curated OER
Introduction Paragraph
Key parts of an introductory paragraph (grabber sentence, connecting information, thesis) are highlighted in a presentation that uses color-coded sample paragraphs to illustrate how these parts combine to form a complete opening paragraph.
EngageNY
Presentation of Events: Comparing Two Authors
Give a little clue! Readers learn how context clues can help them determine the meaning of words by viewing a Context Clues Resource sheet then completing a Context Clues
practice sheet. They then compare events presented by two...
Indiana University
World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
Curated OER
Complete The Sentence 7
In this ESL activity, students read 10 intermediate level sentences. Students choose the best word to complete each sentence. For example, "We're running...of cornflakes."
Curated OER
Online ESL Quizzes- Sentence Structure-2
In this online grammar quiz activity, 3rd graders determine if five examples are sentences or not. They complete the quiz online by selection a button labeled sentence or not a sentence. They can submit their answers for a grade and...
Curated OER
How to Combine Sentences
Students practice combining sentences. In this writing activity, students view essays and discuss how it can be revised, using sentence combining. Students practice this skill in their own essays.
Curated OER
Worksheet 2/7 Verb Openers
In this recognizing verbs as sentence openers activity, students identify the verbs in sentences and read the re-written sentences with the verbs as openers. Students circle 11 verbs.
Curated OER
Worksheet 4/7 on Verb Openers
In this recognizing verb openers worksheet, students match the beginning verb phrases with their sentence endings and write the complete sentences. Students write 12 answers.
Curated OER
Develop a Paragraph
Need a recipe for a paragraph? Young writers cook up the opening paragraph for a speech on food preparation. They prepare by reading the directions and cutting out the provided sentence strips. Then, they mix up the strips and paste the...
Curated OER
Open Cloze Worksheet 16
In this ESL cloze worksheet, students read 8 sentences that contain a missing word. Students fill in the one word they think would best complete each sentence.
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Open Cloze Worksheet 6
In this ESL cloze learning exercise, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. Students choose one word that best completes the sentence. There is no word bank.
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Open Cloze Worksheet 8
In this ESL cloze learning exercise, learners read 8 sentences that contain missing words. Students choose any one word they wish to insert in each space to make the sentence complete.
Curated OER
ESL Open Cloze Worksheet- English Grammar
In this ESL open cloze worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences. They use words related to English grammar, vocabulary words, to fill each blank.
Curated OER
Phrases and Clauses
Clarify the different types of phrases and clauses that young writers can use to vary their sentence structure. A helpful slideshow presentation encourages your class to fix sentences by adding more interesting phrases and clauses,...
Macmillan Education
Slang
A four-part worksheet challenges scholars' knowledge of American, Australian, and British slang. Learners use context clues to decide which country a slang word is from, complete sentences, decipher a conversation, and answer questions.
California Department of Education
Studying for Careers
How can good study habits set someone up for a successful career? Learners explore the relationship between study skills and job skills in the fourth installment of a five-part college and career readiness lesson plan series. The group...
Curriculum Corner
Guest Teacher Plans: Kindergarten
Emergencies happen. Be prepared the next time you have to call in a substitute with a lesson plan designed to meet the needs of a kindergarten class. Throughout the day, class members work with number and alphabet cards, identify numbers...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Special Friends: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 9)
Enhance language proficiency with a Special Friends themed English language development unit. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that is guaranteed to get your scholars discussing topics such as animal...
Read Write Think
Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading
Over the course of five periods, scholars create a poetry portfolio. They begin with a reading of the poem, Firefly. With a focus on vocabulary, learners reread the poem then look for sight words and other skills.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Chunked Text, Reading Chunks
The activity focuses on reading chunked text. Peers grouped by specific ability levels take turns reading a text with proper intonation, expression, and phrasing.