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Writing
Fourth graders complete a writing project and tutorial using word processing on a computer. They focus on voice, word choice, details, sentence variety, staying on topic, supporting details and connecting sentences. They edit, save and...
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Time Capsule Essay
Discuss your class' vision of the future. Learners create materials for use in a time capsule. They write letters to explain their contribution and provide photos. Afterwards, they use higher-level thinking skills to reflect on why they...
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ABC, Easy as 123
Kindergartners practice identifying the sight and sounds of vowels and consonants. They identify beginning consonants in single-syllable words and print the letters of the alphabet. This outstanding resource has many excellent...
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ABC It's as Easy as 1-2-3!
Help readers explore initial letter sounds. They will choose a letter of the alphabet and create a page for a classroom "ABC" book. They will write down various words that begin with their assigned letter and draw a picture to go in the...
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Loose Lips
Have your middle and high schoolers analyze instances of celebrities using racial slurs or making prejudiced comments in public. After reading an article, they consider the roots and effects of prejudice and bias. As a class, they...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Kindergarten Skills Unit 9
This unit explores uppercase letters and tricky high-frequency words. Over 23 lessons, scholars review decodable and high-frequency words, examine and practice writing uppercase letters, and work with a new tricky high-frequency word....
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Mouse Mess
Scholars practice rhyming and phonemic awareness using trade books and poetry. They will listen to the book Mouse Mess several times throughout the week, identifying rhyming words, and matching words that begin with the same sound. Then...
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Writer's Toolbox
Present the class with a slide show that will give them a great head start in writing expository and narrative texts. The information is highlighted for easy note taking, well organized, and presented in a kid-friendly manner. It...
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Blogging to Create a Community of Writers #1: Setting Up the Blog
Writer's workshop is an idea that's been around for years. Students write, read, and comment on each others writing in an authentic and thoughtful way. Here is a 21st century twist, 6th graders will use the class blog to create a...
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Get in the Newspaper Habit
Dive into journalism with your high schoolers! The resources provided here will help your learners write unbiased, clear, and succinct newspaper articles. First they spend time sifting through stacks of articles, filling out a graphic...
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Family Life
What is family? Challenge your scholars to write an encompassing definition of what this word means to them. After reading "It May Be a Family Matter, But Just Try to Define Family," class members discuss the emotional issues surrounding...
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Rave Reviews
A fun instructional activity that utilizes toys and persuasion! After reading the article, which was written in 2005, pull some advertisements for toys currently being sold. These will be more relevant to your middle and high schoolers....
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Letter Writing
Students improve their letter writing skills. When given instructions and a model for writing a letter students compose a letter with 90% accuracy in form and editing one out of two trials.
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Write a Letter to Jesse Owens
Learners examine the accomplishments of Jesse Owens and the views of the Nazi Party in 1936. They read and discuss two handouts, conduct research on the Nazi Party's views and the Civil Rights Movement in American in 1936, and write a...
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The Letter S
For this Letter S worksheet, students write the letter S in upper and lower case. They also write the words "scream", "scare", and "spider". Students can also color in a picture of a scared girl screaming from a spider.
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Writing Bug: Dear Veteran
In this writing a letter to a veteran worksheet, students experience writing a letter to a veteran who has served in a war. Students look for veterans in their families and communities to write a letter to.
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Alphabet Worksheet: Letter Recognition
In this alphabet worksheet, learners write the letter Z in the blanks of the 3 sentences. They then color the pictures that go along with the sentences.
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Planning for A Letter to the Editor
In this letter to the editor worksheet, students brainstorm and fill in the blanks to a graphic organizer that would help them write a letter to an editor. Students complete 12 spaces in the graphic organizer.
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Writing the Letter "a"
In this handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the lowercase a. There is a short story to read and then 4 letters to trace.
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Alphabet Worksheet: Letter Recognition
In this alphabet worksheet, students write the letter I in the blank of the 3 sentences to complete them. They then color the 3 pictures of objects that start with the letter I.
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Letter Recognition: Letter Z
In this letter recognition worksheet, students examine 2 groups of letters and identify the Z's. Students also trace and write uppercase Z and lowercase z independently.
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Handwriting Capital Letters G to L
In this handwriting capital letters G to L worksheet, students follow the example given, trace over the dotted lines, then write the letters G to L on the lines provided.
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Beginning Letter Sounds
Students practice working with beginning letter sounds. In this phonics lesson plan, students state the letter sound that their name starts with, read a book about beginning letter sounds and complete a worksheet.
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Initial Sounds with Word Families
In this word sound learning exercise, students practice different word and letter sounds. They repeat rhymes, name letters, review letter sounds, review similar word sounds and complete an activity where they use a word bank to fill in...
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