Students develop their writing skills. In this writing instructional activity, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.

For this language arts worksheet, students create a spooky campfire story by filling in 20 blanks in a story. Students may choose whatever word they like but must follow directions to provide a noun, adjective or verb.

Two online lessons, one in math and one in language arts, are here for you. In them, learners play online games which reinforce important skills in literacy and numeracy. The thing I like about both of these lessons is that they get the...

"Ode to la Tortilla" and "Ode to Joy"? Sure! Use Gary Soto's poem to introduce learners to the ode format. After examining the descriptive words Soto uses, class members study a poster of Ludwig van Beethoven, suggest words that describe...

A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...

Second graders play Simon Says. The teacher uses a worksheet imbedded in this lesson which has suggestions for action commands to be used during the game. The intent is for students to focus on the action verbs which are built in to the...

Students practice spelling, writing, and shooting baskets. In this spelling lesson, students practice spelling. Students are divided into teams. Students are given a spelling word to write. If the word is spelled correctly, the student...

Students access a variety of sight word related resources on the Internet. They play concentration, read online books, play sight word bingo, and view various sight word lists and illustrations.

Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game.  In this descriptive words instructional activity, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing.  Students...

In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the blank for the correct word for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the worksheet.

In this spelling skills worksheet, students respond to 4 questions in which they correct misspelled words, identify word families, and select words to finish sentences.

This clever lesson has students practice finding a variety of types of information in a dictionary by playing a "Dictionary Scavenger Hunt" game. Students must use the guide words at the top of a dictionary page, determine what part of...

For this vowel sound game worksheet, students insert the missing vowel letters into the dental words. Students try to complete the worksheet in two minutes.

For this interpreting tone and feeling worksheet, students examine 6 sets of sentences and select the words that best describe the tone of the sentences. An example is included.

In this sight vocabulary worksheet, students study the sight words plane, system, behind, ran, round, boat, game, force, brought, and understand. Students print the 10 words.

Students practice spelling and word recognition. In this spelling lesson plan, students play a game. . Students are given a word to spell and as they call out each letter, they swat the letter with a fly swatter allowing each student to...

Learners demonstrate word fluency from the Dolch word list. In this word fluency lesson, students play a word identification game that involves a simulated bowling game. Learners identify several words from the Dolch word list and color...

For this homonyms worksheet, students discover common homonyms by playing a Bingo game. There are 8 different cards provided; the caller could use a homonyms list. The caller would need to use each word in a sentence. Students mark their...

In this vocabulary learning exercise, students analyze 5 words from a word bank. Students fit them into a puzzle, generate sentences, place them in alphabetical order and illustrate them.

Young scholars practice spelling words by swatting fake insects.  In this vocabulary lesson plan, students participate in a spelling game in which teams must spell a word correctly one letter at a time.  Young scholars may fix...

In this Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All instructional activity, students complete six pages of different activities related to the book Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All. Activities include a word search, crossword puzzle,...

In this book activities activity, students read a paragraph about the book Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, use sentence starters, write a song, use idioms, complete a spelling game, and complete a writing pattern. Students complete 5...

Young scholars investigate the Middle Ages and it's relation to the theater.  In this acting instructional activity, students read Arthurian stories form the Middle Ages and practice using vocabulary words from the Medieval Times....

Young scholars engage in a reading comprehension instructional activity that focuses on specific sounds found in words. The instructional activity includes a variety of experiences that include games, a storybook, and literature response...