Subjects

Math

English Language Arts

Science

Social Studies

Foreign Language

Grades

Pre-K

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Worksheets

Games

Build a Worksheet

Word Scramble

Word Search

Crossword Puzzle

Sudoku Generator

Addition Worksheet Generator 

Subtraction Worksheet Generator

Multiplication Worksheet Generator

Division Worksheet Generator

See All

More Resources

Arts & Crafts

Hands-On Activities

CVC Words

Guided Lessons

Common Core State Standards

Common Core Math

Common Core ELA

Roly Recommends

Weekly Recommendations

Early Childhood

Social Emotional Learning

Summer

Independence Day

Summer Boost

STEM Challenge

Showing Results for "1" : Page 2

This lesson will help your young writers develop a claim, or thesis, and construct an argument around it. You may have students complete the essay by continuing the process with the lesson Literary Argument Writing: Drafting Your Essay.




Literary Argument Writing: Defining Your Topic

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Practice Using Transitions #2

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Informational Outlines 2

Give your ELs concrete experience with adverbs and adverbial phrases as a tool to discover details in nonfiction texts. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the Hey! What's the Big Idea? lesson.

Discovering Nonfiction Details

In this brief questionnaire, students will think about who their audience is and what they believe.

Argument Writing: Who Is Your Audience?

Help your class grasp the concept of &quot;main idea&quot; with this fun, hands-on lesson. Students will dive into mystery bags full of supportive detail clues to determine the main idea of each bag.

Main Idea: It's in the Bag!

Give your students the opportunity to turn boring titles into interesting titles!

Turning Titles Around

Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.

Interesting Introductions

Help your ELs learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text by using nouns and pronouns as guide words. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Explorer Letters.

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.

Power Reading

Second graders love field trips and sharing their opinions! This fun lesson combines both, as students must convince their teacher to take them on a field trip by practicing their opinion writing and using paragraph structure.

Here’s What I Think!

Do your students have strong opinions? This lesson, which features a bunch of fun essay-building exercises, provides an outlet for young writers to express their opinions.

Tell Me About It! Writing Opinion Essays

Persuasive writing is at hand! With authentic and relevant school-related topics, students will encounter and use organizational structures found in persuasive essays. 

Strategic School Persuasion

Beginning readers can practice their comprehension skills by using this graphic organizer to diagram the plot of a story or book.

Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer

In this worksheet, learners will rewrite a short paragraph using smooth, flowing sentences.

Sentence Makeover Part 2

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Create a Comic Strip

Give your students an introduction to types of story hooks as they compose original story beginnings the help of a word bank. This can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson for the Capture That Reader! lesson plan.

Story Hooks

Writers learn how to plan a well-written paragraph with this two-part worksheet.

Let's Practice! How to Write a Paragraph

Hone your students' close reading skills by using this interesting and fun lesson that teaches your class survival skills in an informational text.

Super Survival Skills

Use this helpful journal prompt to get your child thinking about gratitude and their impact on others!

Gratitude Journal

Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.

Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts

Everyone loves an intriguing introduction! Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing new and improved introductions to well-loved fictional stories in this fun writing lesson.

Capture That Reader!

The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practice crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running! 

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

Bram Stoker's Dracula has inspired feelings of fear and morbid curiosity for over a century. With this lesson plan, your students will get a taste of the literary work while learning about the myth behind vampires.

Mythological Creature: Vampire

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Guess My Rock!

Young writers will learn to manipulate and combine sentences with conjunctions and adverb phrases. This skill helps students understand that crafting sentences is a creative and artistic process. 

Sentence Scramble

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

Helios the Sun God

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Make a Sequence Sandwich!

Help your second graders hone their research skills using this animal-themed lesson! Students will enjoy choosing an animal, identifying questions, and researching their answers as they learn about writing informative essays.

Animal Reports

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.

Subjects

Grade Level

Resource Type

Occasion

Common Core

Arts & Crafts

English Language Support

Showing Results for "1" : Page 2