3rd - 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 33

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Use this resource with your students to practice connecting key events in nature. They will read about the water cycle and note the steps in order that they occur.

This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

Teach your child the difference between "a" and "an", two of the three main determiners in the English language.

Give this adjective-filled handout to students as a reference document they can refer to now and save for later!

This mentor text can support fifth graders as they learn good technique for argument essay writing.

The silverback gorilla is a special animal. This magnificent male is part of an endangered species. Complete this sheet to learn all about this gentle giant.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Chinese language learners match characters to pictures in this basic phrases matching activity. Students look at four lines of dialogue, then draw a line to the corresponding illustration.

With this worksheet your third graders will enjoy learning important facts about the Statue of Liberty and strengthen their vocabulary.

Brush up on the rules of capitalization with this handy worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Practice identifying and relating common prefixes, suffixes, and root words in vocabulary words with this helpful grammar worksheet!

If your child likes to rhyme, have him try this fun style by using the format of poet Edward Lear.