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The King Will Make a Way — (from Just Us) lessons, workbook pages, lapbook pieces, notebooking pages for many language arts topics including: personification, anthropomorphism, metaphor, simile, lie vs. lay, descriptive writing, etc.
1st-6th Language Arts texts/teacher guides
Language Arts Course Writing, Grammar, Speaking, Analyzing Literature, Florida State’s materials (download, but you can see it first, it’s like a workbook) You can request to download the teacher’s guide. I told them I didn’t live in Florida, but they sent me the link to the teacher’s materials right away.
Alphabetical Order L Online Game, Three difficulty levels
Introducing Alphabetical Order worksheet
Alphabetical Order Online activity (beginner I think)
Alphabetical Order Worksheet, put the number words in alphabetical order
Alphabetizing Worksheets various levels
Language
Language through Nature, Literature and Art ebook
Antonyms, Homophones L/M online activities
Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms L/M Online Game (You choose which topic and which speed.)
Homophones BBC
Idioms L/M Paint by idiom. Choose your difficulty level.
Idioms M Online worksheets
Idioms M/U quizzes
Synonyms Online Game M Three difficulty levels–WORKSHEET (BBC)
- Poetic Devices
Go on a scavenger hunt and find these in your books and try them out yourself.
See The King Will Make a Way download at the top of the page
Wall Cards print out definitions and examples of these literary devices
Figurative Language chart with definitions and examples
Alliteration Tongue Twisters — Power point presentation of examples (there is a lesson on this in The King Will Make a Way languages arts download)
Anthropomorphism (there is a lesson on this in The King Will Make a Way languages arts download)
Idioms M Interactive website
Metaphor (there is a lesson on this in The King Will Make a Way languages arts download)
Onomatopoeia words that sound like the sound they describe (there is a lesson on this in The King Will Make a Way languages arts download)
Oxymoron contradictory words used together
Personification (there is a lesson on this in The King Will Make a Way languages arts download)
Pun U — Funny pun examples everyone
Simile (there is a lesson on this in The King Will Make a Way languages arts download)
READING
Starfall — Learn to Read L Starts with ABCs and works it’s way up to simple stories. This is a great site if you’ve never been there.
Story Cove L Listen to and watch movies of stories from around the world–comes with lesson plans for PreK-2nd (You may want to be careful of “magical” content. I also posted this on the Preschool page.)
Reading Comprehension Workbooks 1st – 6th These are really big workbooks.
Developing Reading Skills Online Activities for K – 6th
Reading Comprehension online exercise L
Reading Comprehension online exercise M
Story Sequencing Grade 1 Listen to the story Cut out blocks and Put in order; Listen to the story Cut out blocks and put in order
Reading Worksheets and lessons by grade
Reading Lessons for the teacher — all different lessons from phonics to comprehension, etc.
Professor Garfield Reading M Don’t let the packaging fool you. This is really good. Context clues, sequencing, answering questions about the comics, vocabulary…your older L students could probably do it.
Drawing Inferences Worksheet L (2 pages)
Context Clues Worksheets M (2 pages)
- Parts of a Story (There is more on this in the writing section.)
Parts of a Story L/M Interactive–characters, setting, plot…
Parts of a Story Wall Cards “Literary Elements”
Graphic Organizers online interactives: character, setting, etc.
Graphic Organizer for story printable (rising action, climax…)
Character Description online tool
Elements of Fiction M/U Notebooking pages, printable cards defining plot, theme, conflict…
- Reading Response
103 Things To Do Before/During/After Reading
Summarize with Doodles (ReadWriteThink)
Prompts (from Jimmie’s Collage) See it HERE. Download it HERE.
Book Report Worksheet (from Just Us)
Graphic Organizers
Making Connections with the Story
Main Events Sequence log
The following are worksheets designed for classroom use to guide students in responding in different ways to their reading. (mrcoley.com)
Write Questions for Discussion
How Does the Story Relate to You
Illustrate a Scene from the Book
- Reading Strategies
Reading Strategies — Online, it seems like you could print out this colorful depiction of many strategies to approaching reading something you don’t understand
Reading Strategies — B/W Printable
SPEAKING
Drama 8 to 10 drama curriculum for grades 8 – 10
Free Dramas scripts for plays and movies
SPELLING
Site with tons of spelling worksheets where each sheet is one lesson
Spelling worksheets — it lists the word lists for each lesson
Online Spelling Program grades 1 – 8 30 lists per grade, learn, practice, play, records results
Spelling Course for 6th-8th grade 30 weeks of spelling lessons
Word Scrambler Worksheet Creator
PuzzleFast quickly make a few different types of puzzles with one word list
Plurals Spelling Online Activities BBC divided by spelling rule
Spelling online game L Spin and Spell
Spelling Online Games All Levels
Online Game L/M (You choose one of three difficulty levels.)
Online Game L/M Three difficulty levels, choose the word that is spelled correctly (BBC)
Online Game L/M (fun brain)
Mumbo Jumbo Online Game unscramble and find words within other words
Online Game L/M run over the letters as you spell
Spelling Bee Online Activity All Levels– Choose grade level, listen to the story and type in missing words
Plurals Online Activity–Easy and Challenging Levels
Quiddler Online Puzzle, find words among the letters
Tips for practicing spelling words
Word Builder and Word Sort and Spelling Match by Houghton Mifflin Grades 1 to 6
One technique to simply include spelling in your day: Keep a small notebook where you write in any word you notice misspelled in your child’s writing. (Or write up on a white board or something.) Just write it down without marking it on their paper. Each day set out the spelling notebook for your child to look over. Once a week test them on the words. Anything misspelled gets back on the list and needs to be practiced with copying and using in a sentence. If they don’t want this practice work, they need to be more careful the first time. If you don’t like the idea of tests, they could write a letter/email to someone each week using all of the words on their list.
VOCABULARY
See Homonyms, Antonyms and Synonyms at the top of this page
Vocabulary Units (8 levels with 15 units on each level)
Online Vocabulary Program grades 1 – 8 30 lists per grade, learn, practice, play, records results
(See reading comprehension workbooks)
Crosswords and E words by Houghton Mifflin grades 1 to 6
Vocabulary games K-12
Article on teaching vocabulary through the books you are reading to your children
My Picture Dictionary Simple download to make a little book with lines to write a word for each letter of the alphabet and it’s definition. Use the backs for drawing pictures. You could make one of these books for each topic you are studying. (Don’t worry about using every letter every time!)
Hangman U Online Game
Online Quiz — multiple choice U
Prefixes and Suffixes M/U Online game–match them with their definition, 4 difficulty levels
Prefixes and Suffixes L/M Online game
Vocab Videos — this says it’s for SAT prep, but I think many could be used for younger students
Word a Day everyday gives you a new word 6th-12th (you choose grade)
Word Benders ebook (sign up and download, grades 3-4+)
Word-Study Boxes (time for kids)
Worksheets Elementary school age students, by grade level
