Language Arts Resources

Sandwich Book Report (Mrs. Renz) Scoring Guide	Book Reporting Bingo	Memory Bag Book Report (Mrs. Renz)
Cereal Box Book Report Side Box Pictures Template	Book Reports by Genre	Book Talks
Favorite Book Picture Album	Book Report Alternative (Technology Lesson)	Design a Book Cover
Opening the Door for Reading: Sharing Favorite Texts to Build Community

Reading Strategies Posters

Inferring

Inferences Mini-Lessons (Mandy Gregory)

Into the Book - Inferring

What Word Am I? (Game)

Visualizing

Into the Book - Visualizing

Questioning

Questioning Mini-Lessons (Mandy Gregory)

Into the Book - Questioning

Before, During, After Questions

QAR Poster

Questioning Song

Questioning Poster

Applying QAR to Pictures (Technology lesson)

Predicting

Predictions/Evidence Chart

Summarizing

Into the Book - Summarizing

Flip Book for Retelling

Grammar Rules Chart

Parts of Speech Chart

Brain Pop Movie - Parts of Speech

Language Arts Resources

Literature A-Z

Parts of Speech Game

Parts of Speech: Word Invasion

Abbreviations

Adjectives

Brain Pop Movie - Adjectives

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose Poster

Author's Purpose Lesson

Identifying the Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose PowerPoint

Contractions

Apple Contractions

Contractions Game

Contractions Song

Brain Pop Movie - Contractions

Fact/Opinion

Game

Homophones

Songs

Pick a "Pear" of Homophones

I have my students write pairs of homophones on pears! Then, we put them on a classroom pear tree.

Each student uses one pair of homophones in a sentence. Then, they draw a picture that goes along with the sentence that they wrote.

To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones (Technology Lesson)

Hyperbole/Exaggeration

Tabloid Cover Example

Tabloid Headlines

Tabloid Template

Idioms

Poster - Page 1, Page 2

Eye on Idioms

Brain Pop Movie - Idioms and Cliches

Nouns

Brain Pop Movie - Nouns

Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Nouns

Possessive Nouns

Possessive Noun Play: Tic Tac Toe Game

Irregular Plural Nouns PowerPoint

Point of View

Point of View Lesson Plan

Brain Pop Movie - Point of View

Prefix/Suffix

Prefix Game 1

Prefix Game 2

Brain Pop Movie - Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Similes

Animal Similes

Brain Pop Movie - Similes and Metaphors

Subject/Predicate

Predicates Quiz

Subjects Quiz

Song

Brain Pop Movie - Subject/Predicate

Synonyms

Synonym Worksheet

Bulletin Board Example

Eulogy Examples

Tired Words

Word Tombstone

BrainPop Movie - Antonyms, Synonyms, and Homonyms

Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Synonyms and Antonyms

Word Frog

Types of Sentences

Posters

PowerPoint Lesson - Complete vs. Incomplete Sentences

Brain Pop Movie - Run-On Sentences

Brain Pop Movie - Sentence Fragments

Brain Pop Movie - Types of Sentences

Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Types of Sentences

Onomatopoeia

Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using Comic Books to Teach Onomatopoeia

Verbs

PowerPoint Lesson

Brain Pop Movie - Subject/Verb Agreement

Brain Pop Movie - Verbs and their Objects

Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Tenses

Verb Viper

Adverbs

BrainPop Movie - Adverbs

Capitalization and Punctuation

Brain Pop Movie - Capitalization

Brain Pop Movie - Punctuation

Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Capital and Lowercase

Main Idea and Details

Brain Pop Movie - Main Idea

Spelling Contract

All Choices

First Quarter

Creative Choice Spelling - a list of fun ways for students to practice spelling

Spelling and Vocabulary games and activities

SpellingCity

Spelling Task Cards

Handwriting Paper Horizontal Lined Paper Vertical Lined Paper	Blank Postcard	Creative Writing Prompts
Call in the C.O.P.S. Poster	Story Starters and Endings	More Story Starters
Effective Teaching Solutions - a list of good books to use with various writing mini-lessons	Garfield's Comic Creator - Students can make their very own comic strip using this fun tool online!	Mosaic Listserve Tools - Reading and Writing resources for teachers
Write a Letter	Writing Paper Templates (Power Point) From Vicki Blackwell's website	Blank Comic Strip
Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade by Esme Raji Codell Activities and Discussion Questions	Writing Process Poster	Let's Book It with Tech'Knowledge'y - Making Books - Vicki Blackwell
Studentreasures.com - Students' writing and illustrations are published in full-color, hardbound books for FREE!	Creative Communication's Poetic Power - Dedicated to promoting creative writing, this organization holds a poetry contest for K-12 students three times a year, with the winners sharing over $70,000 in prizes.	Paragraph a Week Program
6 + 1 Traits	6 + 1 Traits Organizer Pack	Published Letter Home
Writing Traits for Desk	Proofreading Marks	Expository Writing
Sentence Strips - Expository Writing	Writing Paper - Books Writing Paper - Stars	Transitions Clarify Compare/Contrast Conclude/Summarize Show Time Transition Words
Making Books Foldables - 1, 2 Stapleless Book	6 Traits Assessment Overview	6 Traits Writing Prompts
6 Traits - Qualities Teachers Look For	6 Traits Scoring Rubric	ReadWriteThink Comic Creator
Flip Book	Letter Generator	Printing Press
PowerPoint Writing Paper (from Vicki Blackwell)	6 Traits Posters	Printable Paper
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg This book is great to use for creative writing prompts.	Brain Pop Movie - Show, Not Tell	Brain Pop Movie - Strengthening Sentences
Brain Pop Movie - Types of Writing	Brain Pop Movie - Writing in Sequence	Brain Pop Movie - Writing Process
Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Writing a Paragraph	Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Writing About Yourself	Brain Pop, Jr. Movie - Writing with the Senses
Printable Stationery	WritingFix

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