Search results for ELA Skills
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CHARACTER: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organizers
, Not Grade Specific,
Character graphic organizers for any story, from a character map and a trait chart with text evidence to a relationship web, Venn comparison and character sketch.
Author Ibby Resources
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Tags Study, Skills, Character, Literary, Device
Clothes Speaking Game – ESL Vocabulary Board
, Not Grade Specific,
Board game for speaking practice: players move from Start to Finish and answer a clothing question on each space, such as what they like to wear to a birthday party.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Clothes, Routine, Habits, Speaking Game, ESL Games, Small Group, Language Development, Speaking Skills, Literacy, Board Game
Collaboration Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
The page explains that learners should follow group rules while reading a text aloud or discussing a topic. Four identical monitoring forms each provide space for a name and five observable collaboration behaviours. Stars can be filled as a student takes turns, responds to questions, asks questions, remains on topic, and respects others’ ideas. The design supports real-time observation of participation rather than a written reflection or content quiz.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Speaking And Listening
Communication Skills word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
, Not Grade Specific,
Words for talking and listening well, such as persuade, negotiate, clarify and respond, are the answers in a crossword, a letter scramble and a word-find grid.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble, Printable Puzzles, Educational Games, Activity Sheets, Brain Teasers, Kids Puzzles, Classroom Resources, Teacher Resources, Crossword
Composition Organizer for Pro/Con
, Not Grade Specific,
Planning a pro/con essay gets structure from a graphic organizer for the introduction, one body paragraph per side with three reasons each, and a conclusion.
Author Resource Garden
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Tags Composition Organizer, Pro/Con Writing, Language Arts, Analytical Thinking, Self-assessment Skills
CONFLICT: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organizers
, Not Grade Specific,
Ten blank graphic organizers guide students through analyzing a story's conflict from different angles, from a basic problem/solution chart to a chart classifying conflict as character-versus-nature, -self, -society or -character.
Author Ibby Resources
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Tags Study, Skills, Character, Graphic Organizer, Story Elements
Coping Skills word search and word scramble
, Not Grade Specific,
Coping skills vocabulary anchors a matched pair of puzzles, a word search and a word scramble, giving students two independent formats for practicing the same set of terms.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble, Printable Puzzles, Educational Games, Activity Sheets, Brain Teasers, Vocabulary Builder, Kids Puzzles, Classroom Resources, Teacher Resources
Cute Cat Cards 5x7 Envelope Template Included
, Not Grade Specific,
Valentine's Day cards in eight designs, including cute cats, sized 5x7 and double-sided, with a matching envelope template for students to cut out, assemble and personalize.
Author Homeschooling Dietitian Mom
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Tags Valentine's Day Templates, Valentines Day Projects, Valentines Day Writing Prompts, Valentines Day Crafts, Cute Bulletin Board, Valentines Craft Preschool, Social Skills Centers
CVC Words + Emergent Sentences Pack
, Not Grade Specific,
Ending sounds come first on each page: students write the missing final sound of a CVC word for a picture, then read short repetitive sentences and draw lines matching them to pictures.
Author The Kinder Lady
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Tags Phonics, CVC Words, Emergent Sentences, Literacy Skills, Vocabulary Development, Emergent In A Sentence, Simple Cvc Sentences
Daily Routines Speaking Game – ESL Board Game
, Not Grade Specific,
A printable board game runs thirty daily-routine conversation questions along a path from Start to Finish for ESL speaking practice.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Speaking Game, Speaking Skills, Language Activities, Board Game, Small Group, Whole Group, Dice Games, Literacy, ESL, Conversation Starters
Days of the Week – ESL Lesson Plan for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
ESL lesson plan for young beginners on the days of the week, built around a song to the tune of The Addams Family, a circle game, a Snap! card game and short writing practice.
Author TEAM TEFL
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Tags Days Of The Week, ESL Lesson Plan, Kids, Early Learners, Language Skills Development
Desert Animals Colouring Pages.
, Not Grade Specific,
The 52-page file begins with a desert-animal colouring cover and ends with a closing page. Between them are fifty animal designs, many presented in paired illustration styles for the same labelled species. Visible examples range from foxes and meerkats to lizards, arthropods, and birds adapted to arid environments. The pages are image-led colouring sheets with labels, not informational readings or habitat worksheets.
Author Nena Creations
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Tags Desert Animals Coloring Pages 2. Desert Wildlife Coloring Sheets 3. Printable Desert Animals 4. Desert Habitat Activities 5. Camel Coloring Pages 6. Reptile Coloring Pages For Kids 7. Mammals Of The Desert Coloring 8. Desert Science Activities 9. Homeschool Desert Unit 10. Nature Study Coloring Pages 11. Thorny Devil Coloring Sheet 12. Sidewinder Snake Coloring 13. Fennec Fox Coloring Page 14. Scorpion Coloring Activity 15. Desert Birds Coloring Pages 16. Educational Animal Coloring Pages 17. Animal Adaptations Worksheets 18. Desert Ecosystem Activities 19. Fine Motor Skills Desert Theme 20. Classroom Desert Activities
Determining Theme Graphic Organizer Activity
, Not Grade Specific,
Three blank "Determining Theme" organizers share one box layout — Theme, Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution and Summary — and differ only in the title line at the top, which reads Title of Story on the first, Title of drama on the second and Title of poem on the third.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Reading Graphic Organizer, Summarizing Worksheet, Summarizing Practice, Story Theme, Poetry, Writing Template, Reading Worksheet, Reading Skills
Dictionary and Reference Skills Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle
, Not Grade Specific,
Dictionary and reference skills puzzle set built on 15 terms such as guide word, entry, pronunciation, thesaurus and almanac, which students meet in a crossword, a scramble and a word search.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble, Printable Puzzles, Educational Games, Activity Sheets, Brain Teasers, Kids Puzzles, Classroom Resources, Teacher Resources, Crossword
Dictionary Skills Alphabetical Order Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
The early pages ask learners to sequence several small banks of unrelated words, building fluency with ordinary alphabetical comparison. Later pages shift to sentences and ask which listed word would appear first or last in a dictionary. That change moves the skill from rewriting full lists to making targeted lookup judgments within context. A final checking page covers both formats, allowing errors in sequencing and first-or-last decisions to be reviewed separately.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Alphabetical Order, Dictionary Alphabetical Order, Put Words In Abc Order Worksheet, Dictionary In Alphabetical Order
Editable Partner Talk Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,
Partner talk anchor chart in editable PowerPoint listing the norms for talking with a partner: nod your head, one person talks at a time, eye to eye, hands in lap and knees touching.
Author First in Line
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Tags Partner Talk, Reading, Management, Expectations, Listening Skills
Editing Checklist for Self and Peer
, Not Grade Specific,
A self-and-peer editing checklist has writers check their work against spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and formatting guidelines before a peer completes a second review.
Author Resource Garden
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Tags Language Arts, Writing Skills, Peer Review, Self-Assessment, Critical Thinking
Editing Tool: Revising and Editing
, Not Grade Specific,
Revising and editing reference page built on two acronyms: ARMS (add, remove, move, substitute) for revising and CUPS (capitalization, usage, punctuation, spelling) for editing.
Author Reading in the Middle Grade
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Tags Writing Skills, Revising, Editing, Language Arts, Academic Communication
Fairy Tales Speaking Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Board game for speaking practice: players move along the path and answer the fairy tale question on each space, from what makes a good ending to who helps Cinderella sort the lentils.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Board Games, Fairy Tales, Literature, Reading, Comprehension, Speaking Skills, Dialogue, ESL, Rapunzel, Small Group
Farm Life Speaking Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Farm and country life board game for ESL speaking practice, with about 25 discussion squares such as 'Have you ever sat on a tractor?' and 'Which animals live on a farm?'
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Board Games, Speaking Game, ESL, Farm Life, Farm Animals, Small Group, Writing Practice, Speaking Skills, Dialogue
Feelings Conversation Cards | 16 Sentence Starters for Speaking
, Not Grade Specific,
Feelings conversation cards with 16 sentence starters such as 'I'm angry when…' for speaking practice, covering states from calm, excited and nervous to hungry, tired and upset.
Author English with Rita
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Tags Speaking Practice, Task Cards, Conversation Cards, Discussion Cards, Social Emotional Learning, SEL Activities, Sentence Starters, Printable Task Cards, Icebreaker
For Substitutes: Dickinson's Poem
, Not Grade Specific,
Substitute-day poetry worksheet on Emily Dickinson's 'The Bustle in a House': students name the poet, define five words from the poem and explain its meaning in writing, with an optional drawing.
Author The Education Lab
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Tags Poetry Analysis, Language Skills, Vocabulary Building, Emily Dickinson, Substitute Lesson
Friendship Skills Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle
, Not Grade Specific,
Friendship skills word search, word scramble and crossword built on social-emotional words like share, include, respect and apologize; crossword clues describe the behaviour, such as say sorry after a mistake.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble, Printable Puzzles, Educational Games, Activity Sheets, Brain Teasers, Kids Puzzles, Classroom Resources, Teacher Resources, Crossword
Sensory Details Graphic Organizer – Writing Tool
, Not Grade Specific,
Five sense boxes - see, hear, feel, taste and smell - arranged around a single "Place or Object" field on a frame headed "Focusing on Sensory Details", with Name, Date and Period lines across the top.
Author Reading in the Middle Grade
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Tags Graphic Organizer, Sensory Details, Language Arts, Writing Skills, Outdoor Activity