Laudable Learning

14 question cloze test that includes two sections. Each section has its own word bank. This activity requires students to determine which homograph best completes each sentence.

This is an 8-page bundle. Pages 1-7 (12 questions per page) require students to use a dictionary to locate words. Students will use dictionary entries to determine syllabication, pronunciation, guide words, or part of speech for various words. There are also questions that can be answered based on details given in the definitions of certain words. These materials work best with children's dictionaries, however a standard adult dictionary would work as well. Page 8 contains a formative asses

Cloze activity with a word bank and two true/false questions about spiders based on Lisa Blau's Sensational Spider reader's theater script and the poem "Spiders" by Janet Bruno. This is a great assessment for any elementary teacher who is teaching about spiders and their life cycle. This is great for fall, especially Halloween! The poem, "Spiders" is available on CanTeach:Songs and Poems, a free educational website. The reader's theater script, Sensational Spiders, is in Lisa Blau's book, Fa

Use this quick handout to teach primary students how to summarize a fictional text. There are three to a sheet.