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This printable worksheet/activity was written to address the following Common Core Informational Text Standards in Grades 2-4. RI.2.9: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. RI.4.9: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. Students read two different 120-word tex

Written for 3rd through 5th grade. A worksheet explaining what run-on sentences are, why students write them, and then offering practice at correcting several paragraphs of run-on writing. What I like about this lesson/worksheet is that there aren't other errors in the text, so the focus is entirely on correcting run-ons. Students will experience greater success and less frustrations by focusing just on the run-ons. Answers provided. This is a thirty to forty minute lesson with extension possib

L.3.4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. L.4.4a: Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. This four-page printable was created specifically to help students understand and practice the above Common Core Standards. Students read about sentence-level context and see examples of four different types of context clues. This is followed

Common Core Informational Text Standard RI.2.5: Know and use various text features such as indexes to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. This printable three-page worksheet provides students in grades 2-5 with: 1) identifying key words to use when looking up information in an index. (20 questions) 2) practice in identifying the best pages to look in a book by studying an actual index. (11 questions) 3) further practice in identifying the best pages to look in a book by st

Common Core Language Standard L.4.5a: Recognize and explain simple similes and metaphors and interpret them in context. This is a two-page printable ideal for grades 3-6 and assumes students know the very basic definition of a simile and a metaphor. Students practice the above common-core standard on sixteen different questions. They read each item and identify what two things are being compared, whether it is a simile or metaphor, and what the simile or metaphor means. See the Preview page to s

Every teacher knows what nouns, verbs, and adjectives are, and there are plenty of resources available out there for those grammar topics. But do you have trouble finding good-quality resources for teaching Common Core standards on correlative conjunctions, intensive pronouns, abstract nouns, demonstratives, tags, nouns in direct address, subjective and objective pronouns, perfect and progressive verb tenses, collective nouns, interjections, and pronoun and their antecedents? I did, and rightl

Common Core Language Standards L.4.2b: Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech. This is a printable that addresses the above Common Core Standard at a beginner's level for Grades 2-3 and is a good first step to understanding quotation marks and speech in text upon arrival in Grade 4. Students are introduced to the simple difference between direct and indirect quotations and do a practice exercise on this skill. They are then

Common Core Standard Informational Text RI.3.8 : Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). One thing I have never like about a lot of publisher-created materials on practicing sequence in reading is that they usually require students to read a text and then sequence 8-10 events in the story with numbers for 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The problem with this format is that once students make a sing

Common Core Language Standard L.4.1g: Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their). This printable addresses the above Common Core Language Standard. It introduces students to the twelve most commonly misused word pairs/trios in the English language. Definitions and examples of how to use each word are given, followed by practice with each of the words in three separate exercises. Each exercise is different in format, but the goal is the same: to practice when and h

Common Core Reading Foundational Skill RF.4.3a: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context. Students practice thinking and finding the correct pronunciation and syllabic stress with multi-meaning words such as con test' (verb form) and con' test (noun form) in 20 context sentences. Please see the preview for further information. Answer

This is a one-two period lesson plan to have students create an apology poem of their own similar to the very funny "This is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams. Fully explained and guided lesson for success with elementary students. If you are like me and don't like teaching poetry and are looking for an easy lesson and a neat product to post in your classroom then this is for you. Ideal for 3rd-6th grades.

Informational passages and assessments that are close-reading ready, lengthy and engaging, and aligned with Common Core Standards are an important aspect of many elementary school ELA programs. This product is sold as an example of what I offer to meet this resource need and is not part of any bundled collection offered in my store.This is a biographical passage and assessment on the life of Frank Baum, the man who wrote the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a magical story that has enchanted millions an

Common Core Language Standard L.2.1e: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. A teacher-friendly two-page worksheet on Adjectives and Adverbs for grades 2-4 that introduces adjectives and adverbs, helping students see how they are used and recognizing them in sentence. Includes: A) learning the differences between adjectives and adverbs. B) identifying examples of adjectives and adverbs in short phrases. C) finding adjectives and adverbs in co

Common Core Writing Standard W.3.1 : Write an opinion on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. Provide reasons that support the opinion. This printable "no prep" resource offers students in Grades 3-5 the opportunity to read a variety of short paragraphs/situations. Students then write an opinion or conclusion sentence about what they have read as well as list the clues that led them to that opinion. Please see the Preview. There are fourteen paragraphs in total for student

Common Core Reading Standard RL.3.5 : Refer to parts of stories when writing or speaking about a text; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. This four-page printable was written to address and target the above Common Core Standard and is best suited for students in Grades 3-4. Students read eight different unfinished short texts and decide what is most likely to happen next in the story. After they have chosen the most likely conclusion or outcome they identify from a lis

Common Core Language Standard L.3.1c: Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). Abstract nouns are a challenge for students to recognize and use. This printable is designed to address the Common Core Standard on abstract nouns. First, students are introduced to what abstract nouns are in an understandable way. Using what they have just learned, they then review a list of twenty-seven nouns and decide which are regular nouns and which are abstract. This is followed by a practical exercise where stud

Common Core Language Standard L.1.1h: Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives). Although this standard is a part of the Grade 1 Common Core Language standards, this printable was written for my Grade 3-5 students who seemed to: 1) have been "absent that day" in Grade 1 when the standard was taught. 2) be second-language learners. or 3) have simply forgotten what the terms article and demonstrative mean and why they are so important in written English. This mini-lesson starts

Common Core Language Standard L.3.1f: Ensure pronoun-antecedent agreement as part of demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. This printable worksheet helps students in Grades 3-4 practice mastering that skill. First, students are reintroduced to what pronouns are and how they work in sentences along with being given a definition of an antecedent. This is followed by a short story text that has 14 pronouns and requires students to

Common Core Language Standard L.2.1b: Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish). This is a single worksheet activity on the most common and commonly used unusual plurals in English. It isn't about deciding to add "s" or "es" or changing endings "half=halves" or "kiss=kisses" but rather about words that stay the same when plural "fish" or become something totally different "tooth=teeth". Ready to go and with answers provided. Especially va

This is a biographical passage and assessment on Wilma Rudolph, the famous African American Olympic champion. It focuses in on her three gold medal victories at the 1960 Olympic Games, which were all the more remarkable given her illness as a child that made her unable to walk much of the time. It was written specifically for Grade 3-4 reading levels and can be used in a number of ways by teachers (close reading, direct instruction in class, independent practice, homework, test prep, assessment,