Elementary School English Language Arts Handouts

Holocaust Memorial Photograph Activity (FREE)

By Gail Hennessey

I visited Vienna and took a photograph of the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial(also called the Nameless Library). Perhaps, you may find this short activity of interest to use with your students.

Gail Hennessey

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Free Essay Outline

By Shy's Sunshine Room

Essay Outline for Older Students

Including:

Introduction:

- Hook

- Preview

- Thesis

3 Body Paragraphs:

- Topic Sentences

- 3 Key Details Each

Conclusion:

- Restate Thesis

- Summary

- Closing Sentence

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Cursive Name Worksheet (Editable)

By Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

This editable cursive name worksheet was designed as a handwriting guide so your students/children practice names in cursive. This editable cursive name worksheet is perfect for teachers and parents to have their students/children practice cursive because cursive is not taught in school anymore. This resource is age-appropriate for 2nd-6th as well as homeschooling.

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  1. click on "My Name"

  2. change to your child's/student's name

  3. change the font to another cursive font, if needed.

  4. once you have changed the name and font, duplicate the slide and print as many pages as needed.

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Episode 1 Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handout

By TooBookedUp

If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

  • A double-sided handout for episode 1
  • This handout contains:
  • One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
  • This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

Check out every episode bundled 1-8: Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handouts Episodes 1-8 BUNDLE (TeachShare.com)

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Holocaust Memorial Photograph Activity (FREE)

By Gail Hennessey

I visited Vienna and took a photograph of the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial(also called the Nameless Library). Perhaps, you may find this short activity of interest to use with your students.

Gail Hennessey

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R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy Grade 5 (WonderWorks)

By Peter D

This is a 33-page set of worksheets to help grade 5 students practice the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. The R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize) is a method that students can use to write meaningful responses to questions about a written text.

For each week in the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Five, there is one question for students to answer using the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. Please note that students must have the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Five in order to answer the questions in these worksheets.

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R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy Grade 6 (WonderWorks)

By Peter D

This is a 32-page set of worksheets to help grade 6 students practice the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. The R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize) is a method that students can use to write meaningful responses to questions about a written text.

For each week in the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Six, there is one question for students to answer using the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. Please note that students must have the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Six in order to answer the questions in these worksheets.

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R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy Grade 4 (WonderWorks)

By Peter D

This is a 32-page set of worksheets to help grade 4 students practice the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. The R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize) is a method that students can use to write meaningful responses to questions about a written text.

For each week in the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Four, there is one question for students to answer using the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. Please note that students must have the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Four in order to answer the questions in these worksheets.

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R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy Grade 3 (WonderWorks)

By Peter D

This is a 64-page set of worksheets to help grade 3 students practice the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. The R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy (Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize) is a method that students can use to write meaningful responses to questions about a written text.

For each week in the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Three, there are two questions for students to answer using the R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy. Please note that students must have the WonderWorks Interactive Worktext for Grade Three in order to answer the questions in these worksheets.

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Easter

By Beth Hammett

Write your own story about the Easter bunny! Fifteen themed coloring and writing pages with images of bunnies, eggs, chicks, or Happy Easter (can be left out for non-religious entities). Pages are lined for beginning writers. Options include:

Individual stories

Continuous story with students adding their own sentence

Group writings: beginning, middle, and end

Letter/Spelling practice

Fact vs. Fiction stories

Mini-Books (lace pages and make books)

Paste onto construction paper and display

Peer Workshopping

Easter Read-arounds/storytelling

Assessment of writing skills, and many other uses!

Great writing exercises for the Easter holiday!

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Circus I-Spy for Grades Pre-k-1

By Beth Hammett

Have students help Wacky Wayne find letters, numbers, and shapes inside these ten circus-themed I-Spy handouts. Includes: Basic letters Numbers 1-8 Shapes: star, triangle, heart, and more... Scene themed shapes Fun learning activities for reviews and/or assessments of recognizing letters, numbers, and shapes.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Word Puzzles

By Beth Hammett

Introduce your students to MLK with these five word puzzles (word search, double word, crossword, maze, word scrambles, posters) with solutions. Individual or group activities to reinforce concepts learned for Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

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Valentine's Day Handout How to Say I LOVE YOU in 50 Languages

By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot

Are you looking for the perfect way to celebrate diversity in your classroom this Valentine's Day? Then download this Valentine's Day Handout How to Say I LOVE YOU in 50 Languages! Bring joy and love into your classroom by encouraging your students to learn how to say "I Love You" in 50 different languages. Great for classroom community or celebrating the diversity in your classroom.

Ways to Use This Resource:

  • Encourage students to practice saying I Love You in a different language each day
  • Encourage students to memorize a few different ways to say I Love You

This Resource Includes:

  • A handout of "I Love You" translated into 50 different languages

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Berenstain Bear The Big Honey Hunt Story Sequence

By Tomorrowcomes

Do your students love to interact with the stories they read? These worksheets are a great way for your students to interact more with Berenstain Bear The Big Honey Hunt.

The story sequence is a great way for students to focus on the order of the story. This resource includes a full color story sequence and a more printer friendly coloring sequence for you to decide which is best for your students!

Check out the story sequence for Little Blue Truck!

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Verb, linking verb, helping verb : poster, coloring hand out, printable

By Tomorrowcomes

Printable quick review of definition of verbs! Included is list of linking verbs and helping verbs. This list can be said as a fun chant that will help students to remember. These can be given to students to decorate for themselves or printed to hang around the classroom.

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McGraw Hill Wonders for 5th Grade - Unit One Week One Freebie

By Fortunate in Fifth Grade

Do you use McGraw Hill Wonders curriculum for 5th Grade ELA? If you do, I created this handy handout to help guide your students through the lesson. I also included additional grammar and vocabulary pages. If you like this freebie all of Unit One (5 weeks) are in my store for purchase. Check out the bundle and save on all 6 units!

Each week in each unit includes:

  • Menu cover pages detailing each week's essential question, genre, vocabulary words, comprehension skill, and vocabulary strategy.
  • Two worksheets connecting the week's skills to the story.
  • Two vocabulary worksheets to practice the weekly vocabulary.
  • Three grammar instructional pages (I like to highlight keywords and have students create a grammar notebook to use when writing).
  • Three grammar practice worksheets to strengthen the grammar skill being taught.
  • A Daily Language page where each day students can apply grammar skills and editing skills.

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FREE Sample - Year Long Grammar Packet

By Fortunate in Fifth Grade

Grab the FREE sample packet of my Full Year Weekly Grammar Packets before you buy!

If you like this sample then you will love the bundle! This bundle includes a printable packet for 6 units with 3 mini-lessons, 3 practice sheets, and answer keys as shown in this sample. Each unit (6 full units) has 5 weeks of skills for your student to practice giving you a full year of grammar! These grammar skills do follow McGraw Hill Wonders for 5th grade however the grammar skills are your standard grammar skills taught in upper elementary.

The Full Year Weekly Grammar Skills included:

  • Sentences
  • Subject/Predicate
  • Commas
  • Compound Sentences and Conjunctions
  • Complex Sentences and Sentence Combining
  • Run on Sentences/Fragments
  • Common and Proper Nouns
  • Singular and Plural Nouns
  • Collective Nouns
  • Possessive Nouns
  • Prepositional Phrases
  • Action Verbs
  • Verb Tenses
  • Main and Helping Verbs
  • Linking Verbs
  • Irregular Verbs
  • Pronouns and Antecedents
  • Kinds of Pronouns
  • Homographs
  • Possessive Pronouns
  • Pronouns and Homophones
  • Independent and Dependent Clauses
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Negatives

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Free Plot Elements Diagram Student Anchor Chart | Plot Diagram & Story Elements

By Aimee in Elementary

Help your students master the essential elements of a story with this Free Plot Elements Diagram Student Anchor Chart! Perfect for introducing or reviewing plot elements in any narrative or novel, this anchor chart provides clear explanations of each element—exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The chart also features a plot diagram in the shape of a mountain, making it easy for students to visualize the structure of a story.

Available in both half-sheet and full-sheet versions, this resource is designed to fit into student notebooks, serving as a handy reference they can use throughout your unit on story elements. Whether you're teaching a full lesson on plot diagrams or just need a quick review, this anchor chart is a must-have for any classroom.

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Nonfiction Text Features Test - editable in Power Point

By Sassycat Corner

Working on nonfiction text features in your ELA class? This test for nonfiction test features will help you determine how well your students have learned the various features. Best of all, it is easy to edit. Simply delete questions that you don't want, add those that do, or change the wording of others to suit the unit YOU taught. This test currently is 5 pages long. It features 13 MC questions and 5 short answer questions. (1 MC and 1 Short answer overlap each other.) The unit materials that this test was designed to compliment can be found at the following links: Buy the Bundle and SAVE!!!! Nonfiction Text Features Mini Unit Bundle Individual Files: Nonfiction Text Features Powerpoint - Editable Nonfiction Text Features Task Cards Nonfiction Text Features Unit Worksheets Nonfiction Text Features Posters Nonfiction Text Features Test - editable in Power Point

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I Spy Favorite Singers - Free Product, Proofreading Rules

By Caramel Bear Classroom

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“I Spy” proofreading and editing is a fun resource where students will be able to convey their knowledge of editing punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Using a short summary of singers like Shawn Mendes, Arianna Grande, and Katy Perry, students will have practice correcting these interesting passages while learning about their favorite singers.

This free product includes a worksheet for Proofreading Rules, especially pertaining to these lessons. An additional handout will be offered that explains when to use italics, and when to use quotation marks. In reading passages about famous singers, you will see the use of album titles and individual songs used quite often.

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