Creative Writing Ideas presents a wide variety of motivating lessons that will get students' creative juices flowing. The interesting writing prompts help students to generate the vocabulary, ideas, and enthusiasm needed in order to begin a writing task. Includes eleven types of writing experiences and 78 activities, each with complete directions. Types of writing experiences include: * shape books * draw and write * riddles * sequence and write * fill in the missing words * story starters * cartoons * descriptive paragraphs * writing directions * letter writing * poetry All activities are...

First grade students practice language skills covering punctuation, verb tense, conjunctions, word meaning, and more in ten- to fifteen-minute daily lessons. This new edition has been completely updated to support Common Core methodology and skill practice, and includes: Practice of the Conventions of Standard English and Vocabulary Acquisition and Use for grade 1 Using language in the context of writing and reading Increased practice of academic and idiomatic vocabulary Exposure to sentences from all Common Core writing types (informational, narrative, and opinion/argument) How it works...

Sixth grade students practice language skills covering punctuation, verb tense, conjunctions, word meaning, and more in ten- to fifteen-minute daily lessons. This new edition has been completely updated to support Common Core methodology and skill practice, and includes: Practice of the Conventions of Standard English and Vocabulary Acquisition and Use for grade 6 Using language in the context of writing and reading Increased practice of academic and idiomatic vocabulary Exposure to sentences from all Common Core writing types (informational, narrative, and opinion/argument) How it works...

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 1, students will learn five spelling words per week in lists 1-14; then eight words per week in lists 15-30 (198 total). One or two sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Spelling lists include the following: - short and long vowel words - adding s and es - words with sh, nt, nd - sounds of ow, ar, aw, oa - present and past tense words Practice pages for each unit include the following: - a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word - a configuration puzzle for every spelling list - word sorting - word meaning...

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 2, students will learn 10 spelling words per week (300 total). Two sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Spelling lists include the following: - short and long vowel words - contractions - blends and digraphs - spellings for /er/ - variant vowel sounds such as ow, ou, oo - adding ed and ing Practice pages include the following: - a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word - a configuration puzzle for every spelling list - word sorting - word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences) - exercises...

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 4, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Spelling lists include the following: - contractions - blends - vowel sounds - prefixes and suffixes - compound words - words with silent letters - homophones and easily confused spellings - consonant digraphs - time and calendar words - multisyllable words Practice pages include the following: - a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word - word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences,...

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 5, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Spelling lists include the following: - contractions - blends - vowel sounds - prefixes and suffixes - compound words - words with silent letters - easily confused spellings - multisyllable words - irregular plurals Practice pages include the following: - a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word - word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms) -...

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 6+, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Spelling lists include the following: - homophones - blends - vowel sounds - prefixes and suffixes - root words - compound words - words with silent letters - easily confused spellings - multisyllable words - curriculum vocabulary Practice pages include the following: - a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word - word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles,...

Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 1 provides rule charts and practice pages for the following grammar and punctuation skills: - recognizing sentences - telling and asking sentences - capitalizing proper nouns - nouns (words that name) - verbs (action words) - pronouns (words that take the place of a name) - contractions - compound words - using I, me, we, us, they, them correctly - adding s and es - using is and are correctly - possessives - adding ed - irregular verbs

Grammar and Punctuation, Grade 2 provides rule charts and practice pages for these grammar and punctuation skills: - sentences and sentence punctuation - capitalizing proper nouns - nouns - verbs - adjectives - compound words - contractions - using I, me, we, us, they, and them correctly - plurals and irregular plurals - commas in lists, dates, and addresses - possessive nouns - past tense - spelling changes when adding endings - comparative and superlative