This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Have your preschooler trace the curved lines in the picture to mimic the motion of the ocean in order to practice pencil coordination.

Practice creative writing with some simple sentence prompts. Fill in the holes to describe what it's like to swim in the ocean.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

Come explore the ocean blue as you dive into this aquatic nonfiction passage!

There are so many amazing animals found in the ocean! Help your students decide on one animal to write and draw about as they practice their writing skills.

Children learn how the internet travels across the ocean through cables to create a giant, global information network in this engaging, hands-on worksheet.

Practice your A-B-seas with this fun vocabulary challenge for third through eighth graders!

Wriggle out your inner wordsmith with a challenging fifth-grade spelling crossword puzzle.

Prepare kids for fifth grade with this crossword puzzle full of new vocabulary words!

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for sixth grade!

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

Use this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 7th grade to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

When your students complete this crossword puzzle they will be introduced to a variety of words that are commonly seen in 5th grade texts and basal readers.