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Kids will figure out the definitions of these sensory words by using context clues to infer the meaning.

Sensory Words Quiz

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Emphasize student understanding and reasoning! This lesson plan helps learners solve story problems using sense-making strategies. This can be used alongside the lesson Solving Word Problems or as a stand-alone lesson.

Reflect on the Context First!

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

Hyperbole Meaning

Can your little writer tell which sentence will make this thought complete? Help her practice using inference and reading for context clues.

Opening Sentences

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Read the Word Clues

Do your students know that sentences can be stretched out using prepositional phrases? When this happens, sentences have a greater depth of meaning!

Sentence Stretching

This Easter worksheet will help students practice understanding the meaning of puns.

Bad Hare Day Easter Puns

Use this worksheet to help students practice understanding the meaning of Easter puns.

Eggsciting Easter Puns

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Practice Using Transitions #2

Practice Using Transitions #1

If students need a little extra practice sorting out the context of sensory words, this worksheet will help!

Sorting out Sensory Words

This narrative writing worksheet teaches your budding author how to use quotes. Correctly using quotes in writing comes in handy for all ages.

Using Quotes in Writing

Help your students' storytelling abilities with these exercises that improve their knowledge of transition words and have them use context clues to answer questions.

Transition Words 1

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

Drawing Conclusions

In this worksheet, children will learn about a few common resource materials and how to search for information in them alphabetically.

Using Reference Materials

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language.

Glossary: Describing the World Using Sensory Language

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character.

Glossary: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Write a Bushido Backstory

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language

Vocabulary Cards: Describing the World Using Sensory Language

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character.

Vocabulary Cards: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character

Children reflect on the meaning of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy in this thoughtful writing practice and drawing worksheet.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Dream

Figurative language can be difficult, especially for ELs. With the help of context clues and exposure to common idioms, it can be a piece of cake! Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the *Take a Walk with Idioms* lesson.

Working with Idioms

Look at history! In this lesson, guide students through an exploration of the context, causes, and effects of the Transcontinental Railroad, and help them practice identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Connecting the Coasts: Effects of the Transcontinental Railroad

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Using "It" and "They" in the Third Person Narrative

Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal. In this lesson, students will will learn to craft vivid scenes by selecting powerful verbs and adjectives, as well as to critique descriptive writing using the same criteria.

Using Adjectives and Verbs to Make Writing Come to Life

Learners practice editing dialogue for punctuation in this appealing grammar worksheet.

Using Punctuation in Dialogue

Your students will love learning all about the playful characters in a classic read-aloud text while digging into what makes characters unique. Use as a stand-alone or support lesson for the How to Analyze a Character lesson plan.

Using Evidence to Analyze a Character

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

Using Formatting to Pace Your Piece

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

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