Students add the correct suffix (-ness, -ful and -ment) to a root word.

This teacher's guide for Addie on the Inside by James Howe contains discussion questions, activities, and research assignments.

This lesson and resource helps students strengthen their persuasive writing by identifying and responding to counterarguments.

Students choose a phrasal verb from a word bank to complete the sentences.

Students practice distinguishing between adjectives and adverbs. Students read each sentence, circle the -ly word, decide whether the word is an adverb or adjective, and write the appropriate term on the line provided.

Students will produce words using inflections. Reproducible materials are included in the PDF.

Students will identify variant correspondences in words. Reproducible materials are included in the PDF.

Sttudents will produce words with variant correspondences. Reproducible materials are included in the PDF.

This resource, which is a direct download, is a lesson plan for "Aero and Office Mike" by Joan Plummer Russell. "Aero and Officer Mike is an informational text about a police officer and his partner, a dog named Aero. Information about their daily routine, Aero's special talents, and Officer Mike's training is included.

There is no one poem that represents the experience of African Americans in the United States, yet the history of racism in this country is seared deeply into the lives of many African Americans. “The Weakness” by Toi Derricotte recounts an experience with racism through the eyes of a young, light-skinned African American girl going shopping with her grandmother in a department store in 1945. The poems in The African American Experience offer a number of perspectives from African American poets that add a rich complexity to students’ perceptions of African American lives.

Students read about Elijah McCoy, an African American inventor and answer questions to help improve their comprehension. An answer key is included.

Students read about Lewis Latimer, an African American inventor and answer questions to help improve their reading and comprehension skills. An answer key is included.

Students read about Patricia Bath, an African American inventor and answer questions to help improve their reading and comprehension skills. An answer key is included.

 To launch:  Read “Albert’s Alphabet” by Leslie Tryon Students will then “build” the letters of their name using provided materials or you can assign groups of students letters, so that the class can “build” the alphabet. 

In 1937, pilot Amelia Earhart planned to be the first to succeed in a dangerous flight. However, her journey was plagued with many obstacles, and controversy continues to surround the theories that attempt to explain her mysterious disappearance. In this CCSS lesson students will explore her life through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments. Included are sample writing tasks.

Seven-year old Annie Dillard enjoys playing football with the boys in her neighborhood because it requires her to play with concentration and courage. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

Grouped by each state, by genre, or thematically, this resource has hundreds of folklores, fairy tales and fables for any age group.

This lesson was designed to help students gain social studies/history content knowledge by using textual evidence to answer text-dependent questions.In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this history through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.