Language Arts Teacher Resources
Whether you're new to the profession or you're a seasoned veteran, our treasure trove of lesson and unit plans, activities and projects, and thoughtful articles offer valuable suggestions for what to teach and how to teach it in a language arts class.
Students can warm up with daily practice exercises or a collection of resources that support Common Core Speaking and Listening Standards for 8th graders. Decorate your third grade classroom with posters illustrating each standard you will approach. Incorporate more technology into your curricula and prepare learners for the professional world while addressing literacy standards with these suggested activities.
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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a lesson about literary devices. As class...
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Fill in the Article
Articles are used quite often in writing. "A," "an," and "the" are the words identified in this language arts instructional activity. Young writers complete sentences with the eight missing articles. A very good instructional activity!
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Anansi and the Tug O' War
Read a short book with your first graders! Anansi and the Tug O' War is the focus of this instructional activity. After reading the African story together, they complete language arts activities to practice reading comprehension. A...
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Jack of All Tails
After reading the book Jack of All Tails, learners complete vocabulary activities, play charades, consider a list of questions, and complete a list of verbs. There are also several suggestions for how to connect this language arts lesson...
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State of Being Verbs
Have your class engage in this excellent language arts presentation on verbs. The focus is on the differences between action verbs and state of being verbs. Students choose the state of being verbs on one slide, and move on when they are...
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Run On Sentences - To Use with The Cay
An outstanding presentation on what run-on sentences are, and how to fix them, awaits your class in this language arts PowerPoint. They are shown four different methods they can use to fix a run-on sentence. This presentation is meant to...
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Prefixes
Understanding what prefixes are, why they are used, and how they change the meaning or purpose of words, are the focuses of this language arts presentation. A lot of valuable practice is embedded in each of the 19 slides. Pupils are...
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Writing Genres and Rules
A fantastic presentation on writing is here for your students! This could serve a teacher's guideline on what to teach upper-elementary writers. An excellent resource for a teacher of language arts!
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Ricky Gervais: Stumble
Ricky Gervais illustrates the meaning of the word stumble in this video. This film could be used as an anticipatory set to a lesson on Language Arts and the use of language.
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Hot! Hot! Hot!
Baby Bear shows how to sound out the word hot. He also illustrates its meaning. This is a creative way to introduce new Language Arts.
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Jason Bateman: Alphabet Story
Jason Bateman leads Elmo through the alphabet. It is an entertaining rendition that could be used to review the alphabet before a language arts lesson.
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Judah Freidlander: Spectacular
Judah Freidlander identifies the meaning of the word spectacular in this clip. He exudes enthusiasm as he describes this word. What a fun way to introduce new Language Arts!
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Jude Law: Cling
With Jude Law as the guide, learners explore the meaning of the word cling. This clip could be used as a way to introduce a lesson on Language Arts. Learners could be given a word and asked to define it for the class.
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Paul Rudd: Brilliant
Paul Rudd and Grover discuss what the word brilliant means. It's a lovely way to get your class excited about learning Language Arts words.
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Jake Gyllenhaal: Separate
Jake Gyllenhaal explores the meaning of separate. With an octopus on top of his head, he has to experiment with this concept. It's a fun way to introduce this new Language Arts.
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Song: Silly Sounding Words
Sesame Street characters celebrate words. They list some of their favorite silly sounding words including tweezers, snorkel, flapjack, smudge, and aardvark. Children could then list their own favorite words. It's a great way to make...
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Usher: Volunteer
The musician Usher helps Elmo understand the meaning of the word volunteer. By using examples involving Sesame Street inhabitants, Usher makes the meaning of this word clear. This is a great video to use to help learners develop new...
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A Doll For Elmo
Elmo see's Abby's doll and wishes he had one too. Abby tries to make a doll using magic but makes a pumpkin instead. Elmo and the viewers need to chant the magic words together to make Elmo's doll appear. This video engages students with...
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True Mud
Through the show True Mud, characters discuss Language Arts. A Sesame Street character enters a restaurant looking for mud, but instead is offered a spud, cud, and a dud. Viewers will love adding their rhymes to the list.
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Journey To Ernie: Beach
Big Bird has to use critical Language Arts to find Ernie. He must understand the meaning of under and over to complete his journey to Ernie. By following a list of clues, Big Bird finally finds success.
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Bert And Ernie: Bakers
Bake your way out of bed like Bert and Ernie do. They have a journey with their imaginations. This time they imagine they are bakers who have to fill an extremely large order in a short amount of time. They use their critical Language...
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Twiddlebugs: Paperclip
A paperclip becomes a music stand, mixing tool, and a snowshoe in this film featuring the Twiddlebugs. The family uses critical Language Arts to solve problems throughout this feature. For example, when the mother doesn't have a spoon to...
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Letter G Game
As a review of the letter G, this resource would be a motivating addition to a language arts lesson. The video not only explores the sound of the letter G, but focuses on words that begin with the letter. What learner won't love the...
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Transportation
Here's an interesting lesson plan that combines elements of language arts, sociology, and a study of the many ways that people use transportation to get from one place to another. The eight-page plan includes worksheets and a word search...
