Language Activities

Back to Home

Hit Counter  2008-2009 school year

 General Online Activities
Authors and Illustrators

Homework Helper-Activities for Vocabulary, Comprehension, Literature, Grammar and Spelling

Writing Ideas

Grammar Glossary

Proofreading Practice

 

Theme 1 Vocabulary and Reading Skills

The Gardener

Story 1 vocab.

Skill-Narrative Elements

Skill Quiz

 

Donavan's Word Jar

Story 2 vocab.

Skill-Narrative Elements

Skill Quiz-Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

Writing about Hobbies

My Name is Maria Isabel

Story 3 vocab.

Skill Quiz-Narrative Elements

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

Story 4 vocab.

Skill Quiz-Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

Sportsmanship Sorting

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride

Story 5 vocab.

Skill-Book Contents

 

Theme 1 Grammar

 4 Kinds of Sentences                                 Fragment, Run-on, or Complete Sentence?       Simple, Complete, or Compound Subject ?

4 Sentences Quiz                                      Subject Quiz                                          Simple, Complete or Compound Predicate Quiz

 

Theme 2 -Vocabulary and Reading Skills

The Baker's Neighbor

Story 6 vocab.

Quiz-Cause & Effect

Quiz-Figurative Language

 

The Emperor and the Kite

Story 7 vocab.

Skill-Narrative Elements

Quiz-Narrative Elements

Quiz-Figurative Elements

Learn about Kites

Nights of the Pufflings

Story 8 vocab.

Skill-Summarize

Quiz-Summarize

The Garden of Happiness

Story 9  vocab.

Skill-Cause & Effect

Quiz-Cause & Effect

Quiz-Figurative Language

 How to Babysit an Orangutan

Story 10 vocab.

Skill-Summarize

Quiz-Summarize

Learn about Endangered Species

Write about Endangered Species

Theme 2-Grammar

Simple, Complete, or Compound Predicate game                Simple, Complete or Compound Subject game

Simple or Compound sentence                                         Independent or Dependent Clause speedway            Complex Sentence camp

 

Theme 3-Vocabulary and Reading Skills

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Story 11 vocab.

Skill-Draw Conclusions

Quiz-Draw Conclusions

Stealing Home

Story 12 vocab.

Skill-Compare & Contrast

Quiz-Compare & Contrast

 The Cricket in Times Square

Story 13 vocab.

Skill-Draw Conclusions

Quiz-Draw Conclusions

Two Lands, One Heart

Story 14  vocab.

Skill-Compare & Contrast

Quiz-Compare & Contrast

Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary

Story 15  vocab.

Skill-Summarize

Quiz-Summarize

Learn about Wolves

Write about Wolves

Theme 3-Grammar

Proper & Common Noun Basketball                Possessives Exploring Cave               Pronoun Barn

Plural Noun Tic-tac-toe                                Abbreviations & Nouns Exploring     Pronoun Build a Cabin

 

Theme 4 Vocabulary and Reading Skills

The Kids' Invention Book

Story 16  vocab.

Skill-Main Idea & Details

Quiz-Follow Directions

The Case of Pablo's Nose

Story 17  vocab.

Skill-Sequence

Quiz-Sequence

Quiz-Follow Directions

Sorting-Detectives

In the Days of King Adobe

Story 18  vocab.

Skill-Main Idea & Details

Quiz-Main Idea

Quiz-Follow Directions

Red Writing Hood

Story 19  vocab.

Skill-Sequence

Quiz-Sequence

Read about the History of the Theater

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

Story 20  vocab.

Skill-Compare & Contrast

Quiz-Compare & Contrast

Theme 4 Grammar

Pronoun Barn                                                     Adjective & Adverb Trail                                 Carousel Sentences

Homophone & Contraction Train                           Comparative Adjective Coral Reef

 

Theme 5 Vocabulary and Reading Skills

Fire!

Story 21  vocab.

Skill-Nonfiction Elements

Quiz-Nonfiction

Quiz-References

A Very Important Day

Story 22  vocab.

Skill-Author's Purpose

Quiz-Author's Purpose

Take a Citizenship quiz of 10 questions

Saguaro Cactus

Story 23  vocab.

Skill-Nonfiction Elements

Quiz-Nonfiction

Quiz-References

Learn about the Sonoran Desert

Write about the desert

Blue Willow

Story 24  vocab.

Skill-Author's Purpose

Quiz-Author's Purpose

Read about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s

In My Family

Story 25 vocab.

Skill-Sequence

Quiz-Sequence

Quiz-References

Read about American Holidays

Theme 5 Grammar

Main or Helping Verb Amusement Park                   Goldfish Sentences                                          Verb Train

Carousel Sentences                                               Past-tense Verb Wagon Train                            Irregular Verb Ferris Wheel

 

Theme 6 Vocabulary and Reading Skills

The Gold Rush

Story 26 vocab.

Quiz- Fact or Opinion

Read about:

Gold Fever

3 Routes to California

Write about the Gold Rush

I Have Heard of a Land

Story 27  vocab.

Quiz-Word Relationships

Quiz-Paraphrase

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox

Story 28  vocab.

Quiz-Fact or Opinion

Quiz-Paraphrase

Sentence Sorting

Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back

Story 29  vocab.

Skill-Word Relationships

Quiz-Word Relationships

Read about How Plants Grow

Learn about Carnivorous Plants

The Down and Up Fall

Story 30  vocab.

Skill-Author's Purpose

Quiz-Author's Purpose

Quiz-Paraphrase

Read about the Rainforest

Write about the Rainforest

Theme 6 Grammar

Homophone and Possessive Train                               Adjective and Adverb Trail                            Preposition Desert

Negative Ski Trail                                                  Adjective and Adverb Coral Reef                 Quotation Marks-Go for the Gold!

Back to top.

Back to Home