Free grammar practice worksheet (and a reminder of the value of practice). Happy day to you!
The Soccer Champ (grammar worksheet)
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Category Archives: Language Arts
What You Need to Know About Mother’s Day
Here’s a free worksheet for kids that discusses the history and significance of Mother’s Day. Reading comprehension questions at the bottom. A huge thank you to all those loving moms out there!
Click here for the free printable PDF: Mother’s Day
Best Birthday Party Ever (grammar practice worksheet)
You’re never done reviewing principles of grammar! Enjoy this free grammar practice worksheet!
What You Need To Know About Cinco de Mayo
No, Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexico’s independence day. That’s on September 16. Here’s a free worksheet to help kids learn about Cinco de Mayo. Comprehension questions at the bottom.
Click here for the free printable PDF: Cinco de Mayo
Roll-A-Word Spelling and Thesaurus Pages
I’ve always struggled with giving creative tasks to do with spelling words. So when I saw this idea, I just HAD to make one. Here’s the instruction sheets for use with both spelling lists and thesaurus work:
Here’s a sheet you can give the kids when you have them do this activity. They can draw in the tiny box to indicate what number they rolled and write the word they’re working on next to it before doing the activity in the bigger square. 
I suppose you could modify this activity to help reinforce vocabulary words for a science, math or social studies unit.
Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 6
I recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:
Station 6
Title: THE CAT’S QUIZZER
Skills: TEAM WORK KNOWLEDGE, RUNNING
Description: DIVIDE THE CLASS INTO 6 TEAMS. EACH TEAM WILL CHALLENGE EACH OTHER, TO SEE WHO KNOWS THE MOST ABOUT DR. SEUSS. EVERY TEAM HAS A CHANCE TO EARN POINTS ON EACH QUESTION. TEAMS MUST WRITE DOWN THEIR ANSWER AND RUN IT TO A DESIGNATED SPOT BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.
Click here (answers here) or here for some Dr. Seuss Trivia.
Explaining English Can Give You A Headache
When I read this for the first time, it reminded me of all the crazy things I had to try to explain to my Chinese students when teaching them English. It makes me so grateful that English was my first language. I don’t think I’m smart enough to learn it otherwise!
UP. This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is ‘UP.’ It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polishUP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lockUP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UPtrouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UPin the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UPis used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now . . . My time is UP!
Oh . . . One more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
UP!
Did that one crack you UP?
Don’t screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . Or not . . . it’s UP to you.
Now I’ll shut UP!
How to Have a Great Summer Break
My kids can’t stop talking about summer break (even though we’re pretty far away from it). So I decided to put this energy to good use in a writing project, which I did as a warm up one day. Enjoy!
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