This writing prompt, ‘A Balloon Ride’ helps students to write about what they would look for in their neighbourhood if they went for a hot-air balloon ride. It encourages students to think about the five top places in their neighbourhood and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Biography: Harriet Tubman’ encourages students to understand similarities and differences within and among literary works from various genres and cultures. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Bounty of Chocolate’ supports students in planning writing by brainstorming a list of chocolate companies that they could write to for information.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Buckingham Palace Storm’ allows students to describe and state the importance of Buckingham Palace.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Burst of Ideas’ supports students in planning writing using brainstorming prewriting strategies for descriptive writing pieces.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Burst of Ideas on Food’ supports students in planning writing using brainstorming prewriting strategies for descriptive writing about food.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Carousel of Dreams’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a new carousel in New York City.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Cereal Shake-up’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about cereal companies and costs in America.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Cereal Shake-up’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about cereal companies and costs in America.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Chance to Learn’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about educating girls in third world countries.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Circus Adventure’, features instructions for students to create a newspaper report about an imagined class trip to the circus. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest describing what the class saw, what was most interesting, and what was most surprising.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Communist Party!’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the Communist party in China.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘A Community of Helpers’ encourages students to relate elements of the story to personal experiences. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
This writing prompt, ‘A Day in My Life’ helps students to write about and describe a typical day in their life, from waking to sleep time. It encourages students to think about their daily routine and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This writing prompt, ‘A Deserved Award’ helps students to write about which member of their family deserves an award. It encourages students to think about the good qualities of a family member and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Diary Filled with Facts and Opinions’ asks students to read diary entries and differentiate facts and opinions in the text.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Dream Come True’ is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students answer comprehension questions on a text about playgrounds for disabled kids.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Dream Come True’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about special playgrounds for disabled children.
This writing prompt, ‘A Dream Meeting’ helps students to write about one person, alive or deceased, who they would like to meet and to explain why. It encourages students to think about someone they admire and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Fish Tale’, features a fable about a goldfish who does not listen to his teacher and ends up in danger. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about cause and effect, purpose, classification, reasoning, character, sequence, detail, and genre. The task …More
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Fishing Adventure’, features instructions for students to write a story about a real or imaginary holiday involving fish. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest that the student could describe a fishing trip, a deep-sea adventure, a fish rescue mission, or another …More
This writing prompt, ‘A Fly on the Wall’ helps students to write about where they would like to be if they could be a fly on the wall. It encourages students to think about a time and a place in which they would like to land and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Healthy Rise in Vaccinations’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about vaccination rates in America.
This writing prompt, ‘A Helping Hand’ helps students to write about a time when they have lent a helping hand. It encourages students to think about helping others and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Horse Story’, features instructions for students to create a narrative or informational story about a horse. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest including interesting words, different kinds of sentences, and details about the horse’s involvement in an activity.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Land of Their Own’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a new territory in Canada.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘Letter to Save the Fish’, features instructions for students to write a persuasive letter about helping dying fish. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest covering the reasons for the letter, the location of the dying fish, three possible causes for their decline, …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Letter to the White House’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a letter that Kayla Low wrote to the President on the environment.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Long Walk to Protect Bison’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about protecting bison in Yellowstone National Park.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Lucky Brake’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions about a boy who stopped his school bus from crashing.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Lucky Brake’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Larry Champagne, a school student who saved a bus from an accident.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Marine Menace’, features a narrative and informational text about a boy who is fascinated by ocean creatures, especially the deadly box jellyfish. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about mood, character, emotional reaction, fact/opinion, drawing a conclusion, detail, figurative language, …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Matter of Honesty’, features a narrative about a boy’s confusion as he and his family flee their country. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making an inference, fact/opinion, reasoning, sequence, vocabulary, drawing a conclusion, theme, and predicting outcome. …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Million Butterflies’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a Jewish boy, Pavel, who wrote a poem during the Holocaust.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Movie About Me’ supports students in planning autobiographical writing using prewriting strategies.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Movie About My Firsts’ supports students in planning writing using prewriting strategies, writing about their first time doing things.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Native American Museum’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a new Native American museum in Washington, D.C.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A New Dinosaur Pair’ is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions on a text about dinosaur bones found in Utah.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A New Dinosaur Pair’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students answer comprehension questions on a text about a scientist discovering dinosaur bones.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Picture Tells a Thousand Words’ asks students to judge the importance of a photograph or other picture in a non-fiction text based on how much information it gives.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Picture-Perfect Job’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Ryan Schick, a young photographer.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Real Pain in the Neck’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the weight of students’ backpacks .
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Safety Net for Salmon’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about pacific salmon in the ocean.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘A Science and a Sport’, features an informational text about the different types of fish and an announcement about a fishing contest. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about classification, cause and effect, detail, and reasoning. The task also prompts students …More
This graphic organiser, ‘A Shower of Toys’ provides students with the opportunity to create a word bank of adjectives about toys that could be used in descriptive writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Shower of Words’ provides students with the opportunity to create a word bank of adjectives that could be used in descriptive writing.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘A Sixth Great Lake’, asks students to answer comprehension questions about the five Great Lakes in America.
This graphic organiser, ‘A Slice of the Pie’ supports students in planning writing using prewriting strategies to structure ideas for a friendly letter.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Special Car’, features instructions for students to create an original essay about a favourite car. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest describing the car’s appearance, what makes it special, and why you would like to own it.
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Special Delivery’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about newborn platypuses.
This writing prompt, ‘A Special Gift’ helps students to write about the gift they would like to give someone if money were no object. It encourages students to think about an ideal gift and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This reading comprehension activity, A Spooky Friend’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about bats.
This reading comprehension activity, A Spooky Friend’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about bats.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Star Myth’, features instructions for students to invent a myth about a group of stars. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest that the story could describe the origin and the current influence of the star group, and could feature people or …More
This graphic organiser, ‘A Storm of Symbols’ allows students to describe symbols and state their importance.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Story of Brave Actions’, features instructions for students to create an original essay about courage in a crisis. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest thinking of a situation in which a person or an animal needs protection and considering how other …More
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Story of Survival’, features instructions for students to create an original essay about someone who has overcome the odds. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest describing the person, the situation, the obstacles, and how the person overcame the odds.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘A Strange Land’, features instructions for students to write a story about living in a strange place. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest that the place could be another country or even another planet and advise students to describe three confusing, annoying, …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘A Sweet Deal’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about soft drinks machines in schools.