Poems: setting goals
What's most important to you? In this reading and writing worksheet, your child will read the poem aloud, then write a prioritized list of five goals and explain why the first goal is the top priority.
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Poems: shape poems
This poem's in the shape of a tree! In this reading worksheet, your child will read a poem about a fir tree and then try writing an original shape poem about a tree.
Poems: a mysterious story (meaning and mechanics)
Who is the Traveler? In this language arts worksheet, your child will read the poem aloud and then answer a series of reading comprehension questions about key details, overall meaning, and mechanics of the poem.
Suffixes -ful and -ly
In this language arts worksheet, your child practices adding the suffixes -ful and -ly to root words.
Addressing letters
Do you know your address? Your school's address? In this language arts worksheet, your children will practice addressing two postcards and writing and drawing information about themselves.
Homophones
Write or right? In this language arts worksheet, your child will look up sets of homophones to learn the definitions of the all the like-sounding (but differently spelled) words.
Using a dictionary
A dictionary tells you a word's meaning, spelling, how it's used, and its origins. In this language arts worksheet, your child will practice using a dictionary to find the meanings, origins, and uses of five words.
Using a dictionary: alphabetical order
In this language arts worksheet, your child will practice using a dictionary to look up 13 words, list them in alphabetical order, and write the meanings, origins, and uses for each.
Poems: a mysterious story (pronouns)
The writer avoids pronouns by repeating the nouns. In this language arts worksheet, your child will get practice identifying nouns and pronouns by comparing and contrasting a section of a poem with pronouns replacing nouns.
Proofreading
These riddles need editing! In this langauge arts worksheet, your child gets practice identifying where capital letters, commas, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks are needed to make the riddles easier to read.
