These are five lesson plans for the writing process using descriptive writing. This engaging unit takes students through the stages of writing from start to finish, by developing and refining their own ideas into a well published final product. Descriptive Writing is a means of expressing one's environment through the perceptions of his senses. Sight, smell, touch, sound and taste, are used to vividly describe the environment so that the author can transport the reader into his environment. It is compulsory that a child is taught the necessary skills to develop a good descriptive story structure, which will improve their writing skills across the curriculum as well as develop their self-esteem and promote literacy. Fulfils requirements for: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

This phonics foldable worksheet with word wheels for the hard and soft G sound provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the Hard or Soft G Sound. The first word wheel shows the hard G sound words and the second shows the soft G sound words. The worksheets are in black and white and the word wheels are both available in printable black and white and colour. Your students can use the foldables to: Name the item in each picture. Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap. Sound out the Hard or Soft G Sound. Read the words they traced.

The Three Little Pigs - Story Retelling Worksheets - with picture writing prompts. This mini-book is for your students to retell the traditional story of The Three Little Pigs. It is for grades 2-4 and makes a great addition to any folk tales unit. Instructions for the teacher: Just print out either the colour or black and white version and make copies of each page. Then guillotine them across the middle. That’s it. The instructions on page two are for your students to be able to do the rest for themselves. I kept it as simple as possible for them to easily make their own mini-book story retelling. Pages 2-8: Mini-book pages for the story of The Three Little Pigs. Pages 9-11: Longer sheets for older students who may not need the picture prompts. Pages: 12-21: Black and White versions of everything above. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching

This is a Spring themed Compound Words puzzle. The cards are perfect for group work and stations. Each puzzle card has the compound word at the top with a picture and the two cut-apart words below with matching pictures. This set has 24 compound words (closed compound words) and they can also be used as flashcards. 6 Pages. For Grades 1-3. The compound words in this set are: outdoor, raincloud, ladybug, butterfly, rainbow, dragonfly, flowerpot, eggshell, honeybee, grasshopper, raindrop, bullfrog, bluebird, toadstool, thundercloud, buttercup, honeypot, flowerbed, springtime, doghouse, raincoat, beekeeper, overcast, and honeycomb. The size of these cards may be right for you but if you would prefer to have them smaller, you can always set them to print on a smaller scale such as 4 pages per printing page. As long as you print the files from your already saved files, these instructions would work because if you print straight from the downloaded page on the web, the printing settings of the web page would be limited. In Adobe Reader, go to print, under page sizing and handling, select ‘multiple', then under ‘Pages per Sheet' select 4. It will also give you the option of choosing landscape or portrait orientation. You can play with these to see which layout optimizes the space on the paper the best. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching

Penguins are here for the Winter and they want to go for a swim! It’s time match them up into the pools that are labelled with the prefix or suffix that matches the root word on each penguin. For Grades 3 - 6. This 14 page set contains: 8 prefix pool labels and 8 suffix pool labels. 6 penguins for you to print then cut out (each in colour and black and white). 32 root word cards for prefixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different penguin. 32 root word cards for suffixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different penguin. The prefixes featured for each bowl are un, dis, in, im, re, pre, ir, and mis. The suffixes are able, ible, ful, less, ly, ment, ness, and er. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching

April Fools' Day Worksheets: These are worksheets and activities for April Fools' Day that you can do with your class. The April Fools' Day worksheets here are packed with writing pages, word search, alphabetical order sorting, a foldable worksheet (for interactive notebooks) , brag bracelets, and a word maker challenge. It is most ideal for Grade 3-5. 11 Pages.

This Phonics Word Wheel for Hard and Soft C Sound with Foldable Worksheet provides engaging ways for students to practice reading and writing words beginning with the Hard and words beginning with the Soft C Sound. The first word wheel shows the hard C sound words and the second shows the soft C sound words. The worksheets are in black and white and the word wheels are both available in printable black and white and colour. Your students can use the foldable worksheets to: Name the item in each picture. Open the flaps and trace the words beneath each flap. Sound out the Hard or Soft C Sound. Read the words they traced.

Compound Words no-prep Worksheets for different themes: These are nine no-prep compound word worksheets. Each page uses a different theme. For each theme, the compound words are directly related to the theme and black and white theme-based images are included for your students to colour. The themes used are: *Things in My Home *Things I Eat and Drink *Sports *Things at School *Summer Time/Beach *Spring Time *Fall / Autumn Time * and Transportation theme These worksheets provide different types of writing activities for compound words. Nyla's Crafty Teaching

This is a Valentine’s Day theme based Compound Words puzzle. 6 printable pages. The cards are perfect for group work , stations, review and centres. Each puzzle card has the compound word at the top with a picture and the two cut-apart words below with matching pictures. This set has 24 compound words (closed compound words) and they can also be used as flashcards. For Grades 1-3. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching

St. Patrick’s Day is here and the gold coins need to get sorted. It’s time match them up into the pots that are labelled with the prefix or suffix that matches the root word on each coin. Note: This set has some extra pages added to make a bulletin board set. Suitable for grades 3-5. This 18 page set contains: 8 prefix pot labels and 8 suffix pot labels. 6 coins for you to print then cut out (each in colour and black and white). 32 root word cards for prefixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different coin. 32 root word cards for suffixes to print and cut out then stick each word onto a different coin. Bulletin board display props. The prefixes featured for each bowl are un, dis, in, im, re, pre, ir, and mis. The suffixes are able, ible, ful, less, ly, ment, ness, and en. Nyla's Crafty Teaching

Greek Root Word Wall: This is an illustrated Greek Root word wall. Each Greek Root card has a matching picture with a short definition in brackets. It can be used as headers for doing ‘root of the day’ focus walls or it can be used as a stand alone word wall. Twenty-seven of the most commonly used Greek roots are used in these cards: auto, bio, chron, dyna, gram, graph, hetero, homo, hydr, hypo, logy, meter/metr, micro, mis/miso, mono, morph, nym, phil, phobia, phon, photo/phos, pseudo, psycho, scope, techno, tele, and therm. For Grades 4 and 5. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching

This is a set of 25 Idiom Posters which display common idioms, their definitions (both literal and figuratively), with pictures and examples with the idioms being used in a sentence related to the picture shown. Your students will have a lot of fun learning about idioms! This file is a wonderful tool for teaching idioms because it has idioms that are current and presented in an attractive format. It incorporates simple definitions and examples of common idioms. Idioms are very difficult for English Language Learners but the illustrations are a huge help for preventing students from taking the literal meaning of each idiom. You can also use it to make a bulletin board of idioms. You can also print them out on a smaller scale so that they can be used as revision flash cards. I included as many pictures (clip art) as I could because I like to have students make connections between the new vocabulary and the everyday situations that they are already familiar with. Fulfills: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context. Fulfills as it related to idioms CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.B and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.B Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms...

This pack has a total of nine posters and seven worksheets. The worksheets include writing and cut and paste activities. The posters explain subject nouns, singular subjects, plural subjects, and subject pronouns. This pack also explores singular and plural verbs and the rules for subject and verb agreement. An answer key is included for all worksheets. Here's what you get: *A Subject Definition Poster *Noun Subject Worksheets *Subject Pronoun Poster *Subject Pronoun Worksheets *Singular and Plural Subjects Poster *Singular Verbs Poster *Singular Verbs Worksheets *Plural Verbs Poster *Plural Verbs Worksheet *Subject Pronoun and Verb Agreement Posters *Subject Noun and Verb Agreement Posters It fulfills the requirements for: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.C and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.F Nyla's Crafty Teaching

Gender Nouns: Persons - Memory Game for matching the masculine word names of people to their feminine counterparts. This activity can be added to your community workers unit since many professions are included. It consists of 40 pairs of people. This set can also be made into a flip book, the instructions for that are included. The persons in this set are: actor/actress, author/authoress, bachelor/spinster, boy/girl, boy scout/girl guide, bridegroom/bride, brother/sister, conductor/conductress, count/countess, cowboy/cowgirl, duke/duchess, emperor/duchess, father/mother, father-in-law/mother-in-law, gentleman/lady, god/goddess, grandfather/grandmother, grandson/granddaughter, heir/heiress, hero/heroine, host/hostess, husband/wife, king/queen, lad/lass, landlord/landlady, master/mistress, monk/nun, nephew/niece, poet/poetess, policeman/policewoman, prince/princess, shepherd/shepherdess, sir/madam, son/daughter, son-in-law/daughter-in-law, tailor/tailoress or seamstress, uncle/aunt, waiter/waitress, widow/widower, and wizard/witch. 41 pages

Use these multiple meaning word cards as a memory game or as a flip book. It includes 30 multiple meaning word pairs: cold, right, light, band, bar, bark, bat, chest, leaves, saw, scales, well, orange, coat, watch, fly, flies, bowl, row, jam, glasses, wave, store, fry, box, ship, shed, spoke, bill, groom, green, tie, and date. For the memory game, cut out each card, then shuffle them for a random order. You can use only the cards that have the multiple meaning words words that you want your students have more practice with. More instructions are included in the file. For the flip book, print each page, then bind them together along the tops. After this, cut each vertically along the center to divide the flip book in half so that your students can flip the pages on the left and right to match the pages. 33 pages. Grades 1-4.

Prefix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples. Use these Illustrated Prefix Cards to keep your students engaged in fun activities that reinforce the definition of each prefix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the prefix when it is added to them. Over two dozen of the most common prefixes are used in these cards, they are: mis, de, a, ab, abs, fore, tri, pre, re, dis, in, dif, semi, micro, ex, un, *im, sub, inter, pro, *im, tele, bi, super, under. *Note that the prefix 'im-' has two meanings; one is 'into' and the other is 'not', so I have created two separate cards for the prefix 'im-'. These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 4 cards per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version. For Grades 3-5. 13 Pages. (c) Nyla's Crafty Teaching 2013

Suffix Cards with Definitions Illustrations and Examples. Use these Illustrated Suffix Cards to keep your students engaged in hands-on activities that introduce the definition of each suffix and examples of words that take on the meaning of the suffix when it is applied to them. Over two dozen of the most common suffixes are used in these cards, they are: ous, ory, ling, el, fy, ant, able, ible, ness, ence, ive, eer, ier, ess, ment, er, less, et, or, ism, ship, hood, ful and ly.. Use these cards in your reading and vocabulary centers. They can also be used as sight word cards. Instructions for use are included along with directions for playing two games that I use with my students. These cards are created in two different sizes. The original set has 8 cards per page and the larger set has 4 cards per page. The small set will save you ink and paper but many teachers have indicated to me that they preferred to have a larger set to make a bulletin board display. So, that's why I added the larger version. 13 Pages. For Grades 3-5.

This Pronoun Word Wall set includes each of the following types of pronouns: personal pronouns (subject, object, singular and plural), possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns. It also includes a large sentence strip which displays the definition of a pronoun for you to add above your word wall area. There is a total of 31 pronoun cards and 8 headers. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (letter) sized paper. Each pronoun card has a fitting picture to match the word. TeacherNyla Nyla's Crafty Teaching

This set includes 36 preposition words, and 6 prepositional phrases. The following preposition list contains the words in this word wall: above, over, against, behind, below, between, beside, beneath, around, inside, off, out, over, on, through, toward, under, among, to, by, at, far, after, in, via, round into, from, up, down, across, upon, of, within, with, and about. The grouped preposition words used are: instead of, next to, in front of, at the back of, to the left, and to the end. They are great visuals for location words. Each page has three word cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (letter) sized paper. Nyla's Crafty Teaching

This is a set of 34 Greek Root scoot task cards. It includes instructions, 34 scoot cards, a student answer recording sheet, and an answer key. For this activity, students have to write the meanings of the Greek roots given. Each page has four task cards and they are to be printed on 8.5 x 11 (landscape letter) sized paper. This set can be used as straight-up task cards or as a Scoot activity. Instructions for playing Scoot are included. This is a PDF file. The list of Greek roots in this set are auto, bio, chron, dyna, gram, hetero, homo, hydr, logy, meter/metro, micro, mono, morph, nym, phil, phobia, phon, photo/phos, pseudo, psycho, scope, techno, tele, therm, mis/miso, geo, cycl, anthropo, dys, aster/astro, crypto, dem, derm, and hypo. Nyla’s Crafty Teaching