Elementary English Language Arts Resources

Patriot or Loyalist? Two Points of View |American Revolutionary War Series| Grades 4, 5, 6

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

🇺🇸 Explore Patriot, Loyalist, and Neutral perspectives during the American Revolution in this engaging multi-day Social Studies lesson for Grades 4–6. Students investigate why colonists chose different sides through a classroom simulation, informational texts, primary source poems and songs, historical fiction, and evidence-based discussions. Includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, source analysis activities, vocabulary support, exit ticket assessment, and answer keys.

4th - 6th Informational Text, Social Studies, U.S. History

Also included in: The American Revolutionary War Bundle|Primary Source Investigations | Grades 4, 5, 6

Boston Massacre Primary Source Investigation | American Revolution Series | Grades 4, 5, 6

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Investigate the Boston Massacre in this engaging American Revolution lesson for Grades 4–6. Students explore colonial resistance, analyze Paul Revere's engraving and historical newspapers, compare perspectives, and examine how propaganda influenced public opinion. Includes informational texts, primary source analysis, a collaborative jigsaw investigation, graphic organizers, vocabulary support, discussion prompts, evidence-based writing assessment, and answer keys.

4th - 6th Informational Text, Social Studies, U.S. History

Also included in: The American Revolutionary War Bundle|Primary Source Investigations | Grades 4, 5, 6

Seasonal Winter Writing & Craft Projects | Winter Bulletin Board | Grades 3-5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Bring winter creativity to your Grades 3–5 classroom with Snow Globe Adventure, a narrative writing and craft project! Students imagine themselves inside a snow globe, plan and write a first-person story, and create a 3D snow globe display. This resource guides students through brainstorming, drafting, editing, and publishing while developing plot, dialogue, and sensory details. Includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, writing pages, craft directions, editing checklist, and rubric.

3rd - 5th Other (Arts), Creative Writing, Writing

Plot Mountain Graphic Organizer

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Help students visualize story structure with this FREE Plot Mountain graphic organizer! Students identify and record the introduction, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution of a story. Perfect for Grades 3–6 reading comprehension, literature circles, independent reading, and ELA lessons.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing

Types of Conflict in Literature | Focus Unit | Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Teach types of conflict in literature with this 10-day ELA Focus Unit for Grades 3–5. Students explore protagonist and antagonist roles and four types of conflict: character vs. self, character, nature, and society. Using picture books as mentor texts, students analyze how conflict shapes plot and characters. Includes lesson plans, scenario sorting cards, task cards, student response pages, exit tickets, assessments, rubrics, and answer keys.

3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Frame Narrative & Flashback | Story Within a Story | Grade 4 | Grade 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Teach students in grades 3–5 to recognize and analyze frame narratives, stories within stories, and flashbacks. This flexible ELA Focus Unit uses picture books, guided discussions, vocabulary posters, and graphic organizers to explore narrative structure and author's craft. Students identify outside and inside stories, examine shifts in time, and explore why authors use these techniques. Includes lesson plans, student activities and assessments.

3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Fall Descriptive Narrative Writing & Craft | Figurative Language | Grades 3-6 | Fabulous Fall Characters

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

🍂 Bring fall creativity into your Grades 3–5 classroom with this descriptive and narrative writing project! Students create unique fall-themed characters, develop vivid descriptions, and practice adjectives, adverbs, and figurative language through engaging writing activities. Includes a character craft template, graphic organizers, writing pages, figurative language practice, a speaking and listening activity, and an assessment rubric. Perfect for a fall bulletin board display!

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Writing

Dynamic Characters | Character Transformation in Literature | Focus Unit | Grades 3, 4, 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Explore character development and transformation in literature with this Grades 3–5 ELA Focus Unit. Students investigate internal and external changes, dynamic and static characters, and how characters evolve through picture book read-alouds, discussion, and evidence-based writing. Includes multi-day lesson plans, vocabulary posters, differentiated response pages, comparison activities, matching cards, summative assessment, and answer key.

3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Reading

Sarah Hale | Persuasive Writing | Thanksgiving | Primary Source Connection| Grades 3-5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Explore Sarah Josepha Hale's campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday in this engaging three-day writing mini-unit for Grades 3–5. Part of the Story to Source Investigations series, students connect a picture book to historical primary sources while practicing close reading, critical thinking, and persuasive writing. Includes lesson plans, primary source analysis, graphic organizers, writing activities, student publishing materials, and bulletin board display options.

3rd - 6th Informational Text, Writing Essays

December Writing | December Craft | SEL Activity | SEL Bulletin Board | Holidays | Grades 3-5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

🕯️ Celebrate kindness and the theme of light in winter holidays with this Grades 3–6 SEL writing and craft activity. Students reflect on how they can "be a light in the world" through acts of kindness, then write a meaningful paragraph and create a candle craft for a winter bulletin board. Includes brainstorming pages, writing templates, differentiated supports, candle craft pieces, display signs, and a writing rubric. Perfect for December writing and classroom community building!

3rd - 6th Writing

Causes of the American Revolution: Taxes to Tea NYS SS Framework 4.3d

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

🇺🇸 Explore the causes of the American Revolution in this engaging four-day Grade 4 Social Studies lesson aligned with NYS Framework 4.3d. Students investigate British taxation, colonial resistance, and the events leading to revolution through primary source analysis, close reading, discussion, and an interactive taxation simulation. Includes lesson plans, student organizers, guided notes, activities, and answer keys. Part of the 12-lesson Revolutionary War in New York series.

4th Grade Informational Text, U.S. History, Other (Social Studies)

Point of View & Perspective in Literature | Grades 3, 4, & 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Help students in Grades 3–5 master point of view and perspective with this comprehensive ELA Focus Unit! Students identify first, second, and third person narration, distinguish point of view from perspective, and explore how different characters interpret the same events. Includes multi-day lesson plans, anchor posters, task cards, graphic organizers, student practice pages, exit tickets, summative assessment, and answer keys. Works with picture books and other familiar texts.

3rd - 5th Literature

Back-to-School Family Engagement Activity | Parent Memory Book | Community Building

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Build classroom community and strengthen family connections with Looking Back: School Memories from Our Families! This back-to-school project invites parents, grandparents, and other important adults to share memories of their school days. Students compare experiences across generations and create a class keepsake book. Includes teacher directions, a family letter, memory page designs, color and black-and-white covers, assembly ideas, and extension activities.

2nd - 5th Other (ELA), Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

October 4th Grade Morning Work/Bell Ringer/Enrichment | ELA/Social Studies Integrated | The New York Daily

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Make October morning work meaningful with The New York Daily! This Grade 4 resource includes 20 no-prep NYS Social Studies and ELA activities for bell ringers, early finishers, enrichment, and centers. Students explore fall foliage, Halloween history, New York inventions, Indigenous history, geography, and historic events through informational texts, primary sources, maps, graphs, and critical thinking tasks. Includes 20 printable activities for independent practice.

4th - 5th Other (ELA), U.S. History, Other (Social Studies)

Also included in: 4th Grade Morning Work/Bell Ringer/Enrichment Bundle | September October November| The New York Daily |SS & ELA Integrated

2nd Grade Math Vocabulary Games | 2.OA Group Activities & Task Cards

Created by
Unlocking Potential Educational Services,LLC

Keeping your 2nd graders engaged while building their math vocabulary can feel like a constant challenge, especially when you need activities that work across centers, small groups, and whole-class time. These interactive 2nd grade math vocabulary games for Operations and Algebraic Thinking (2.OA) g

2nd Grade Vocabulary, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)

Also included in: Grade 2 Math Vocabulary Bundle | 2.OA Activities, Games & Centers

Blueloon Book Character Education Read Aloud Activities Feeling Sad Worksheets

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Blueloon Book Character Education Read Aloud Activities Feeling Sad Worksheets is a structured companion for Blueloon by Julia Cook. It includes feeling sad worksheets, hope activities, guided discussion, and differentiated follow-up activities that help students understand sadness, identify sources

2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Character Education, Classroom Community

Also included in: SEL Read Alouds Character Education Book Activities Read Aloud Activities

It's Hard to Be a Verb Book Read Aloud Impulse Control Worksheets & Activities

Created by
The Responsive Educator

It’s Hard to Be a Verb Book Read Aloud Impulse Control Worksheets & Activities is a structured companion for It’s Hard to Be a Verb! by Julia Cook. Designed for students in 2nd–5th grade, it helps students understand impulsivity, develop self-control, and practice strategies for focusing and man

2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Character Education, Classroom Community

Also included in: SEL Read Alouds Character Education Book Activities Read Aloud Activities

Baditude Book SEL Character Education Read Aloud Activities Emotional Regulation

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Baditude Book SEL Character Education Read Aloud Activities Emotional Regulation is a structured read-aloud companion for Baditude! What to Do When Life Stinks! by Julia Cook. Designed for students in 2nd–3rd grade, it helps students recognize a negative attitude, practice reframing negative thought

2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Character Education, Classroom Community

Also included in: SEL Read Alouds Character Education Book Activities Read Aloud Activities

Fry Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Cards Assessment (2nd 100)

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Fry Sight Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Card 2nd 100For students advancing in sight word recognition, the Fry Sight Words Checklist 2nd 100 extends the foundational assessment and progress tracking initiated with the initial 100 Fry sight words.Key Features Tailored with meticulous design akin

Kindergarten - 3rd English Language Arts, Reading

Also included in: Complete Fry Words Checklist Sight Words Flash Cards Bundle 1st - 10th 100

Fry Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Cards Assessment (3rd 100)

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Fry Sight Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Card 3rd 100Continuing the journey of sight word mastery, the Fry Sight Words Checklist 3rd 100 builds upon the foundational assessment introduced in the first set of 100 Fry sight words.Key FeaturesMaintaining the meticulous design of the preceding Fry c

1st - 4th English Language Arts, Reading

Also included in: Complete Fry Words Checklist Sight Words Flash Cards Bundle 1st - 10th 100

Preschool Line Tracing Worksheets | Printable | Instant Download | PDF

Created by
The Little School Shop

Preschool Line Tracing Worksheets. You will receive my Line Tracing Worksheets packet. This Full Version of my Line Tracing Worksheets packet consists of 10 fine motor worksheets. This product is suitable for students in preschool, kindergarten, special education and autism classrooms.Let your stude

Preschool - Kindergarten Handwriting

Cute Animal Alphabet Handwriting Pages

Created by
The Little School Shop

Does your preschooler need more practice when it comes to pencil-hold and letter writing? Check out these great preschool handwriting practice worksheets. Handwriting Practice, Handwriting Worksheets, Cute Handwriting Practice, Handwriting Paper Handwriting Practice Sheets, Preschool Worksheets❤️W...

Preschool - Kindergarten Handwriting

Food-Themed Alphabet Handwriting Practice Sheets

Created by
The Little School Shop

Does your preschooler need more practice when it comes to pencil-hold and letter writing? Check out these great preschool handwriting practice worksheets. Handwriting Practice, Handwriting Worksheets, Cute Handwriting Practice, Handwriting Paper Handwriting Practice Sheets, Preschool Worksheets❤️W...

Preschool - Kindergarten Handwriting

Vegetable Flashcards For Preschool Flashcards For Early Learning Montessori PDF

Created by
The Little School Shop

This beautiful watercolor set of Montessori Flashcards will be a great addition to your classroom or homeschool curriculum. 32 different vegetables with names in English and Spanish. Three part Nomenclature cards to use in different activities: Sorting, Matching, Language Learning❤️WHAT'S INCLUDED...

Preschool - 1st Reading