Language Arts Skills

Standard 1 - Language

Parts of Speech

Nouns
Verbs


PowerPoint-The Verb Be (5th Grade)
PowerPoint-The Verbs Do and Have(5th Grade)

PowerPoint on Helping Verbs, Regular & Irregular Verbs, Direct Objects, Linking Verbs, Subject/Verb Agreement, Verb Tenses
(6th Grade)
Prepositions

PowerPoint on Prepositions (6th Grade)
Adjectives and Adverbs

PowerPoint on Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs (6th Grade)
Pronouns
Conjunctions & Interjections
   

Vocabulary

Troublesome Words

  • Charts

  • PowerPoint on Troublesome Words 5th Grade

  • (sit/set; lie/lay; let/leave; teach/learn)
    SPI 0501.1.4 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words: {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, lie/lay, sit/set, leave/let, learn/teach}).
     

  • PowerPoint on Troublesome Words 6th Grade
    (accept/except; affect/effect; can/may; between/among; principal/principle; capitol/capital)
    SPI 0601.1.9 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives, troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect, may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal, between/among}).
Compound Words

Smart Notebook Activity on Compound Words

Worksheet

 
Prefixes & Suffixes

Prefixes Reading Skill (6th Grade)
Suffixes Reading Skill (6th Grade)
 

Word Study (steps to follow when you come across a word you do not know)

  • Context Clues
  • Prefixes and Suffixes
  • Resources

PowerPoint (6th Grade)
Lesson Plan (6th Grade)
   

Sentence Structure

Sentences

Understanding Sentences (5th Grade)
Run-On Sentences

PowerPoint (6th Grade)
Subject Verb Agreement
Sentence-Combining Techniques

Lesson Plans for 6th Grade Sentence Unit
   

Punctuation Rules

Comma

Graphic Organizer
 Quotation

Graphic Organizer
Colon

Graphic Organizer
 

Standard 3 - Writing

Writing with a Purpose

Author's Purpose
Audience
Thesis Statement

PowerPoint Practice(6th Grade)
Business Correspondence

PowerPoint (6th Grade)

Graphic Organizer
   

Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing

PowerPoint (5th Grade)

Checklist (5th Grade)
Show, Don't Tell

PowerPoint (5th Grade)
   

Standard 4 - Research

Research Papers

Research Paper

Research Paper Unit

Resources for Civil War Reports (5th Grade)

Most Reliable Resources &
Sources From Which to Gather Information
   

Standard 5 - Logic

Analogies

Analogies Reading Skill (6th Grade)

Analogies (Tom Sawyer Vocabulary)
Analogies

 

Standard 6 - Informational Text

Text Formats (instructions, directions, letters, memos, e-mails, reports, outlines, newspaper article, flyer, photographs, maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams)

Lesson Plans (6th Grade)
Text Features (Using table of contents, title page, and glossaries to locate information, headings, subheadings, key words, captions, footnotes, illustrations)

Lesson Plans (6th Grade)
Lesson Plans

PowerPoint (Parts of a Book)
PowerPoint (Text Features)

Text Features Links to PowerPoints and Worksheets

Standard 8 - Literature

Genres

Flashcards (6th Grade)
Story Elements

PowerPoint

Story Map Instructions
Story Map Blank
     Story Map for The Cay
     Story Map for Hatchet
     Story Map for Indian in the Cupboard
     Story Map for Holes

Poetry/Figurative Language

Rhyming

 

Rhyming Lesson Plans (6th Grade)

PowerPoint (6th Grade)

 
Simile & Metaphor

Simile & Metaphor Lesson Plans (6th Grade)
 PowerPoint (6th Grade)
Personification & Alliteration

 

Personification & Alliteration Lesson Plans (6th Grade)

PowerPoint (6th Grade)
Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, & Repetition

 

Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, & Repetition Lesson Plans (6th Grade)

PowerPoint (6th Grade)