English Language Arts — Grade 1

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I know that word! Teaching reading with environmental print

In this lesson, teachers activate prior knowledge with students by presenting examples of popular signs, labels and logos. After identifying the main word in the logo, they locate the same word in black and white print. Students finish the activity by reading... (Learn more)

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Hey diddle, diddle! Generating rhymes for analogy-based phonics instruction

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, shared reading, guided reading, and small, cooperative-group instruction are used in a first-grade classroom to informally assess students' ability to demonstrate awareness of rhyme or other visual similarities in words.... (Learn more)

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Getting the "ig" in Pig: Helping Children Discover Onset and Rime

This lesson from ReadWriteThink incorporates literature, independent and cooperative learning, critical thinking, and hands-on activities to engage students in learning the “ig” rime. Students explore books and magazines for words that have... (Learn more)

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Generating rhymes: Developing phonemic awareness

Learning how to generate rhyme and recognizing rhyming patterns in language is an essential skill for emergent readers. Students should be able to manipulate words and sounds to create simple rhymes, which will help them recognize word and letter patterns... (Learn more)

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Ferocious fighting fish: An ocean unit exploring beginning word sounds

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students focus on alliteration while exploring an ocean theme. Students explore alliteration in framing texts then compose a class book to practice using the technique in their own writing. The lesson is a natural extension... (Learn more)

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Click, clack, moo: Reading word family words

In this lesson, students learn to identify rimes or word families and apply their knowledge of these words to the decoding of new words. During a repeated read-aloud of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, the teacher stops... (Learn more)

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Bingo! Using environmental print to practice reading

Students review familiar logos and images as a class, and then use the logos and images to create their own Bingo cards, which they read with a partner. After playing a Bingo game where they match images to images, they play by matching the logos on their... (Learn more)

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The big green monster teaches phonics in reading and writing

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink students begin with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley. After the shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version to build fluency and word... (Learn more)

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A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse

This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, begins with the singing of the song “A-Hunting We Will Go” with its original verses and several new verses that support rhyming concepts. Students brainstorm pairs of rhyming words and create their own verses... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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