Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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"It Takes Two" Cross-Checking-An Early Reading Strategy: Beginning readers need to learn how to bring together two sources of information simultaneously. They have to think about what would make sense and think about letters/sounds; cross-checking. Most children prefer to do one or the other, but not both. Therefore, some children guess something that is sensible but ignore the visual (letter/sound) and others guess something which is close to the visual but makes no sense in the sentence. This activity will demonstrate how to cross check.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Jane Kate Blackmon.

Ferocious fighting fish: An ocean unit exploring beginning word sounds: Students focus on alliteration while exploring an ocean theme. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

I know that word! Teaching reading with environmental print: This lesson teaches students how to decode environmental print as as strategy for word recognition. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum": Uses an active, hands-on activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Phonics Through Literature: Learning About the Letter "M": Students will learn about phonics by participating in an integrated array of activities, including reading, writing, mathematics, music, art, and technology. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Pioneer America: Legendary westerners: Students study legendary westerners during the period of westward expansion in U.S. history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Student of the day: Create sound/letter understanding with names: This lesson from ReadWritethink uses students' names and other concrete words to teach the conventions and terminology of print. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Teaching audience through interactive writing: Students work together to create an invitation letter for a group of their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Using songwriting to build awareness of beginning letter sounds: Students explore consonant sounds and begin to develop lyrics to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Word wizards: Students making words: This lesson uses an active, hands-on activity in which students learn how to look for patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE