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- Bugs, bugs, bugs
- This lesson integrates writing and the study of insects by creating an innovation to the text of the book How Many Bugs in a Box? by David A. Carter
- Author: Vicki Rivenbark
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Digging in the Dictionary
- In this activity, first grade children will learn to use an age-appropriate dictionary to find a word, write its definition, write a sentence using that word, and report their results to their classmates.
- Author: Mary Waldrup
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- The Emperor's Prize Egg
- This lesson will introduce students to the life of a penguin. They will explore penguins' habitats, eating habits, and other unique adaptations that they use to survive in Antarctica.
- Author: Betty Burleson
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Fairy Tales
- This lesson will begin a unit on fairy tales for young learners. It will begin with assessing what first graders know about fairy tales. Children will learn about the original version of The Three Little Pigs.
There is a second lesson linked to this lesson - Fairy Tales - Another Point of View. This second lesson presents another point of view of the original version of the fairy tale. - Author: Audra Penrod and Vivian Lages
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Fairy tales: Another point of view
- This lesson is on comparing and contrasting (alike and different) two different versions of The Three Little Pigs. Students will use the original fairy tale The Three Little Pigs previously learned in the lesson “Fairy Tales” and compare it to the story The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. This story gives the wolf's point of view.
- Author: Audra Penrod and Vivian Lages
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Features of Print
- In this lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of gathering information from chapter headings, bold type and other organizational features of print (such as tables of contents) in non-fiction texts in print and online.
- Author: Gail Goodling, Susan Lovett and Sue Versenyi
- Format: lesson plan (grades 1–2)
- Grocery store matter
- The lesson stimulates students' thought processes and makes students aware of the things around them by teaching them about the three kinds of matter and their properties.
- Author: Indiana Jennette
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Inching Through Oral Language for ESOL Students
- This lesson will use the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle to help the student use clear and precise language to demonstrate comprehension.
- Author: Angela Goldberg
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–1)
- The Little Yellow Chicken
- The students will be following an integrated unit on "Helping." They will use reading, math, social studies, science, technology, and other areas of study. Students will read, as a group, the book The Little Yellow Chicken by Joy Cowley. The students will be incorporating prediction, prior knowledge, comprehension skills, and language skills for the word family "-ook", the vowel sound "e", and the exclamation mark. The technology to be utilized by the students consists of use of the HyperStudio for math review, Math Software, Graph Club to create a graph of favorite party foods, Inspiration to guide and create graphic organizers for writing, and the Ultimate Writing Machine to create their own version of The Little Yellow Chicken. They will also incorporate color words to practice the Spanish Language.
- Author: diane williams
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Lucky Ladybug Doubles
- This lesson will involve students in using symmetry and doubling of numbers 1 through 7 to make ladybugs.
- Author: Alta Allen
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–1)
- Multicultural cross grade level unit plan
- This unit of study integrates reading, writing, math, and social studies. It is designed to help first and third grade students relate to other cultures of the world. They will understand and compare the similarities and differences of children, families, and communities in different times and places. They will analyze religious and other cultural traditions. They will apply basic geographic concepts.
- Author: Shirley Young
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- My Favorite Women/Great-Aunt Arizona
- These three (or four) 45-minute lessons will introduce Kindergarteners and first graders to "Women's History Month." The students listen to the story of author Gloria Houston's great-aunt, Arizona Houston Hughes. During and following the listening and viewing experiences, the students will discuss their experiences with women in their own history who are helping them become good citizens and grow up well.
- Author: Floanna Long
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- "Three Cool Kids"
- After reading "Three Cool Kids", by Rebecca Emberley, students will discuss literary elements: characters, setting, problem and solution. The teacher will record using the Inspiration software what students say, making a web that shows the different elements of the story.
- Author: Genevieve Kiser
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Active Reading Using The Enormous Watermelon
- Students engage in word recognition activities using character names and high-frequency words from the predictable texts of nursery rhymes and the big book The Enormous Watermelon.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Comparing fiction and nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood" text sets
- In this lesson, students explore similarities and differences among various versions of “Little Red Riding Hood.”
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Connect with low-literate families: A three-tiered approach
- This ReadWriteThink lesson involves giving children from low-literate families stories to read at home to enhance the home-school connection.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Diagram it! Identifying, comparing, and writing about nonfiction texts
- Students explore a variety of nonfiction books and compare them to fiction.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Digging up details on worms: Using the language of science in an inquiry study
- In this lesson, students explore science vocabulary as they research worms in order to plan and build a classroom worm habitat.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- From “Little House” to my house: Exploring history and family roles
- This lesson for first and second grade students features two read-aloud sessions of a picture book adaptation of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades 1–2)
- Integrating Language Arts Using "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"
- This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses Laura Joffe Numeroff's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie to combine word-skill work with prediction and sequencing practice.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)