Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Tacky the Penguin: After reading the story, Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester, the students will write their own Tacky story. The students will brainstorm ideas before getting started. Next each student will write a rough draft. After the rough draft, the students will proofread and edit their work. Then the students will type their story and illustrate the pictures.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills); By Tonya Williams.

Child-Created Bulletin Board of Story Elements: This lesson will introduce young children to the elements of stories starting with characters. Children will be involved with interactive writing as they respond to shared reading lessons. Students will illustrate a caption of a character to be displayed on a bulletin board.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Claudia Siegal.

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.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Betty Burleson.

Lucky Ladybug Doubles: This lesson will involve students in using symmetry and doubling of numbers 1 through 7 to make ladybugs.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Computer Technology Skills); By Alta Allen.

Supermarket Sweep Day 1: Students will talk about choices that families make when purchasing groceries. Students will make a booklet of frequently purchased grocery items.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and English Language Development); By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.

Teaching Phonological Awarness to LD students: This lesson is designed to help students understand the part/whole word relationships at the sentence level. It enables students to relate the 44 phonemes of the English language to words in print (reading) better. Although this lesson is written based on first-grade goals and objectives, it is designed for second-grade students who are not reading at a first-grade level. This lesson should be taught only with a small group.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Cynthia Bumgarner.

Whole language reading: Pumpkin pie baking activity: A whole language literature-based reading lesson that culminates in a cooking extension activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Amy Durso.

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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Click, clack, moo: Reading word family words: Teachers use Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin to teach students word identification strategies. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Comparing Tales through Performance: Students identify the similarities and differences between a traditional and a contemporary version of The Three Little Pigs. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Diagram it! Identifying, comparing, and writing about nonfiction texts: Students explore a variety of nonfiction books and compare them to fiction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

From stop signs to the golden arches: Environmental print: Students will help collect examples of environmental print, sort and classify these examples for inclusion in class books, and spend time reading the books as individuals, in pairs, or in groups. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Improving fluency through group literary performance: Bill Martin Jr.'s picture books provide opportunities for students to hear fluent reading modeled then to join in the readings through literary performance. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

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. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

A journal for Corduroy: Responding to literature: This lesson from ReadWriteThink leads first-grade students to reflect on and respond to literature through journal writing. Students read books in the Corduroy record their own adventures with Corduroy, share their stories with the class, and create a class book using the computer. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Junie B. Jones introduces literacy mystery boxes: Students discuss the text Junie B., First Grader (at last!) with a partner, and then individually record key events from the story. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Learning centers: From shared to independent practice: Provides a framework for using a shared reading experience to introduce independent literacy learning centers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Learning vocabulary down by the bay: Uses a popular children's song that contains several high-frequency vocabulary words to assist students in recognizing, reading, writing, and using the words in several contexts. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE