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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.
- Author: Tonya Williams
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- An American hero: Harriet Tubman
- In this lesson, the school librarian and classroom teacher should work together to teach students about the life of Harriet Tubman in recognition of African-American History and Cultural Heritage Month.
- Author: Floanna Long
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Animal Adjectives
- Students will describe animals as they review nouns and verbs associated with these animals. They will learn to use adjectives as they describe the animals. They will use this knowledge to write their stories about animals.
- Author: Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis and Genevieve Kiser
- 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)
- Getting In Order (Jack and the Beanstalk)
- The students will read "Jack and the Beanstalk" as a group and create flip books to illustrate and sequence the main events.
- Author: Leslie Robinson1
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Inside a baby seed
- Students will identify the three main parts of a seed after the bean/seeds have been soaked in water overnight.
- Author: Thelma Pike
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Make That Chocolate Sundae
- The student will write detailed directions for making and eating a chocolate sundae. S/he will then create and eat a sundae.
- Author: Landa Latta
- Format: lesson plan (grades 1–3)
- 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)
- Pets
- Students will categorize their family pets and indicate a pet they would like to have. Students will then write sentences about their pets.
- Author: Kathy Beck
- 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)
- The Very Hungry Teacher
- After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle students will use the writing process to write their own version of a Very Hungry story. They will use a flow map for pre-writing. Students will write a rough draft that will be revised and edited with a partner and a teacher.
- Author: Kelly Zumwalt
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1)
- Writing with Koala Lou (Sequencing and BME)
- After reading the story Koala Lou aloud, students practice sequencing the events of the story and identifying the beginning, middle, and end. Upon completing this activity in cooperative groups they write using a teacher given prompt, including proper sequence and beginning, middle, and end. They also share the final product with their cooperative group.
- Author: Jenifer Lewis
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–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)
- As slippery as an eel: An ocean unit exploring simile and metaphor
- Students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Boys can dance
- Reinforces the idea that dancing is a beneficial activity for both men and women. Students compare the benefits of dance training and sports then watch video clips of famous male dancers.
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–4)
- Collaborating on a class book: Exploring before-during-after sequences
- Students and the teacher produce a class book through a group-writing activity focusing on a basic before-during-after sequence of events.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Creating a wall story
- Students create a wall story as a means of retelling a story.
- Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Creating class rules: A beginning to creating community
- Students are led through a discussion designed to establish goals and needs for the classroom.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)
- Deeper reading response: A template for teachers
- Details the five expressive and performative engagements for responding to text, as identified by Lawrence R. Sipe.
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–2)