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English Language Arts — Grade 1
Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
Objective 4.03. Use specific words to name and tell action in oral and written language (e.g., using words such as frog and toad when discussing an expository text).
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General resources
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Aligned lesson plans
- Writing a fish book: Number and color details
- Students will learn and write color words and number words.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- By Stephanie Phelps.
- What do you see?
- This lesson is designed to teach color vocabulary and some basic animal names to novice level ESL students in grades 1-2 using Bill Martin's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)
- By Cindy Young.
- Making “Oobleck”
- The students will discuss what they think will happen when mixing specific ingredients to create an unknown substance labeled “Oobleck.” Next, the students will work together in small groups of four or five to create this substance. Finally, the students will individually illustrate and write one to three sentences describing the results.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Paige Hoffman.
- 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.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)
- By Landa Latta.
- "Luscious lollipops" and other adjectives
- The students will become familiar with adjectives by reading Ruth Heller's book Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives. They will also be able to use adjectives to describe an object in their own writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- By Pat DeMello.
- Is it living?
- Students will identify living and nonliving things.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Genita Powell.
- Healthy foods = super kids
- This lesson focuses on how the foods we eat affect our bodies in both beneficial and harmful ways. Students will learn that grains provide energy; vegetables are needed for healthy skin, hair and eyes; fruits help the body heal, milk builds strong bones and teeth; meat builds muscle and gives strength; and sweets, fats, and oils are high in calories and give few vitamins and minerals and do little to help our bodies grow.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Healthful Living)
- By Phyllis Bass and Rubetta Carr.
- 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 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Betty Burleson.
- Describing words: Go Away, Big Green Monster
- The students will use describing words in their writing based on the book Go Away, Big Green Monster while integrating math concepts about shapes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Paula Jennings.
- Composing snowman stories
- Students will compose sequential, descriptive instructions about how to build a snowman.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)
- By Sandra Weavil.
- Bugs, bugs, bugs
- This lesson integrates writing and the study of insects by having the students create a book following the pattern of How Many Bugs in a Box? by David A. Carter.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Vicki Rivenbark.
- 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.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.
- The Alphabet Tree
- After reading The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni to students, the students will retell the events on a flow map. Then using Kid Pix software, each child will choose an event, illustrate it, and write a caption for it. The students will then put their events in order in a Kid Pix Slide Show they can present to the class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Jody Shaughnessy.
Resources on the web
- Sentence quest: Using parts of speech to write descriptive sentences
- In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students learn the criteria for a sentence by manipulating word cards, then collaborate to write and illustrate complete, descriptive sentences. Finally, students work in groups using descriptive words and phrases to... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- Get writing with "Weekend News!"
- In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write about their weekends, using skills they have learned in writing workshop. Following the writing, students self-assess their work based on criteria developed in the classroom. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
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