English Language Arts — Grade 1

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Family message journals teach many purposes for writing

This lesson from ReadWriteThink describes the use of Family Message Journals. Family Message Journals are tools for learning, thinking, and self-expression. By writing several messages with varied purposes, students begin to experience that journal writing... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Fairy tales around the world

This EDSITEment unit is a series of lessons in which students will become familiar with fairy tales. They will read and learn to understand fairy tales so that they can better comprehend the structures of literature as well as for the sake of the wonder,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Fact or fiction: Learning about worms using diary of a worm

This ReadWriteThink lesson focuses on the book Diary of a Worm, by Doreen Cronin. During a series of read-aloud sessions students focus attention on different features of the text. In this way, students develop strategies for differentiating... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Exploring sets through math-related book pairs

This ReadWriteThink lesson integrates reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing mathematical ideas while simultaneously strengthening home-school communication. The two math-related books used give real-world contexts to the strategy of grouping... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

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Draw a math story: From the concrete to the symbolic

This ReadWriteThink activity begins with the reading aloud of several math-oriented stories, identifies key mathematical vocabulary terms, models math story writing, and then gives students an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

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Creating class rules: A beginning to creating community

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students are led through a discussion designed to establish goals and needs for the classroom. Their ideas are charted on two lists: “Why Are We Here?” and “What We Need.” These two charts become... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

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Completing the circle: The craft of circular plot structure

In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students explore the organizing structure and writer's craft of picture books. They then identify, explore, and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories. This lesson uses an interactive Circle... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Collaborating on a class book: Exploring before-during-after sequences

In this ReadWriteThink classroom project, students and the teacher produce a class book through a group-writing activity focusing on a basic before-during-after sequence of events. In this case, the book focuses on the carving of the class jack-o-lantern,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Book sorting: Using observation and comprehension to categorize books

This ReadWriteThink sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and categorization processes, reading comprehension and writing skills. The activity also provides teachers with a vast array of diagnostics through observation of student... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Book buddy biographies: Intermediate and primary students working together

This lesson from ReadWriteThink has students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy, and each child is the author, illustrator, and editor. Book Buddies is a program which pairs up a child from a primary class and a child from an intermediate... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Adventures in nonfiction: A guided inquiry journey

The activities in this ReadWriteThink lesson provide a foundation for using nonfiction resources for developing and answering questions about gathered information. Using a wide variety of nonfiction literature, students learn to sort and categorize books... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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Acrostic poems: All about me and my favorite things

In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to acrostic poetry. They create poems using their names as a starting point for writing about themselves. Students can use the printing press interactive to print up their works. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

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