LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 5

The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Objective 5.01

Use phonic knowledge and basic patterns (e.g., an, ee, ake) to spell correctly three-and four-letter words.

Resources aligned to this objective

Word family web
Students play a fun game with spider and fly to build new words using known word families.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
By Peggy Johnson.
Seasons change
This lesson introduces students to the characteristics of the changing seasons and allows students to see how plants, animals, and people adapt to the changes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
By Beth Herron.
Digging up discoveries
The students will study archaeology, practicing their knowledge of spelling patterns and capitalization and punctuation skills along the way. The students will go to a teacher-created excavation and discover a surprise in a “rock” from the excavation. The students will then write about their experience.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
By Alyssa Slater.

Resources on the web

Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum"
This ReadWriteThink lesson uses an active, hands-on activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. Authentic literature provides an excellent framework for teaching decoding and spelling. The... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Learning vocabulary down by the bay
This lesson from ReadWriteThink 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. Students sing the song repeatedly, while following... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 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