Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: As an extension of a weather unit, second grade students will use the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett to explore compound words using an introduction to spreadsheet.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Mary Rizzo.

Vowel, Consonant, Vowel Your Way To Better Reading: This is a lesson for Secondary Special Education Teachers who teach exceptional children who are reading at the second grade level. Students will learn decoding patterns using vowels and consonants to divide words into syllables in order to sound out the word.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); By Julie Wilson.

Dr. Seuss's sound words: Playing with phonics and spelling: By focusing on sound words in Dr. Seuss stories, students develop spelling strategies that help them move from phonemes, the sounds they make, to graphemes, the written representations of those sounds. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Ferocious fighting fish: An ocean unit exploring beginning word sounds: Students focus on alliteration while exploring an ocean theme. (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

Generating rhymes: Developing phonemic awareness: Helps students recognize and generate rhymes through songs, poems, and games. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Gingerbread Phonics: Early readers use familiar words from a traditional story to learn letter-sound correspondence. The teacher conducts a shared reading of The Gingerbread Man with the whole class. Students then use words from the story to practice letter-sound correspondence and write and publish their own stories online using some of these words. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Computer Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Growing readers and writers with help from Mother Goose: Children connect characters with letters of the alphabet, letting them serve as hooks to help children remember the letters and their sounds and use that knowledge in their writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum": Uses an active, hands-on activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Phonics Through Literature: Learning About the Letter "M": Students will learn about phonics by participating in an integrated array of activities, including reading, writing, mathematics, music, art, and technology. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Play with words: Rhyme & verse: Students will listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They will also use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Playing Name Bingo with "Chrysanthemum": Students listen to Chrysanthemum and discuss the importance of a name. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Information Skills and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Poetry portfolios: Using poetry to teach reading and writing: Supports students' exploration of language and writing skills as they read and dissect poetry. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Teaching audience through interactive writing: Students work together to create an invitation letter for a group of their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Word study with "Henry and Mudge": This lesson applies Cynthia Rylant's Henry and Mudge and the small-group differentiated reading model to a systematic word study of the past tense marker -ed. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Word wizards: Students making words: This lesson uses an active, hands-on activity in which students learn how to look for patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE