Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Character Education - Honesty: This lesson will focus on two character education traits - honesty and friendship. During this lesson the students will conduct a character analysis and link prior knowledge to help understand the story.

Summary of story:
Horace the main character tells a fib when he finds a toy truck and claims it as his own. His conscience bothers him but the toy is too irrestible to admit the truth. He experiences turmoil from holding on to his terrible secret. He lies to his teacher, mother, and even the doctor (he pretends to be sick). Walter is the owner of the truck and he knows Horace has it. Walter writes Horace a get-well letter. Read the story to find out how the story ends.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); By LaTina Robinson.

Cloudy with a chance of...what?: Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Healthful Living Education, English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe.

Comparing and contrasting Little Red Riding Hood stories: This lesson will introduce the Venn diagram to students. They will read two versions of the story "Little Red Riding Hood" and list details from each in separate diagrams.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts); By Amber Miller.

Geometry and Art: Art Museum Visit: Geometry and Art: Art Museum Visit is the second lesson of a three-part unit integrating math, writing and visual arts. In this lesson students apply their knowledge of geometry by sorting, classifying and counting plane geometric figures during a visit to the art museum to look at and compare twentieth- century paintings. Students then collect data and share what they observe.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Mathematics); By Loretta Hopper.

Pigs and Wolf on a Map!: The students will construct a Double Bubble Map (Venn Diagram) to compare and contrast two versions of a familiar fairytale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Cherry Randall.

Using Venn diagrams to compare and contrast: In order to be able to compare and contrast weather in other places around the country and the world, the students will learn how to use a graphic organizer (Venn diagram) to visualize likeness and differences between two things.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Science); By Kelly Sharpe, Kathleen Hughes, Ruffin Priest, Sondra Walker, and Sandra McKee.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Nonsense Poetry and Whimsy: Students listen to the opening chapters of The Nursery ‘Alice,’ Carroll's adaptation for younger readers, and view Sir John Tenniel's illustrations from the original edition. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

All Together Now: Collaborations in Poetry Writing: This is a set of three lesson plans to make poetry exciting for your students as they listen to, write and recite poems that are sure to please. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Choosing one word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein's “Sick”: This lesson uses Shel Silverstein's poem “Sick” to challenge emergent readers to select the most important word in a text and to justify their selection. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Comparing fiction and nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood" text sets: In this lesson, students explore similarities and differences among various versions of “Little Red Riding Hood.” (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Comparing Tales through Performance: Students identify the similarities and differences between a traditional and a contemporary version of The Three Little Pigs. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Connect with low-literate families: A three-tiered approach: This ReadWriteThink lesson involves giving children from low-literate families stories to read at home to enhance the home-school connection. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Creating class rules: A beginning to creating community: Students are led through a discussion designed to establish goals and needs for the classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Deeper reading response: A template for teachers: Details the five expressive and performative engagements for responding to text, as identified by Lawrence R. Sipe. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Descriptive writing and the 100th day of school: Students write descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home. Then students write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Diagram it! Identifying, comparing, and writing about nonfiction texts: Students explore a variety of nonfiction books and compare them to fiction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Fairy tales around the world: This lesson introduces literary structures through fairy tales. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

From “Little House” to my house: Exploring history and family roles: This lesson for first and second grade students features two read-aloud sessions of a picture book adaptation of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

I wonder: Writing scientific explanations with students: In this lesson, students are encouraged to ask questions about a specific topic, choose a particular question to explore in detail, and research the question using a variety of resources. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Improving fluency through group literary performance: Bill Martin Jr.'s picture books provide opportunities for students to hear fluent reading modeled then to join in the readings through literary performance. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE