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 5.05

Spell most commonly used words accurately using a multi-strategy approach to the learning of new spellings.

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Alter egos and more with Avi's "Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?"
After reading Avi's Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?, students learn about the history of radio shows, examine scripts, and write their own radio show similar to the scenarios that the characters, Frankie and Mario, perform. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Author study: Improving reading comprehension using inference and comparison
In this lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that author, and then check their inferences against the author's online biography. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Can you convince me?: Developing persuasive writing
Students are engaged in developing their skills of persuasion in a classroom game that introduces students to the basic concepts of lobbying for something that is important to them (or that they want) and making persuasive arguments. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Dancing minds and shouting smiles: Teaching personification through poetry
In this lesson, students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems by Emily Dickinson, William Blake, and Langston Hughes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Dear Librarian: Writing a persuasive letter
Inspired by the actions in Beverly Cleary’s book Emily’s Runaway Imagination, in this lesson plan, students write to their school librarian, requesting that a specific text be added to the library collection. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Looking at landmarks: Using a picture book to guide research
This lesson uses Chris van Allsburg’s Ben’s Dream, a picture book about ten major landmarks in the world, to introduce a brief research unit. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Sort, hunt, write: A weekly spelling program
Students work with their spelling words in a variety of ways, using words in context, sorting them into categories, editing texts, and more. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Spelling cheerleading: Integrating movement and spelling generalizations
This lesson uses the technique of spelling cheerleading to teach the spelling generalization for adding suffixes to words that end with the letter “y.” (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Who's got mail? Using literature to promote authentic letter writing
This brief activity uses literature and shared writing to teach letter-writing format and promote authentic letter writing. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE