English Language Arts — Kindergarten

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Name talk: Exploring letter-sound knowledge in the primary classroom

This lesson from ReadWriteThink invites primary students to share their letter/sound knowledge in a small group and gives teachers an opportunity to assess knowledge in a meaningful context. Working with name cards, students share observations about their... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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Letter recognition and sound identification

This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, covers the basics of letter recognition. Students will apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they identify pictures in an attractively illustrated alphabet book. Students have the opportunity to practice... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

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Learning centers: From shared to independent practice

To become proficient at any skill, hands-on practice is necessary. This ReadWriteThink lesson provides a framework for using a shared reading experience to introduce independent literacy learning centers. Teaching students to work independently is critical... (Learn more)

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

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I know that word! Teaching reading with environmental print

In this lesson, teachers activate prior knowledge with students by presenting examples of popular signs, labels and logos. After identifying the main word in the logo, they locate the same word in black and white print. Students finish the activity by reading... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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Hey diddle, diddle! Generating rhymes for analogy-based phonics instruction

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, shared reading, guided reading, and small, cooperative-group instruction are used in a first-grade classroom to informally assess students' ability to demonstrate awareness of rhyme or other visual similarities in words.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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Growing readers and writers with help from Mother Goose

This ReadWriteThink lesson will help children grow as readers and writers using the familiar words and characters of nursery rhymes. Children will be encouraged to connect the characters with letters of the alphabet, letting them serve as hooks to help... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

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Gingerbread Phonics

In this ReadWriteThinklesson, 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... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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From stop signs to the golden arches: Environmental print

The purpose of this lesson from ReadWriteThink is to bring the print-rich environment of the community into the classroom through the use of environmental print, enabling emergent readers to delight in the realization that they are indeed readers. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

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Dr. Seuss's sound words: Playing with phonics and spelling

Boom! Br-r-ring! Cluck! Moo! — Everywhere you turn, you're bound to find exciting sounds. Whether you visit online sites that play sounds or take a sound hike at school, a near-by park, or on a field trip, ask your students to notice the sounds they... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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Deeper reading response: A template for teachers

Interacting with and responding to various texts is an important foundation to build in the primary years of a child's education. This lesson from ReadWriteThink details the five expressive and performative engagements for responding to text, as identified... (Learn more)

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

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Bingo! Using environmental print to practice reading

Students review familiar logos and images as a class, and then use the logos and images to create their own Bingo cards, which they read with a partner. After playing a Bingo game where they match images to images, they play by matching the logos on their... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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The big green monster teaches phonics in reading and writing

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink students begin with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley. After the shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version to build fluency and word... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

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