English Language Arts — Kindergarten

Bats

The students will learn that bats are nocturnal and use echolocation.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)

By Debbie Lanier.

Here Comes the Circus

Boys and girls of all ages love the Circus. This is a lesson from an integrated unit. In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Kindergarten level words from the Dolch Word List.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

By Penny Stafford.

Look and listen: Exploring the five senses

This group of shared reading lessons is based on the book Look by Jillian Cutting. They are designed to be used as a part of an integrated classroom unit on the five senses.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)

By Lisa Wallace.

Mud feels good!

Students will listen to Mud Walk by Joy Cowley. Students will experience and describe mud using a bubble map to record their responses. Students will create a class book using chocolate pudding to imitate mud.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)

By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.

Painting the Alphabet

After working on numerous letter names and sounds, the children will use a paint program to draw a picture and write the word to name the picture. The pictures will be printed out to make a class book or alphabet page.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

By Jackie White, Kathy2 Moore, Kelley Turner, and Mike Christopher.

Lesson plans on the web

A-Hunting We Will Go: Teaching Rhyming Through Musical Verse

Students brainstorm pairs of rhyming words and create their own verses for the song “A-Hunting We Will Go.” (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

The big green monster teaches phonics in reading and writing

Students examine onset/rime patterns by generating word families, review sight words in the story, and play a card game to reinforce high-frequency vocabulary. This writing exploration allows an integrated application of phonics. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 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

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

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

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

I know that word! Teaching reading with environmental print

This lesson teaches students how to decode environmental print as as strategy for word recognition. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 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

Learning centers: From shared to independent practice

Provides a framework for using a shared reading experience to introduce independent literacy learning centers. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Mail time! An integrated postcard and geography study

Provides motivation for writing and reading and provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about maps as students discover where their family members and friends live. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Our community: Creating ABC books as assessment

In this lesson that focuses on community, students collect vocabulary words and key concepts in order to create alphabet books as they study classroom content. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Pioneer America: Legendary westerners

Students study legendary westerners during the period of westward expansion in U.S. history. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts)

Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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

Reading everywhere with Dr. Seuss

Students see places where they can read and enjoy books, such as on a trip to Grandma's, at the pool, or at the doctor's office. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Reading informational texts using the 3-2-1 strategy

In this lesson, students in grades K–2 learn to use the 3-2-1 strategy, which involves writing about three things they discovered, two things they found interesting, and one question they still have. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE