Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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A Birthday Basket For Tia: This lesson will provide your students with an opportunity to brainstorm, predict, and check for understanding throughout this wonderful story about a little girl, Cecilia, who is preparing a special birthday gift for her 90 year-old Aunt Tia. Cecilia collects objects that represent her favorite memories with her aunt. Many uses of technology are suggested to integrate math and science with language and reading.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Mathematics); By Jenny Walters.

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.

Jelly Beans Count!!!: Children will fill plastic Easter eggs with the correct number of jelly beans. After they complete the entire dozen, they are allowed to keep the ones they get correct.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Ronnia Frazier.

Life cycle of painted lady butterflies: Students will make a chart of the life cycle of the painted lady butterflies that the class observes over a period of several days.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Anne Allen.

Measure mania: Kindergarten students will measure using non-standard units. After several practices, students will compare measurements.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Hollie Humphreys.

Story Sequencing: This multi-faceted lesson teaches students how to sequence stories. It reinforces the following concepts: first, last, before, after, left, right. This lesson can also focus on carryover of articulation skills to answering questions as well as story telling.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Michele Christon.

Thanksgiving story, Stone Soup: This lesson is for K–5 Exceptional Children who are mild to moderately disabled. This lesson will incorporate listening, daily living, fine motor, and augmentive communication skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education); By Christina Pond and Sarah Boling.

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

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

Integrating Language Arts Using "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie": This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses Laura Joffe Numeroff's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie to combine word-skill work with prediction and sequencing practice. (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

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

Shared poetry reading: Teaching print concepts, rhyme, and vocabulary: This lesson teaches the acquisition of vocabulary, one-to-one matching, left-to-right directionality, and awareness of rhyme. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

The wonder of Leo Lionni: Increasing comprehension with prediction statements: In this lesson, students explore “wonder” statements when they periodically stop, think, and write about what may be happening in the text as they read a story. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE