Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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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 and Science); By Anne Allen.

Learning language strategies through repeated readings of storybooks: This lesson will guide and teach students how to process and produce language at higher levels through meaningful, redundant, contextually appropriate, and intrinsically rewarding center-based activities related to a storybook theme.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Elizabeth Winborne.

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); By Jenny Walters.

A Trip to Wonderland: The Nursery "Alice": This lesson, found on the EDSITEment website, is part of a unit that explores elements of wonder, distortion, fantasy, and whimsy in The Nursery “Alice,” Lewis Carroll's adaptation for younger readers of his beloved classic Alice's... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: EDSITEment

Today I Feel . . .: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students read and discuss books that talk about feelings. They tell a story about a time when they had a strong feeling and then something happened to change their mood. Students experiment with adding facial expressions, gestures,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Theater Arts Education); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Teaching shapes using read-alouds, visualization, and sketch to stretch: This ReadWriteThink lesson encourages strategic reading and real-world math connections using a variety of techniques. Students explore shape and pattern through an adapted sketch to stretch strategy and read-alouds of winter-themed books. In the final... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Packing the Pilgrim's trunk: Personalizing history in the elementary classroom: This theme exploration helps students explore who the Pilgrims were, learn about their journey aboard the Mayflower, and discover how they adapted and built new lives at Plymouth Colony. After participating in an activity that activates prior knowledge... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Martin Luther King, Jr. and me: Identifying with a hero: This lesson from ReadWriteThink explores ways to help students make connections to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities that not only provide a glimpse into Dr. King's life, but empower students to help... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Living the dream: 100 acts of kindness: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students study about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and what he believed in, then apply those lessons to a month-long project. This project allows students to participate in Dr. King's dream by doing 100 acts of kindness.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Let's Talk About Stories: Shared Discussions with "Amazing Grace": This lesson from ReadWriteThink develops students' reading comprehension and understanding through a variety of interpretive activities. Students become more aware of their personal reactions as they read, develop sensitivity to language, and come to value... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

It's okay to be different: Teaching diversity with Todd Parr: After a shared reading of Todd Parr's It's Okay to Be Different, students work in small groups to discuss and write down what makes them diverse. The teacher introduces the topic of diversity by engaging students in an activity... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

A Getting-Acquainted Activity Using "My Teacher's Secret Life": In this ReadWriteThink activity, students listen to My Teacher's Secret Life, discuss the content, and make predictions about what the teacher and their peers do when they are away from school. The students will readily join in the discussion... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

From “Little House” to my house: Exploring history and family roles: In this lesson, students learn about historical fiction, memoirs, pioneer life in the United States, and family roles by reading a picture book adaptation of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. After a read-aloud,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Fairy tales around the world: This EDSITEment unit is a series of lessons in which students will become familiar with fairy tales. They will read and learn to understand fairy tales so that they can better comprehend the structures of literature as well as for the sake of the wonder,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: EDSITEment

Catching the bug for reading through interactive read-alouds: This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses an interactive read-aloud of Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten by Joseph Slate to help students learn reading strategies and how to prevent the spread of germs in their classroom. Students... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Healthful Living); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Book buddy biographies: Intermediate and primary students working together: This lesson from ReadWriteThink has students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy, and each child is the author, illustrator, and editor. Book Buddies is a program which pairs up a child from a primary class and a child from an intermediate... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

An alternative to testing: Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster: This lesson can be used as an assessment tool for vocabulary comprehension from a recently completed unit of study. After the teacher reads Debra Frasier's Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster to the class, students model... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink