English Language Arts — Kindergarten

MaraLIMAthon

Kindergarten students will work with an older grade buddy (we worked with 1st grade students) to make predictions, and then over a two-week period, see changes in lima bean growth, and be able to document the lima bean's progress. The buddies will work together to create an illustrated short story about lima bean characters that they create.

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

By Kristi Waddle.

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.

Inching through oral language for ESOL students

This lesson will use the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle to help the student use clear and precise language to demonstrate comprehension.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

By Angela Goldberg.

Buy, sell, and tell

This is a whole language lesson for Speech Language Pathologists that incorporates food vocabulary, basic concepts of matching, color, and number, as well as the pragmatic skill of turn taking for language-delayed kindergarten students.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

By Karen Ring.

Animals on the move

Students will choose an animal, draw the animal, write a sentence naming their animal and write a sentence about what their animal can do using inventive as well as conventional spelling.

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

By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

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Using a predictable text to teach high-frequency words

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students develop fluency as they participate in a choral reading of the predictable text. After reading the story, students construct sentences using the words found in the predictable text. Students then have the opportunity... (Learn more)

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

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Shared poetry reading: Teaching print concepts, rhyme, and vocabulary

Students study vocabulary, one-to-one matching, left-to-right directionality, and awareness of rhyme in reading using a shared exploration of a poem that includes peer interaction, hands-on experience with print, and a collaborative examination of new and... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 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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Draw a math story: From the concrete to the symbolic

This ReadWriteThink activity begins with the reading aloud of several math-oriented stories, identifies key mathematical vocabulary terms, models math story writing, and then gives students an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories. Students... (Learn more)

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

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Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students write simple cinquain poetry of their own as a follow-up to a subject they have been exploring in class. Cinquain (pronounced “cin-kain”) is a five-line poetic form, using a wavelike syllable count... (Learn more)

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

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Action ABC's: Learning vocabulary with verbs

In this lesson that reviews the definition of a verb, teachers engage students in introductory game that activates prior knowledge about parts of speech. Students work in collaborative groups to make lists of verbs that begin with each letter from the alphabet.... (Learn more)

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

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3, 2, 1...Blast off! Vocabulary instruction using a virtual trip to the moon

Students begin this lesson by activating prior knowledge about the moon through an initial writing activity. After the teacher has posted all ideas, students are engaged in discussions, read-alouds, and the creation of a picture dictionary that shows the... (Learn more)

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

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