Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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Beary Good Facts About Beary Books - Lesson 1 of 4: Students will begin to differentiate between fiction and non-fiction as general genres. This is the first lesson of four. The library media schedule allows 35 minutes for the Kinders to have a lesson and choose books to take out. Therefore activities will reflect the short length of time.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills); By Floanna Long.

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.

The five senses: The children will learn in this study the five senses through observations and experiments.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science); By Nancy Ziegler.

Kindergarten Students Learn About Ezra Jack Keats: Students will learn about Ezra Jack Keats using a variety of resources in the media center.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills and English Language Arts); By Brittany Basinger, Jenni Conine, and Vickie Mcmillan.

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.

Persuasive pumpkins: Using observation skills and comparative language, the children will express their own ideas to compare likenesses and differences of pumpkins. They will sort by their own rules and explain their reasoning. Using cooperative learning, they will listen to other children's discussions and come to some agreements.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By RC Griffin.

Pre-Visit: Seasonal Landscapes (Farms): The following lesson is the first of three lessons studying the seasons and farms through landscape drawing, painting, and writing. In the first pre-visit activity the students will examine Grant Wood's lithographs and painting landscapes. Our observations of Wood's artwork will prepare us for our trip to a local landscape (farm) to sketch our own seasonal landscapes. We will visit and sketch the farm four times, once during each season.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education); By Jamie Barnhill.

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.

Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone: Students will experience the joys of acting out the story using simple props. Students will enjoy eating pie, and completing a bubble map and class graph.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.

To eat or not to eat: After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will sort the foods the caterpillar ate by foods they need or don't need for their body.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Healthful Living Education, Social Studies, and Mathematics); By Karlyn Sugg.

As slippery as an eel: An ocean unit exploring simile and metaphor: Students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Book buddy biographies: Intermediate and primary students working together: Students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy. Each child is the author, illustrator, and editor. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Catching the bug for reading through interactive read-alouds: Helps students learn reading strategies and how to prevent the spread of germs in their classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Collaborating on a class book: Exploring before-during-after sequences: Students and the teacher produce a class book through a group-writing activity focusing on a basic before-during-after sequence of events. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 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

Creating class rules: A beginning to creating community: Students are led through a discussion designed to establish goals and needs for the classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Creating question and answer books through guided research: Focuses on a “learn by doing” series of reading and writing activities designed to teach research strategies. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 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

Diagram it! Identifying, comparing, and writing about nonfiction texts: Students explore a variety of nonfiction books and compare them to fiction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE