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Wet your kinders' chops on the sound "op"!: Students will explore the sound “Op” with a reading of Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop by Chris Raschka and a showing of the PBS Between the Lions episode #130 “Be Bop,” which also features the Charlie Parker book and explores the “op” sound.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Dirk Robertson.

Plants and animals: Introduction to the unknown: This is an introductory lesson to assist students in understanding where their food comes from and what is available in this area. It is also a wonderful way to continue with inventive spelling.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science); By Sheila Moody.

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.

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What's in a Name? Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word: The purpose of this lesson from ReadWriteThink is to help kindergarten children understand the concepts of letter and word by using their names as a starting point. Ideas will also be given to help assess student progress in becoming readers and writers.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Student of the day: Create sound/letter understanding with names: This lesson from ReadWritethink uses students' names and other concrete words to teach the conventions and terminology of print. Kindergarten and first-grade students explore each other's names, making comparisons between initial sounds, ending sounds,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Learning vocabulary down by the bay: This lesson from ReadWriteThink uses a popular children's song that contains several high-frequency vocabulary words to assist students in recognizing, reading, writing, and using the words in several contexts. Students sing the song repeatedly, while following... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Launching family message journals: This lesson from ReadWriteThink introduces Family Message Journals, a tool for encouraging family involvement and supporting writing to reflect and learn. First and second graders are led into composing through demonstration, guided writing, and finally... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Growing readers and writers with help from Mother Goose: This ReadWriteThink lesson will help children grow as readers and writers using the familiar words and characters of nursery rhymes. Children will be encouraged to connect the characters with letters of the alphabet, letting them serve as hooks to help... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Going on a shape hunt: Integrating math and literacy: In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students are introduced to shapes through appropriate children's books and many different learning modalities. They then learn shape names, locate shapes in their environment, practice spelling out the names of items and shapes... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Get Writing with "Weekend News!": In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write about their weekends, using skills they have learned in writing workshop. Following the writing, students self-assess their work based on criteria developed in the classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Dr. Seuss's sound words: Playing with phonics and spelling: Boom! Br-r-ring! Cluck! Moo! — Everywhere you turn, you're bound to find exciting sounds. Whether you visit online sites that play sounds or take a sound hike at school, a near-by park, or on a field trip, ask your students to notice the sounds they... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Alphabetizing with original stories: Students brainstorm word lists for each letter of the alphabet and construct sentences to include in an illustrated alphabet book. This lesson provides leveled instruction in alphabetization for basic, intermediate, and advanced students and alternative... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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