Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts

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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 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

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.

Exploring pumpkins: This lesson will allow students to use a variety of methods to explore pumpkins.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Angelia Braswell.

Frosty Friends: Students will draw snowmen using various tools in the illustration component of their program. Our students use KidWorks2 by Davidson but others may be used instead. They will then write original stories to accompany their illustrations.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Linda Baker.

Imaginative Writing: This plan is for Special Needs students, nonreaders with limited writing skills, and reluctant learners.

This lesson was developed for a homebound setting (one-on-one) but could be easily adapted for use in the classroom. This plan addresses emerging writing skills by engaging the student's interest in creating original drawings.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); By Ann Franklin.

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.

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.

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.

Painting the Alphabet: After working on numerous letter names and sounds, the children will use a paint program to draw a picture and write the word to name the picture. The pictures will be printed out to make a class book or alphabet page.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); By Jackie White, Kathy2 Moore, Kelley Turner, and Mike Christopher.

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.

Wet Your Kinders' Chops on the Sound "Op"!: Kinders 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.

Action ABC's: Learning vocabulary with verbs: Students review the definition of a verb and then expand their vocabulary by using verbs they already know in sentences. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Dr. Seuss's sound words: Playing with phonics and spelling: By focusing on sound words in Dr. Seuss stories, students develop spelling strategies that help them move from phonemes, the sounds they make, to graphemes, the written representations of those sounds. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

From stop signs to the golden arches: Environmental print: Students will help collect examples of environmental print, sort and classify these examples for inclusion in class books, and spend time reading the books as individuals, in pairs, or in groups. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Going on a shape hunt: Integrating math and literacy: Students learn shape names, locate shapes in their environment, practice spelling out the names of items and shapes they locate, and reflect, in writing, on the process. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Growing readers and writers with help from Mother Goose: Children connect characters with letters of the alphabet, letting them serve as hooks to help children remember the letters and their sounds and use that knowledge in their writing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Mail time! An integrated postcard and geography study: Provides motivation for writing and reading and provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about maps as students discover where their family members and friends live. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Our community: Creating ABC books as assessment: In this lesson that focuses on community, students collect vocabulary words and key concepts in order to create alphabet books as they study classroom content. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Teaching audience through interactive writing: Students work together to create an invitation letter for a group of their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Weather: A journey in nonfiction: This research project is designed for primary students to engage in nonfiction text. Students formulate questions and research information on a subject. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Science); Provider: IRA/NCTE