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- Using wordsplash in the classroom
- A wordsplash is a set of key terms or concepts related to a given concept, typically displayed in an interesting visual presentation. Used as a pre-reading strategy, wordsplash can tap into students’ prior knowledge about a topic before they encounter it...
- Format: article
- By Emily Jack.
- Wolves: Comprehending informational texts
- This integrated plan uses non-fiction text and wolves to motivate students with language arts and science. Students will read a nonfiction text and use metacognitive skills of guided reading and KWHL chart to monitor comprehension and extend vocabulary.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts)
- By Amy Vance.
- Novel study: Lucky Charms and Birthday Wishes
- Although this is a unit developed for instruction in language arts, it has a curriculum focus for healthful living. The unit usually takes about 4–5 weeks to complete. A major piece of this unit focuses on identifying and listing characteristics of people.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
- By Michael Miller.
- Night of the Twisters
- Reading strategies are used to introduce a literary work.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts)
- By Authurice Mitchell.
- Tarantulas
- Students will read Tarantula by Jenny Feely. Then they will summarize what they have learned about tarantulas by writing descriptive words or phrases on a graphic organizer. Finally, using the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe (or other similar drawing program), students will write sentences about tarantulas and make an illustration.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Jody Shaughnessy.
- The Great Gilly Hopkins: Characterization and prediction
- In the final chapters of the novel, Gilly's grandmother learns she has a granddaughter and decides to take Gilly out of foster care. Many of my classroom readers are often dismayed by this unexpected conflict and its outcome. In this lesson, the classroom becomes a courtroom where students predict the outcome of this conflict.
This activity can be used at the end of the novel, but I like to use it after reading chapters 10 and 11 so students can compare the courtroom decision to the end of the novel. - Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Emily Vann.
- Yarns, whoppers, and tall tales
- The following lessons will introduce students to characteristics of tall tales and help them develop an appreciation of this genre of American fiction. They will practice writing summaries from information they have gathered and organized. They will plan and write their own tall tales.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)
- By Deborah Mitchell.
- The Red-eyed Tree Frog and Hyperstudio
- Students will read The Red-eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley then plan and put together a Hyperstudio which retells the story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Jody Shaughnessy.
- "The Cask of Amontillado"
- The short story "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe is an effective venue for teaching English I literary terms. The following lesson plan is designed to engage the reader in a deeper than superficial reading of the text. It is also designed to elicit discussion and written critical-thinking responses. This lesson assumes that the literary terms have already been introduced. However, if they have not, the teacher may use this lesson to introduce these terms in the context of the literature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Guy Hill and Crystal Brown.
- Bubba: A Cinderella story
- This lesson focuses on the whimsical interpretation of the Cinderella story. Students explore the story Bubba, the Cowboy Prince, through rich text and interpretations of the story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Jennifer Fessler and Karen Wright.
- The Farm Concert
- This lesson teaches basic print awareness along with animal names and sounds through guided reading and the use of a graphic organizer.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Kelly Brandon.
- Problem solving with Swimmy
- This lesson will stress to the students the importance of working together to solve a problem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance)
- By Amy Taylor.
- Sentence scramble
- Students will learn concepts about print including print directionality and the understanding that written print contains a message.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- Monstrous masks
- Teacher will read the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Children will create monster masks to associate the letter m and the phonemic sound of m to the masks.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- 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.
- A road map to reading
- Students struggle with informational texts and websites. Understanding the structure of these texts is essential to efficient information gathering. The "Road Map" is a pre-reading strategy. Like the road map in your atlas, this mapping activity will help students visualize the layout of the text before they start reading so they will have an idea of where they are going (or where to find the information they are looking for) when they start reading. This lesson will also address active-reading strategies students can use to find information for research in print and electronic sources.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
- By Elizabeth Hubbe and Melissa Thibault.
- Bulletin board of story elements
- This lesson will introduce young children to the elements of stories starting with characters. Children will be involved with interactive writing as they respond to shared reading lessons. Students will illustrate a caption of a character to be displayed on a bulletin board.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- The emperor's prize egg
- This lesson will introduce students to the life of a penguin. They will explore penguins' habitats, eating habits, and other unique adaptations that they use to survive in Antarctica.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Betty Burleson.
- "Luscious lollipops" and other adjectives
- The students will become familiar with adjectives by reading Ruth Heller's book Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives. They will also be able to use adjectives to describe an object in their own writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- By Pat DeMello.
- 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)
