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Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach
This collection of kindergarten lesson plans uses classic nursery rhymes to teach curriculum objectives in math, English language arts, science, and healthful living.
Format: (multiple pages)
Finding rhyming patterns with The Crooked Man
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 13
In this kindergarten lesson, students will use the nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man" to recognize rhyming patterns, practice writing the letter "i", and discuss different kinds of animal homes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Positively poetry: Part 6
Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.
“J'adore la pizza” by Karen Kransky: Finding rhyming words in a French poem
This lesson is designed to increase students' awareness of some French letter-sound combinations that rhyme, in spite of being spelled differently using the poem, "J'adore la pizza" by Karen Kransky.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages)
By Laura Hemphill.
Rhyming with Jack and Jill
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 4
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students develop phonemic awareness by completing rhyming riddles.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
By Lisa Wright.
Newspaper words
Students will use newspapers to find the letters for certain words, such as spelling words, or words with certain beginnings or endings, and then create those particular words by cutting and pasting.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Emily Goodson.
Learning numbers with Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 5
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" to develop phonemic awareness by rhyming words and participate in a number-matching activity to learn about ordinal numbers.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Whole language reading: Pumpkin pie baking activity
A whole language literature-based reading lesson that culminates in a cooking extension activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Amy Durso.
Exploring patterns you can feel and hear
The following lesson will enable students to develop tactile and auditory patterns. As students observe, analyze, and make predictions about patterns they will enhance their problem-solving and reasoning skills.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Carlene M. White.
Non-Halloween activity for October 31
Students will rewrite the lyrics to a well-known song focusing on Autumn sounds, smells and sights, but without any of the usual Halloween trappings.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
Going batty: Part II
Students will apply the knowledge they've gained about bats to create bat poetry.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
By DPI Integration Strategies.
Bouncing bubbles
Students will listen to Bubbles Bubbles by Mercer Mayer and a bubble poem before exploring the joys of bubble blowing. Students will observe bubbles, discuss their observations and create illustrations and stories to share.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By Karen Rice.
Creating found poetry from picture books
Students select and read a picture book and afterwards create “found poetry” based on the picture book.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.
Word family web
Students play a fun game with spider and fly to build new words using known word families.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
By Peggy Johnson.
Word processing valentines
This lesson combines the need to practice keyboarding skills, completion of rhymes, a popular children's book, and the motivational aspects of the Valentine holiday.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
By Kay Harrison.
Singing the "Song of Life"
This lesson requires students to use their reading, comprehension, and analysis skills to analyze a poem and respond creatively to the selection.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
By Angela Taylor.
Identifying sequence with Little Jack Horner
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 8
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students gain experience identifying the sequence of events in a story using the nursery rhyme "Little Jack Horner."
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Lisa Wright.
A brochure of safety tips
The students summarize information they have read and learned in school to create a brochure of important safety tips. They work in teams, each on a specific area of safety, to create a multimedia presentation on the computer using HyperStudio for text, graphics, and sound or other publishing or presentation software.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
By Shanti Kudva.
Der Handschuh” by Friedrich Schiller
Students will have the opportunity to explore the poem, “Der Handschuh,” through shared reading, shared writing, and phonemic strategies that lead to fluency and comprehension.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
By Thomas Skinner.
Just like Brian Wilson did: Using allusion to teach imagery & theme
Beginning ENG I students are introduced to the general concepts of imagery (including symbolism) and theme in short literature in a lesson that features two contemporary pop songs and their lyrics. Serves as a useful attention getting exercise for low-level ENG I students who must become familiar with general literary concepts and terms for the ENG I EOC.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
By Jeffrey Weeks.