Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 1, Language Arts Language Expression: Determine an appropriate topic sentence (COS 18, 21, 24)

Lesson Plans: Now What? After listening to the story Two Bad Ants, by Chris Van Allsburg, students will work in pairs to draw pictures, write sentences, and make predictions about what will happen next. A Frosty Webquest This webquest uses the book The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats, as a starting point for kids to write a story about a snowy day. There are some great resources that accompany this project. Kids who have never seen snow before may really like this idea. Writing a Fantasy Story: Part One In this lesson, children listen to a fantasy story and identify the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story. They explore character descriptions and write one as a class. They write the beginning part of their fantasy story and share it with the class.

Resources: Creating Captions: Use pictures to create captions. On the First Day of School: Students will complete a sentence about the first day of school. You can extend the activity by having student write a couple supporting sentences. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Students draw pictures to express ideas and generate topics for writing. (E/B, D) Students copy teacher and peer created writings.
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