Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Kindergarten, Language Arts Language Mechanics: Use correct directionality (COS 3)

Lesson Plans: Down-Write Dirty! In this fun lesson, students will practice a left to right pattern of writing by writing words in dirt. Safari Sentence Scramble The purpose of this lesson is to provide children with an opportunity to respond to a real life experience such as a field trip to a zoo. Students will explore the structure of their sentences, manipulate words, and develop strategies to reconstruct their writing. Monstrous Masks Reinforce concepts of print using art to associate the letter and the phonemic sound Itsy, Bitsy Spider The learner will use the words of the fingerplay "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" to create a book.

Resources: CDs and books to supplement the language arts curriculum Ideas for developmental centers that target concepts of print Early Literacy: A resource for teachers Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Students turn pages from front to back and point to the print or the pictures. (E/B) Students demonstrate with their finger how to follow print from left to right. (E/B, D, E) Model reading from left to right. (D) Students practice spacing of letters by using graph paper to write words. (E) Students practice scanning skills to locate words or phrases from teacher cues.
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