Lesson Plans:
Read/Write/Sing
Most
of the stories chosen for Read/Write/Sing are highly predictable
(repetitive wording, close matching of text and illustration). Some of the stories are modern, but for the most part they
are engaging, traditional, well-loved stories that children love to
visit again.
Clifford's
Interactive Storybooks
The online activities provide meaningful
learning experiences that engage students in building storybooks, and
together with these lessons, help students connect sounds to letters
and enhance their reading vocabulary.
Animals Don't...
Students complete writing prompts and draw a picture
Zoo
Animal Poetry
Classes may study the animals in
books and read many stories, or write original stories, but
to really bring the facts alive using a video camera and poetry is
very powerful. This activity was
formulated to bring the animals into the classroom and the homes of
the students.
Animals
in Spring
Students will use a variety of resources to observe and
describe the growth and development of an animal as it develops from
early to more-advanced stages.
Published Project on Surfing for ABC's with Kindergarten and First
Graders
Using the Internet to find ABCs will help students develop an awareness
for obtaining information from different sources.
Mother Goose on the Loose: Teaching Reading and Writing in a
Way That's Exciting
This is a set of lessons that implements and integrates nursery
rhymes into the reading and writing curriculums.
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Resources:
StoryPlace:
Find online stories for preschoolers and elementary school-aged
children.
Stories to read and related activities provided.
Featured
Children's Books: Lots of books and corresponding activities
Children's Literature: This site has a great deal of information on
children's lit in a variety of forms
Building Language for Literacy: This is a program that
equips young children with the critical language and literacy skills
and experiences they need to build the foundation for success in
reading.
Story-time and Bed-time
stories: Read aloud and activities
PBS Kids:
Here is a site that provides literature
and activities in a variety of forms.
Between the Lions:
Different stories and activities each week to use with your students. The
Friendship Fish: An activity using The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
Although it is geared for first grade, it would be good for
kindergarten, too.
Adopt a Whale
- Dear Mr. Blueberry
Friendship:
A Character Education Lesson :
Students will learn social skills and how to develop friendships.
Suggestions for English Language Learners:
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)
(E/B)
Students imitate behavior and language usage of others in
different situations and settings.
(E/B, D, E)
Students
select books for enjoyment and knowledge by browsing the classroom
library.
(E/B, D)
Students recognize words in the environment
from labeled classroom items. Students may make the labels for the
classroom. The items can also be labeled in other languages.
(E/B, D)
Students maintain and review a personal
picture-word dictionary as a project.
(E/B, D, E)
Students
locate and draw signs observed during a class walk in the neighborhood.
For example, traffic, restaurant or store-front signs, etc.
(E/B, D, E)
Students make story reproductions with class and then read the story
chorally.
(E/B, D, E)
Students choose words from a story to build word banks or word walls
(alphabetized wall display of words from stories).
(E/B, D, E)
Students locate specific pictorial information in
a newspaper or magazine following guidelines provided by the teacher.
(E/B, D, E)
Students browse through a variety of books by
visiting the school or public library.
(D) Students observe language usage and
behaviors of peers in different settings. Teachers monitor appropriate
use of newly-acquired gestures and language.
(D, E)
Students practice reading with decodable
and predictable texts
(D, E)
Students learn how to operate a computer and
navigate within a given site.
(D, E)
Students view and discuss a demonstration of the
use of the telephone directory then assist in creating and illustrating
a classroom directory.
(D, E)
Students rehearse different ways of speaking according to
setting. The teacher rephrases when a spoken word results in
misunderstanding and also demonstrates appropriate language use.
(D, E)
Students share books and ideas encountered
in print and other media. This can be done by answering questions about
the book through a book talk or author’s chair (special chair for
sharing).
(E)
Students read a story and use developmental spelling to
write a new ending for the story.
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Language Arts