Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Kindergarten, Language Arts Language Expression: Begin to use elements of the writing process (COS 18)

Lesson Plans: Order Up! After sharing a familiar story with the class, the teacher will assign collaborative pairs of children to rewrite, using their word processing skills, and illustrate sections of the story which will later be place in order to create a unique version of the story. PBS Kids: Clifford Caregivers. Create your own thank you cards. Silly Kindergarten Make a class book in the style of Silly Sally. This includes a suggestion for students using the computer.

Resources: Create a mini-book in the form of A My Name is Alice: Discuss the pattern that is repeated throughout this familiar jump rope rhyme. Shape Book Patterns: Use for book making and more! Project Based Learning: K-1 Writing Checklist Six Traits Lesson Plans for Kindergarten 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 the writing process. (E/B) Students write the letters of the alphabet and find a word that starts with each letter. (E/B) Students make personal picture dictionaries from picture files or other appropriate sources such as magazines and photocopies. (E/B) Have students copy a story. (E/B) Students label an illustration about a story. (E/B, D) Students copy teacher and peer created writings. (D) Cut out pictures representing the story and organize in sequential order. (D) Fill in missing words in sentence strips from a story. (D, E) Students participate in teacher-led brainstorming, webbing and mapping to create word banks. (D, E) Students share their writings through presentations or publications. (E) Students expand on class language experience story orally or in writing. (E) Change parts of a story and discuss what would happen. (E) Students make a fold-a-book with cut outs and dictate sentences.
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