Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Kindergarten, Language Arts Language Expression: Express meaning through a variety of activities - Examples: creating stories, role playing, using poetry, dictating personal stories, and writing personal notes (COS 23)

Lesson Plans: A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry Working together, students select words and phrases to create a collective class poem that they will then turn into a performance. The Rain Came Down Children will develop listening, observational, and language skills to recall story sequence and retell the story using cues from illustrations and knowledge of the storyline Caught in the Act Expose your students to a variety of media by viewing Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" on the Internet. Students will put themselves into Peter Rabbit's place and discuss times in which they did not follow directions. They will then write one suggestion for making better choices on a bunny shaped paper. 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.

Resources: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: There are many different activities on this book, but there is one to help hear the rhythm of the language. Personality of the Week: Language development activity This lesson helps build self-esteem while students get to share about themselves. Hats, Hats Hats: Lesson plan plus activities to extend the book Story Starters: Story writing topics for kindergarten and first grade students Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Students match word and picture flashcards. (E/B) Students repeat words with visuals after modeling. (E/B, D) Students point to or draw pictures of content-related materials. (E/B, D) Students label classroom objects (in their first language and/or in English). (D) Students match simple words that are read aloud. (D) Students respond to oral directions by placing word cards next to classroom objects. (D) Students construct simple sentences with visuals and word cards. (D, E) Students retell stories by using puppets. (E) Students retell stories to the class by sharing facts and information. (E) Students play the concentration game by matching visuals with printed words. (E) Students compose a story with classroom words, using pictures and print.
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