I. Listen to daily read alouds and participate in conversations about the literature to enhance vocabulary development (AL COS) 

Let's Hunt for Vivid Vocabulary!
During an oral reading of the book A Bad Case of Stripes, the students will search and identify various nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, dialogue tags, and transition words.

Search for Synonyms: A Thesaurus Lesson
Students will use the thesaurus in print or on the computer to expand their vocabulary and make them aware of the importance of colorful word usage.

An Owl In the Woods
This resource is an integrated literature/visual arts lesson revolving around the story Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen.
 

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Read one's own writing or simple narrative text and begin to produce phonemes appropriately.
E/B: Recognize and produce English phonemes students already know, and possibly use them in simple phrases or sentences.
D: Identify change in voice and expression in stories that are read by self and read aloud.
D: Use letter-sound relationships and word roots to produce and understand multi-syllabic words; E: Use letter-sound relationships and word roots to produce and understand new word families.
D, E: Recognize and use prefixes and suffixes to find meanings of unknown words.
D: Use synonyms and antonyms to demonstrate understanding of words; E: Use synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and homographs to determine meanings of words.
E: Identify and analyze sentence and context clues to find meanings of unknown words.
E: Read narrative and expository texts with change in voice and expression.
 

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