C. Participate in oral sharing (poetry, show and tell, journals, etc) (AL COS 8)
 

Lesson Plans:

Guess What's in the Bag:  A Language-based Activity
This lesson focuses on speaking, listening, and problem-solving skills. 

All Together Now:  Collaborations in Poetry Writing
Students will listen to, write, and recite poems that are sure to please.

Down by the Bay
Using this song, students will create new verses and hear rhyming words.

Uppity Farm Animals
Students will listen to the story Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Dorian Cronin, and the poem, "Farmer Brown Has a Problem" by Diane Ambur, to explore problems and solutions. They will dramatize this story and create original verses that express a demand from a favorite farm animal.
 

Scratch Dance
Lesson Overview:
Using the poem "Scratch Dance" by Diane Ambur, students will learn how poetry can communicate information about a subject. Students will explore using non-fiction text to gather factual information on an insect of their choice. Using some of their factual information and personal background experience and knowledge, students will create and perform an original poem about an insect.

Story Arts Online:  Click on "lesson plans and activities."  You will find some suggestions to help improve students' story telling skills.

ZOOM:  Short easy plays

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

E/B: Understand and respond to one-step directions when supported visually and with high-frequency words; D: Understand and respond to one-to-two step directions when high-frequency words are expressed; E: Understand and respond to one-to-two step directions when high-frequency words are expressed.
E/B: Express thoughts pictorially or with nonverbal gestures or simple high-frequency words, spoken words or phrases; D: Express thoughts and opinions with clear words and phrases; E: Express thoughts and opinions with clear and nearly accurate words, phrases, and sentences.
E/B: Describe people, places, and things with simple words or phrases; D: Describe people, places, and things with words and phrases; E: Describe people, places, and things with words, phrases, and sentences.
E/B: Recite a simple poem or song; D: Recite short poems and songs; E: Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs.
E/B: Express stories sequentially using pictures, nonverbal gestures, or simple high-frequency words, spoken words or phrases; D: Express stories sequentially, using pictures, nonverbal gestures, and spoken words or phrases; E: Express stories sequentially using pictures and spoken words and phrases.

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