Language Arts & Literature

• Animal Alphabet BookTeach sound recognition with an animal alphabet book.
• Argument Writing an Argument: Developing Support
• Building Fiction: Elements of a Short StoryLearn to define and understand the elements in a short story
• Connotation in PropagandaUsing connotation to persuade an audience
• Dear Abby: A Direct and Indirect Characterization Lesson PlanIdentify and create examples of characterization based on comprehension
• Expository Writing: The Five Paragraph Essay Lesson Plan 1 (of 2) Identify the structure of a five-paragraph essay
• Expository Writing: The Five Paragraph Essay Lesson Plan 2 (of 2)Pre-writing and writing the five-paragraph essay
• Handwriting: Group Upper and Lower Case LettersStudents will recognize characteristics of upper and lower case letters.
• Inference Lesson PlanUse graphics to infer an author's meaning
• Nonfiction Text FeaturesPre-reading strategies to increase comprehension of nonfiction texts
• Organizational Patterns: Comparison and Contrast WritingLearn to outline and write a compare and contrast essay
• Phonemic SegmentationStudents will learn to hear and manipulate the sounds in words. Students will be able to isolate the first sound in a word, the last sound in a word, and all the sounds in a word.
• Rhyming Ball Game Students will use picture cards to find rhyming word pairs.
• Spelling WordsStudents will practice writing, spelling, and using new words.
• Using Context CluesIncrease comprehension by the use of context clues