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ALEX Lesson Plans
Subject: English Language Arts (1), or English Language Arts (K), or Science (1)
Title: Science Writing with Author Lois Ehlert
Description: This is an interdisciplinary language development unit addressing science and language arts standards designed for English Language Learners. In the week-long unit students will learn the life cycle of plants and discuss various uses for plants. They will also use the writing of a renowned children's author, Lois Ehlert, as a model for their own writing. During the final project students will follow the writing process. The lesson format follows the Sheltered English Instructional Observation Protocol (SIOP).
Thinkfinity Lesson Plans
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Catching the Bug for Reading Through Interactive Read-Alouds
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Description: Students learn about story structure, new vocabulary, and a variety of reading strategies by participating in an interactive read-aloud of Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten by Joseph Slate.
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Grade Span: K,1
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images
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Description: Students will be monkeying around in this lesson when they create a digital class book in which they imagine what Curious George would do if he visited their school.
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Grade Span: K,1,2
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Ezra Jack Keats was born on this day in 1916.
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Description: In celebration of Keats' birthday, students write stories that include some characters from Keats' books and practice using collage techniques with the Collage Machine.
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Grade Span: K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Using Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing
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Description: Inspired by the book It Begins with an A, kindergarten students are invited to turn their curiosity and guesswork into a class book, complete with illustrated objects and descriptive language
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Grade Span: K,1,2
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales
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Description: From '' once upon a time'' to '' happily ever after,'' students learn to recognize story structure in fairy tales and create a logical sequence of events when writing original stories.
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Grade Span: K,1,2
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Fact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using Diary of a Worm
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Description: Students often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining writing. In this lesson, students read Diary of a Worm to find out how fact merges with fiction.
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Grade Span: K,1,2
Subject: Language Arts
Title: From Fact to Fiction: Drawing and Writing Stories
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Description: Students gather factual information about frogs and toads to create nonfiction and fiction stories. Drawing is used for prewriting.
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Grade Span: K,1,2
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-based Research
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Description: Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.
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Grade Span: K,1,2
Subject: Language Arts
Title: Persuasive Writing: What Can Writing in Family Message Journals Do for Students?
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Description: This lesson engages children in using writing to their families as a persuasive tool to get what they want and need.
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Grade Span: K,1,2
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