Curated OER
Lesson 3: Tells a Story
Kindergartners listen to a nursery rhyme and then tell the story in their own words (without rhyming). They practice as a class using Jack and Jill and then try Three Blind Mice on their own. The lesson includes a worksheet for the...
Curated OER
Step By Step Directions
Perfect for your unit on pumpkins and autumn! Learn how to write step by step directions on how to dry pumpkin seeds based on The Pumpkin Book. Youngesters also explain how they know this is a "how to" book. A fun and yummy lesson!
Curated OER
Sequence Clue Words
Young learners use sequence words to describe pictures they draw of events happening in a story. To practice sequencing events, they use words such as first, then, next, and more.
Curated OER
Oklahoma Stone Soup
Class members complete activities related to the story "Oklahoma Stone Soup." First, pupils read, discuss, and answer questions about the story. Next, to incorporate math into the lesson, learners make stone soup using a variety of...
Scholastic
Thanksgiving Lessons Grades PreK-2
A quintessential resource for teaching an elementary unit on the first Thanksgiving addresses a variety of skills, including informational reading, critical thinking, comparing and contrasting facts, technology tools, and historical...
Curated OER
The Farmer and the Cowman
What is the difference between a ranch and a farm? After reading and discussing the provided background information, young agriculturalists will color, cut, and create neat little booklets that show the differences between ranches and...
Curated OER
This Little Pig
First graders study basic information about swine. They write and identify vocabulary words relating to the subject. They write a recipe for "Pigs in a Blanket," using canned crescent rolls and small sausages. They trade recipes and...
Curated OER
Agriculture in Motion
Youngsters learn about simple machines that could be used on a farm. They learn about agricluture, listen to a farmer speak, compare and contrast different farm machines, and then design their own. Note that although the publisher...
Curated OER
Mighty Earth Movers
Note that although the publisher lists almost all of the Common Core standards for both math and language arts, you will most likely want to take the general topic and choose which area to focus on. Regarding math, pupils measure worms...
Curated OER
Little Red Hen
Pupils listen to a teacher reading of The Little Red Hen, identify the story elements and sequence them. They talk about different jobs associated with providing food and act out a play based on the story. Be aware that although several...
Read Works
Read Works: Lessons:
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to identify and describe a nonfiction text.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games
Simple interactive games to help young students build reading skills.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Kindergarten Writing Lesson #2/Descriptive Prompt
This lesson plan provides a descriptive writing prompt for kindergarten students about a single event or about several events. Students will use a combination of dictating, drawing, and writing to narrate their stories.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading Instruction: Comprehension Instruction
A major goal of reading comprehension is to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to become competent and enthusiastic readers. Download the Comprehension Instruction booklet, which details important ideas...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Going With the Flow (Map)
Students will practice retelling a story using a flow map. This lesson includes thorough directions, materials, and a video called Bear's Shadow.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Understanding Key Details by Using Pancakes for Breakfast
[Free Registration/Login Required] For this lesson, students will be read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola in order to understand and describe people, places, things and events in a text. They will create a book by drawing or...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Guess My Solid
Descriptive details are used as learners develop a guessing game poster for others to try and guess their chosen solid. Included in this detailed lesson plan are videos, samples of student work, a printable worksheet, an assessment...
Other
Abrams Books: Picture Day Perfection: A Common Core State Standards Aligned
This activity and discussion guide uses the book "Picture Day Perfect" to teach multiple common core state standards for language arts. Included in this lesson are discussion questions, a craft project, printable worksheets, and an...
Read Works
Readworks: Read Aloud Lesson: Stellaluna
Compare Stellaluna's experience of living like a bird with her experience of living like a bat. Included in this lesson are a detailed lesson plan, a graphic organizer, and a student worksheet.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Comprehension
Provides articles, parent tips, research briefs, and a video on how to teach reading comprehension.
The Balanced Literacy Diet
The Balanced Literacy Diet: Interactive Story Retelling
The goal of Interactive Story Retelling: Encouraging Retelling with Picture Supports is to build early comprehension skills and promote oral expression by having students sequence the events in a story using pictures and then retell the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literacy
Multiple resources such as videos and interactive games from Sesame Street that can be used to build literacy skills.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Group Story Mapping
This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, emphasizes linking previous knowledge structures (schemata) with reading materials. A pre-reading technique (see "My Story Map") provides a framework that directs students' attention to...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Listen and Read: Pediatrician
Listen and read along as a pediatrician describes how she takes care of children in this interactive book for early learners.