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LANGUAGE ARTS, Kindergarten

Lesson Plan: Generating Rhymes: Developing Phonemic Awareness
Standards:
ELACCKRF2 Phonological Awareness: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables,
and sounds (phonemes).
ELACCKRF3 Phonics and Word Recognition: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words.

Learning to recognize rhyming patterns in language is an essential skill for developing readers.
As students manipulate words and sounds to create simple rhymes, they become aware of word
and letter patterns that will help them develop decoding skills. In this lesson, students become
familiar with 12 rhyming pairs of one-syllable words as they create rhyming lyrics to known
songs ("Down by the Bay"), give rhyming words for a given keyword in a poem, and interact
with their peers to find rhyming pairs of word cards.
Students Objectives:
Generate a rhyming word for a given keyword
Choose a rhyming picture to match a given key picture
Match two rhyming pictures
Session:
1. Display Down by the Bay. I will point to each of the pictures and name each one aloud
so students are familiar with them. The pictures that are not inserted within the poem
should be displayed at the bottom of the chart.
2. I will read the chorus several times and have students sing or read with me to familiarize
themselves with the chant.
3. I will read the first stanza. When we get to the blank, students can then raise their hands
to choose the correct rhyming picture. I will read the stanza again with the rhyming pair.
This is to be continued until the poem is complete.

Reinforcements:
I will extend these activities by allowing the students to play other rhyming games. They
can also create new versions of the song or poem with different rhyming words and
illustrate the words to create a class book.
We will use the Scholastic online game Rhyming Rhino for added reinforcement.

LANGUAGE ARTS, 1
st
Grade

Lesson Plan: Weekend News! : A Weekly Writing Activity
Standards:
ELACCKRF2 Phonological Awareness: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables,
and sounds (phonemes).
ELACC1RL2 Key Ideas and Details: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate
understanding of their central message or lesson.
ELACC1RL3 Key Ideas and Details: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story,
using key details.
ELACC1RI2 Key Ideas and Details: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
ELACC1W2 Text Types and Purposes: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name
a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

Students' weekend adventures make the headlines in this lesson that uses personal events to have
young students practice authentic writing. This recurring lesson, which is meant to be conducted
each Monday, asks students to write about one "newsworthy" event or activity from their
weekend. Each session includes a 10-minute writing mini-lesson based on what students have
demonstrated that they need to know from the previous week. Students then write for
approximately 20 minutes, applying their knowledge about spelling and grammar as they work.
Students become reviewers as they assess their writing before sharing it with the class.
Students Objectives:
Make writing connections by recalling what they did over the weekend, analyze
their activities, and choose an event from their own life to write about
Apply writing conventions including spelling, capitalization, sentence structure,
and punctuation by writing a personal story

Session:
1. I will gather students and ask them to talk about what they did over the weekend.
2. I will then ask students to think about their weekend and select one event that they
enjoyed, know a lot about, and want to share with their classmates.
3. I will then instruct the students to write for approximately 20 minutes. I will remind them
to check the word wall or word list for help with spelling. I will take time to praise
students as they participate in this class work, reassuring them that they do not need to
spell every word correctly, yet giving specific praises for all attempts to spell challenging
words.

Reinforcements:
To provide reassurance, I will have my students save their work each week in a portfolio,
to show their developmental growth in writing. Use this during parent conferences and as
a way to determine individual needs and improvement.






LANGUAGE ARTS, 2
nd
Grade

Lesson Plan: Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life through Video Posters
Standards:
ELACC2RL1 Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when,
why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
ELACC2RL6 Craft and Structure: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters,
including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
ELACC2SL5 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Create audio recordings of stories or poems;
add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to
clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

The goal of this lesson is to introduce the academic vocabulary of economics and financial
literacy through childrens books. In Babymouse: Cupcake Tycoon, there are a variety of
economics and financial literacy vocabulary words embedded in the text, which involve a school
fundraiser. Through a think-aloud read-aloud, the lesson will illustrate how to introduce key
economic concepts/vocabulary through the story. Students use puppets to conduct interviews
about economics vocabulary in the story and then create vocabulary cards. As a final project,
they create video posters, using either PowerPoint or Glogster.
Students Objectives:

Demonstrate understanding of economic concepts by answering questions and

providing textual examples

Create a multimedia product that shows their comprehension of key economic

vocabulary

Session:
1. Before reading I would familiarize the students with the features of graphic novels. Ask if
they have ever read comics and how they know what is happening.
2. After reading I would reinforce the vocabulary words used during the read-aloud. Turn to
the specific pages in the book and re-ask the questions. Students can use their Babymouse
puppets to answer the questions, putting themselves in the role of Babymouse.
3. Lastly, I would instruct the students to create vocabulary-inspired poster and show
examples from KidsEconPosters: Literature Connection.

Reinforcements:
I will ask students to use appropriate vocabulary to create advertisements or flyers for the
cupcake fundraiser or another school fundraiser using the interactive Printing Press tool.
I will also have students create comics where two characters discuss the vocabulary
words using Comic Creator.