1541 Text Talk: Julius, the Baby of the World Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson uses the text talk strategy to help students interpret story elements and to gain meaning from decontextualized language. During a read aloud, students respond to open-ended questions posed by the teacher.... 1542 Using Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Kindergarten Professional Commentary: Inspired by the picture book, It Starts with an A by Stephanie Calmenson, this lesson invites young learners to combine their experiences with familiar objects and descriptive writing. This lesson effectively integrates oral and written language and provides opportunities for teachers to model descriptive language.... 1543 Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–3 Professional Commentary: In this familiar lesson, students learn to identify and spell words with similar endings. Using well-known nursery rhymes, teachers model such decoding strategies as chunking, sounding, and blending.... 1544 Estimation and Measurement Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: Students estimate and then measure some simple lengths, first with candy bars of varying lengths and then with toothpicks of uniform length. They gain an appreciation of the importance of measuring with units of standard, though unconventional, length.... 1545 Learning Letters: Alphabet Soup Game Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Kindergarten Professional Commentary: In this lesson, children pay close attention to letter features and letter names as they play an alphabet game. Using their own names, students practice identifying individual letters and connecting the sounds of those letters to familiar words.... 1546 Locating High Frequency Words in Text Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson uses poems, rhymes, and stories to reinforce high frequency words. After reading the text several times to ensure familiarity, students locate and mark specific words.... 1547 A Getting-Acquainted Activity Using My Teacher's Secret Life Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Children thrive in an environment where they are active participants in their learning. In this kindergarten activity, the children listen to a read aloud of My Teacher's Secret Life, discuss the content, and make predictions about what the teacher and their peers do when they are away from school.... 1548 Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension to Categorize Books Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and categorization processes, and reading comprehension and writing skills. While this lesson emphasizes an open inquiry approach to sorting, teachers may adapt the activity to help students distinguish between genres, identify and discuss the types of books they like to read, or familiarize students with the classroom library selections.... 1549 Investigating Animals: Using Nonfiction for Inquiry-based Research Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Building on young children's intense interest and curiosity about animals, this lesson focuses on inquiry-based research. Through the use of nonfiction, students research and learn about animals, sorting and documenting their findings using graphic organizers.... 1550 Let's Build a Snowman Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson asks students to investigate how animals get food during the winter months. Students read fiction and nonfiction books and access the Internet to gain information about how animals survive during the winter.... Projects: COR |