1 Connect With Low-Literate Families: A Three-Tiered Approach Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–1 Professional Commentary: Supporting children to read stories at home can be a rewarding activity that enhances the connection between home and school. This lesson extends students' literacy learning from school to home.... 2 All Together Now: Collaborations in Poetry Writing Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This instructional unit provides many opportunities for students to read, write, recite, and listen to poems. Students identify the figurative language, rhyme, and repetition used in poems and begin to understand the elements of verse.... 3 Improving Fluency through Group Literary Performance Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–1 Professional Commentary: Bill Martin, Jr.'s picture books are known for their creative use of language. In this lesson, the repetition, rhythm, and rhyme of Martin's texts provide opportunities for students to hear and participate in fluent reading.... 4 All About Me Thematic Unit Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–1 Professional Commentary: This literature based thematic unit is designed to develop students' language abilities through a variety of poems, picture books, rhymes, and songs. Designated a promising practice, this unit contains eighteen sample lessons, representing a balance of oracy and literacy activities, which can be adapted to accommodate students' needs and interests.... 5 The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–1 Professional Commentary: This lesson begins with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley. After the shared reading, students engage in a paired reading of the online version of the story to build fluency and word recognition skills.... 6 Using a Predictable Text to Teach High-Frequency Words Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Kindergarten Professional Commentary: This lesson uses a predictable text to help students learn high-frequency words. Word learning is enhanced by whole-to-part tasks aimed at increasing the reader's need to attend to and process the print.... 7 A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Kindergarten Professional Commentary: A Rhyme-a-Week is a phonological awareness resource that features thirty downloadable nursery rhymes and poems. Designed for use with early literacy learners, these rhymes can be integrated into many classroom literacy routines, including choral and shared reading experiences, word study, and phomenic awareness activities.... |