1 Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–1 Professional Commentary: The Venn diagram in kindergarten? Yes! Venn diagrams can be used effectively by young students.... 2 Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick-Writing Activity Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 1–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students write a simple cinquain of their own as a follow-up to a subject they have been exploring in class. Cinquain is a five-line poetic form, using a wavelike syllable count of two-four-six-eight-two.... 3 Writing Reports in Kindergarten? Yes! Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Kindergarten Professional Commentary: This lesson offers ideas for introducing three types of report writing that can be accomplished by kindergarten students. These reports allow young students to see themselves as writers with important information to share.... 4 Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students use images and texts to explore the familiar character, Curious George. After reading and discussing the book, students create a web with insights about George's character.... 5 I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations With Students Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Students ask questions all the time. This lesson takes advantage of students' natural curiosity, encouraging them to pose questions along with what they think they already know about a scientific topic.... 6 Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: After exploring the organizing structure and writer’s craft of picture books, students identify, explore and apply the elements of circle plot structures to their own stories. “Reading like writers,” students explore the ways that stories are structured; then, “writing like writers,” students apply organizational structures to their own writing.... 7 Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood" Text Sets Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This series of lessons features is structured around a text set made up of conceptually-related fiction and nonfiction for reading aloud and for independent reading. Beginning with a comparative study of selected, illustrated retellings of the traditional folktale “Little Red Riding Hood,” this literature unit continues with a study of modern revisions of this well-known tale.... |