1 Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students write free-verse acrostic poems about themselves using the letters of their names to begin each line. They then write an additional poem about something that is important to them, also using the letters of that word for the beginning of each line.... 2 Collaborative Stories 2: Revising Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students engage in a whole-group revising process, using a story which has been written collaboratively. Teachers lead this lesson by modeling how to reread and revise stories for content.... 3 The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson begins with a shared reading of the story, Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley.... 4 Using Songwriting to Build Awareness of Beginning Letter Sounds Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–1 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students use familiar songs to reinforce their understanding of letter-sound correspondence. Although presented as a multi-day lesson, the components of this lesson can be customized to match the specific needs of beginning readers at various stages of reading development.... 5 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.... |