Language Arts Resources
Below you will find a variety of links that lead to lesson plans, resources, or units that help Kindergarten teachers teach and assess the language arts standards found on the Voluntary State Curriculum for Maryland. All lessons are age-appropriate and hands-on. Click on the standard you would like to have more information about.
The students will read two different versions of "The Three Little Pigs," and compare and contrast the fairy tales using story pieces. Everything needed is attached to the online lesson. Prior to teaching the lesson, the students need to be exposed to a variety of fairytales. Students will work in cooperative groups in order to complete the lesson. The site was created and is maintained by Frederick County Public Schools.
http://www.fcpsteach.org/docs/Fairy%20Tale%20Comparison.htm Date Visited: May 29, 2005
This website gives
helpful hints on how to help young readers. Fluency comes about by reading a
wide variety of text and also reading in a variety of ways. The resource comes
from On the Road to Reading - A Guide for Community Partners - December 1997
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/RoadtoRead/part3c.html Date Visited: May 31, 2005
Strategies for teaching Fluency
After reading this website, teachers should have an understanding of what fluency is and what stratagies work best when teaching fluency. There is a video that demonstrates a teacher teaching a fluency lesson. This resource has come from the No Child Left Behind Act. The website is published by the North Central Regional Educational Library.
http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/fluency.htm Date Visited: May 31, 2005
This lesson is designed in the constructivist model. Magnetic letters will be introduced to the students and they can sort them anyway they want. A discussion will allow the teacher to assess prior knowledge. The students will listen to the book, "Chika, Chika Boom Boom." They will then match upper and lowercase letters and make an alphabet book. The site was created and is maintained by Frederick County Public Schools.
http://www.fcpsteach.org/docs/Chicka%20Chicka.htm Date Visited: May 29, 2005
This site gives the teacher a plethora of games and activities it use with beginning readers. Instead of digging through tons of books you have the games and activities all in one place. All of the activities can help students study words and how they are put together, especially how they sound. The ideas come from READ*WRITE*NOW Activities for Reading and Writing Fun - May 1997.
http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/begin.html Date Visited: May 31, 2005
The unit focuses on how to keep yourself healthy while increasing student vocabulary. All reproducibles are pre-made for the teacher. In order to prepare for the lessons the teacher needs to read the lessons and prepare copies. There are also multiple other activities linked to the unit to extend the children's knowledge. In order to continue building the open communication between home and school, this unit provides you with already made family resource pages. The website is modified by Scholastic and sponsored by Triaminic.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/healthyreadwrite/ Date Visited: May 31, 2005
This vocabulary building lesson is based around, "today is Monday," by Eric Carle. The students create a around the week word wheel. You could do this activity numerous times and change the topic so that the students could see, write, and say many different words. One week you could create a word wheel, the next week you could create a sports wheel, and so on. The more exposure to a variety of words the better their vocabulary will be. The site is created and maintained by Scholastic.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/readweek.pdf Date Visited: May 31, 2005