The Letter Poem Creator provides an online model for the thought process involved in creating poems based upon a letter; then, students are invited to experiment with letter poems independently.
Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance.
Working on beginning, middle and ending sounds using Kahoot! This game PIN will be expired but this may give you an idea for creating a Kahoot! of your own and how you can set it up.
This can be used as an assessment that records the Letter identification and sounds.
Working on syllables in a word practice.
Using their prior knowledge of books containing letters, students show their understanding of genre by rewriting a story and reflecting on how traditional stories differs from stories told in letters.
"A task I have given my students is to write a letter to themselvces on their day of graduation!"
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This is another of my students' favourite assignments. The students create a container that matches one of the characters and fill it with items (or pictures of the items) that character would have or use. Tags are attached to the items that include descriptive writing, page references, and the reasons the item is important to the play.
In this nonfiction story, readers learn how and why scientists brave the extreme conditions of both poles in order to do research that will help us learn more about our world
After students have read a book about the Holocaust, such as "The Diary of Anne Frank" or "Night" by Elie Wiesel, students will view "Life is Beautiful" and complete discussion questions to challenge their ability to analyze literature using film.
The Folger Shakespeare Library provides the full searchable text of "Henry V" to read online or download as a PDF. All of the lines are numbered sequentially to make it easier and more convenient to find any line.
This unit plan overview provides links to all lessons along with links to accompanying teacher support materials that include: Student worksheets and answer guides for individual lessons; Inquiry activities with support materials. This unit includes 5 lessons that includes: Understanding Indigenous Symbols, Vocabulary and Literacy Builder activities, Medicine from the Land, "The Story of Sky Woman" and worksheets and activities to accompany the story.
Students get the inside scoop on a story when they create interview questions and answers for characters in the books they read.
Movie music and magic set the scene for this lesson in which students analyze a scene from Good Morning, Vietnam and then create a scene of their own.
The interactive explores the ways that poets choose line breaks in their writing. After viewing the demonstration, students are invited to experiment with line breaks themselves.
Use this strategy poster to help students use and reflect listening strategies.
Students will listen to a familiar story with repetitive lines that the children can remember. They will make puppets and retell the story in small groups with an adult volunteer or an older child. Main Curriculum Tie: English Language Arts Kindergarten Reading: Literature Standard 2, With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. All children will participate in retelling a familiar story using puppets. This will help develop oral language and comprehension.