Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans

Ready-to-Use Resources, K-5

Lauren Davis

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781138138568
• eBook ISBN: 9781317922155
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Don't go it alone! Our new book, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, K-5, shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards in the elementary grades doesn't have to be intimidating!

This easy-to-use guide provides model lesson plans for teaching the standards in reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language.

• Get engaging lesson plans that are grade-appropriate, easy to implement and include ready-to-use reproducible handouts, assessments, resources, and ideas to help you modify the lesson for both struggling and advanced learners.
• Our Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans are designed to fit seamlessly into your K-5 curriculum.
• You get practical tips for revamping your existing lessons to meet the standards.
• Students learn how to read informational texts, write opinion-based essays, and improve their speaking and listening skills.
• Grammar mini-lessons and foundational skills mini-lessons will help you teach language conventions, phonics, fluency, and more!

We take the guesswork out of Common Core lesson plans with this practical, easy-to-use guide. All lesson plans are grade-appropriate, and every lesson plan includes...

• Common Core State Standards covered in the lesson
• Overview of objectives and focus of the lesson
• Background knowledge required and time required
• A detailed, step-by-step agenda for the lesson, plus a materials list
• Differentiation ideas to adapt the lesson for different kinds of learners
• Assessment ideas, including rubrics and scoring guides
• A place for your notes: what worked; what can improve

Bonus! We show you how to extend the lessons into longer units to suit your particular grade's curriculum, and even help you create more of your own lessons!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Editor
• Table of Contents
• Note to Teachers
• Part 1: Reading
• Lesson Plan 1: What’s the Big Idea? Identify the Main Topic and Details
• Lesson Plan 2: Each One Is Different: Compare Two Books on the Same Topic
• Lesson Plan 3: How Do I Find What I Need? Identify and Use Text Features
• Lesson Plan 4: Paint a Picture With Your Words!
• Lesson Plan 5: Step-by-Step: Describe Connections Between Steps in a Process
• Lesson Plan 6: The Five W’s and H: Answering Text-Based Questions
• Lesson Plan 7: More Than One Way to Tell a Story:
• Lesson Plan 8: Who Is Telling This Story? Point of View in Stories
• Lesson Plan 9: Sometimes Words Aren’t Enough: Interpret Visual Elements
• Lesson Plan 10: A Special Message from the Author:
• Lesson Plan 11: The Same—but Not Really! Compare and Contrast Themes
• Lesson Plan 12: Prove It to Me! Identify Supporting Reasons
• Part 2: Writing
• Lesson Plan 13: And What Happened Next? Write a Narrative
• Lesson Plan 14: This Is What I Think: Write an Opinion
• Lesson Plan 15: Great Topics! Research to Learn More
• Lesson Plan 16: That’s a Fact! Write an Informative Text
• Lesson Plan 17: What? Why? For Whom? Consider Task, Purpose, and Audience
• Lesson Plan 18: Let’s Blog! Use a Classroom Blog Site
• Lesson Plan 19: In a Nutshell: Summarize Information
• Part 3: Speaking and Listening
• Lesson Plan 20: Five Senses: Describe People, Places, Things, or Events
• Lesson Plan 21: Talk, Talk, Talk: Participate in Collaborative Discussions
• Lesson Plan 22: Do You Hear What I Hear? Listen to Others Speak
• Lesson Plan 23: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 ... Create Audio Recordings
• Lesson Plan 24: Do You Hear What I Hear? Learning to Paraphrase
• Lesson Plan 25: Hooking ‘Em In: Prepare an Oral Report
• Lesson Plan 26: Putting It All Together: Deliver an Oral Report
• Lesson Plan 27: Finding Support: Respond to a Speaker’s Information
• Lesson Plan 28: Yo or Hello? Adapt Speech to a Variety of Contexts and Tasks
• Part 4: Language
• Lesson Plan 29: Letters Standing Tall: Use Proper Capitalization
• Lesson Plan 30: Punctuation Station: How End Punctuation Functions
• Lesson Plan 31: Getting Down the Bare Bones: Writing Simple Sentences
• Lesson Plan 32: Sentence Power: Forming Compound Sentences
• Lesson Plan 33: Reuse and Recycle Words! Multiple-Meaning Words
• Lesson Plan 34: Piece by Piece, This Word Makes Sense: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
• Lesson Plan 35: Easy As Pie! Similes and Metaphors
• Appendix A: Selecting Rich, Complex Texts for Student Reading
• Appendix B: Sample Opinion Writing Prompts
• Appendix C: Blank Lesson Plan Template
• Handouts
• Text Features Activity Sheet
• Character Activity Sheet
• Steps in a Process Activity Sheet
• Types of Literature Activity Sheet
• Point of View Activity Sheet
• Visual Elements Activity Sheet
• Author’s Point and Evidence Activity Sheet
• Writing
• Opinion Activity Sheet
• Topic Activity Sheet
• Informational Report Planning Sheet
• Purpose, Audience, and Task Activity Sheet
• Summary Activity Sheet
• Speaking and Listening
• I Have Something to Say!
• Prepare an Oral Report
• Rubric for Presenting an Oral Report
• Adapt Speech to a Variety of Contexts and Tasks
• Language
• Forming Simple Sentences
• Compound Sentence Activity Sheet
• Multiple-Meaning Words Activity Sheet
• Word Parts Activity Sheet
• Simile and Metaphor Activity Sheet