English Learner (EL) Lesson Plans
Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect
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Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect
Improve reading comprehension with a lesson on cause and effect! In this lesson, students will use a T-chart to identify examples of cause and effect in and by the end, you’ll all be singing along to the cause and effect song!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Elements of Fairy Tales
Lesson Plan
Elements of Fairy Tales
Use this lesson to help students identify the elements of a fictional text while gaining more knowledge about parts of speech. Use as a stand alone activity or a support lesson for Fairy Tales: Identifying Story Elements.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Character Traits in Fairy Tales
Lesson Plan
Character Traits in Fairy Tales
As your learners identify physical and internal character traits, make sure they provide evidence. Use this as a stand alone lesson, or as a pre-lesson for the Fairy Tales: Character Traits lesson.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Choosing Character Traits
Lesson Plan
Choosing Character Traits
Use this lesson to help your ELs learn character traits and find them in a text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Identifying Character Traits lesson.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Adding with M&M's
Lesson Plan
Adding with M&M's
Use a sweet treat to help students do hands-on math! Students will practice their addition skills in this yummy activity.
1st grade
Math
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Sight Word Bingo
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Sight Word Bingo
Ready, set, bingo! Students will use a fun, fast-paced game of word bingo to practice reading and spelling grade-level sight words.
1st grade
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Adding Cards
Lesson Plan
Adding Cards
Use a fun card game to practice adding numbers in this fun hands-on addition lesson!
Preschool
Math
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Color It Out
Lesson Plan
Color It Out
Reading simple words can be a lot of work for young learners, but by adding in a cooperative game, everyone wins in this fun filled lesson. Students will be filled with pride as they master how to isolate sounds.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Master Decoders
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Master Decoders
Being a fluent reader means being able to use different strategies to figure out unknown words. In this lesson, students learn how to use pictures and context clues.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
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Mystery Numbers
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Mystery Numbers
This mysterious math lesson introduces young learners to teen numbers and math vocabulary.
Kindergarten
Math
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A-E-I-O-U
Lesson Plan
A-E-I-O-U
Do your students realize that every word has a vowel? Help them to hear the vowel sounds all around them in this lesson.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Animal Vowels
Lesson Plan
Animal Vowels
Have some fun sorting out short vowels in this animal-filled lesson!
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Pointers!
Lesson Plan
Pointers!
Seeing things one word and letter at a time is a lot easier when students can point at them with fun pointers!
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Read, Read, Read!
Lesson Plan
Read, Read, Read!
Get your students ready for reading using this fun phonemic awareness lesson plan focused on the letter M!
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition
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Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition
This lesson helps students develop an ability to compare and contrast as they explore two strategies to solve three-digit addition problems. This EL Math lesson can be used alone or alongside Three-Digit Addition Strategies Review.
2nd grade
Math
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Up, Up, and Array
Lesson Plan
Up, Up, and Array
In this lesson, your students will use repeated addition to find the total number of objects in arrays. This lesson will help your students build upon the skills needed to learn multiplication.
2nd grade
Math
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Finding the Moral
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Finding the Moral
In this lesson your students will find and examine the morals in the classic folktales of "Stone Soup" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Let's Read It With Expression!
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Let's Read It With Expression!
Teach your students about text clues that will help them read with expression. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the Reader's Theater: Read the Script lesson.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Sight Word Salad
Lesson Plan
Sight Word Salad
Your students will “eat up” this salad of sight words! In this lesson, your students will practice recognizing words that are tricky to spell.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
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Read with Beads
Lesson Plan
Read with Beads
Build words with this fun lesson for emergent readers. Using beads and pipe cleaners, your students will enjoy working with manipulatives to create three- and four-letter words!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
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Know Your Shapes!
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Know Your Shapes!
In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!
1st grade
Math
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Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math
Lesson Plan
Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math
Comparing numbers is sweet with this yummy lesson. Students use cereal as a hands on manipulative to compare numbers 0–10. A sweet treat remains for a job well done!
Kindergarten
Math
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Wonderful World of Worms
Lesson Plan
Wonderful World of Worms
Squirm with worms! In this interactive lesson, students will work with live worms to learn about measurement and living things.
Preschool
Math
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How Big Is It?
Lesson Plan
How Big Is It?
Your young scientists will have tons of fun visiting measurement stations and using tools to measure various objects. They'll even be able to create posters at the end of the activity.
1st grade
Math
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Scavenger Hunt Addition
Lesson Plan
Scavenger Hunt Addition
Get your students moving with this activity that helps them practice their addition skills while having fun hunting for their next problem.
1st grade
Math
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2-D Shapes
Lesson Plan
2-D Shapes
Shape up your students' understanding of geometrical attributes with this hands-on math lesson. Students will gain a better understanding of how to describe a shape by the number of edges and vertices it has, rather than by its name.
2nd grade
Math
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Jack and Jill: Letters and Pictures
Lesson Plan
Jack and Jill: Letters and Pictures
Who where those two kids who went up that hill again? This lesson plan includes role playing with a familiar nursery rhyme.
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Categorize It!
Lesson Plan
Categorize It!
By sorting and categorizing different objects, young learners will build important foundational skills. Your students will enjoy playing with different toys and competing some fun worksheets.
Preschool
Math
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