Elementary Language Arts

Ideas and Resource Links

http://www.confusingwords.com/


http://www.spellingpolice.com/early/early.html A good guide on which to base your own handwriting scheme, especially if combined with other methods.

Lesson Plans and Necessary Handouts

Mapping Our Hearts Mini-Lesson--Start coming up with writing ideas

Punctuation Lesson --For First Grade

The Talking Eggs: Drawing Conclusions in Literature Using Adjectives -- For Second Grade

Sentences Lesson --For First Grade

Cause and Effect -- For Third Grade

Writing and Vizualizing -- For Fourth Grade -- This is an activity that combines visualizing as a reading strategy and the ability to incorporate significant details into a piece ofwriting.


Unit Plans