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Some lesson plans refer to appendices that are not included in the PDF file; unfortunately, these appendices are unavailable due to copyright or other issues beyond our control. We hope, nevertheless, that you will find the lesson plans useful.Language Arts/ English
- Reading and Writing
Having Fun With Habitats (2007) Integrating Literature Across the Curriculum — Also in Connections and Living Things and their Environments
Using a Writing Workshop (2002) also found under Connections (Special Areas)
What's It Say? (2001) also found under Connections (Special Areas)- Poetry
Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poems (2008)
Poetry Picnic (2002)
Teaching Phonics Through Poetry (2001)- Fiction
Anansi: A Language Arts Twist to the Trickster (2005)
Literary Terms: Take Me to the Theater (2003)
All About Aesop (2003)
Name That Virtue (2002)
Where in the World is My Slipper? (2001)
Life's Lessons: Aesop's Fables (2000)
Tales to Live By (1999)- Sayings and Phrases
If at first you don't succeed, try Core Knowledge! (First Grade Sayings and Phrases) (2004)
We Are a Fact Family (2004)
Sensational Sayings (1999)
History and Geography
World:
- Geography
Geography Alive! (2005)
Spatial Connections, Grades 1–4 (2003) also found under Connections (Special Areas)
Travel to Mesoamerica (2002)
Where in the World is My Slipper? (2001)
Where in the World (1997)- Early Civilizations (Mesopotamia; Ancient Egypt; History of World Religions)
Mysteries of the Past — An Artistic Expedition (2007) — Also Art from Long Ago
Religion: Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005)
Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You (2003)
Taking the Mystery Out of Mesopotamia (2002)
Get "Wrapped Up" in Ancient Egypt (2001)- Modern Civilizations and Culture: Mexico
Mexico: One Land, Many Cultures (2004)
I AM A Researcher, "I"nca, "A"ztec, "M"aya (2003) also found under Media (Special Areas)
A Study of Mexico (1995)
American:
- Early People and Civilizations (Maya, Inca, Aztec)
Earliest Man to the Creation of Early Civilizations (2007)
The Ancient Mayan, Aztec and Incan Civilizations (2005)
I AM A Researcher, "I"nca, "A"ztec, "M"aya (2003) also found under Media (Special Areas)
Travel to Mesoamerica (2002)
Maya, Inca, Aztec and Ancient Civilizations (2000)
Cave Men to Cave Painting (1998) - Early Exploration and Settlement
Land Ho! Early Exploration and Settlement of the Americas (2005)
Columbus and the Conquistadors (2003)
Conquering Ancient Civilizations in a Four Blocks Classroom (2002)- From Colonies to Independence: American Revolution
You Can Count on Characters (2003)
The American Revolution and Its Heroes (2003)
Revere, Redcoats and Revolution (2000)
Exploring the Past (1998)- Early Exploration of American West
Bewildered but Not Lost: Early Exploration of the American West (2008)
America Moves Out! (2001)
Westward Expansion (1998)- Symbols and Figures
Spare Change and the Presidents: Money, Symbols and Figures (2007) Also: Mathematics: Money
Visual Arts
- Art from Long Ago
Mysteries of the Past — An Artistic Expedition (2007) — Also Early Civilizations: Ancient Egypt
Colossal Structures and Sculptures (2002) also found under Art- Elements of Art
- Kinds of Pictures: Portrait and Still Life
Music
- Elements of Music
- Listening and Understanding
- Songs
Mathematics
- Patterns and Classification
“Center” Yourself in Math (2007) Also corresponds to grade 1 history, geography, science - Numbers and Number Sense
“Center” Yourself in Math (2007) Also corresponds to grade 1 history, geography, science
A Dazzling Day of Dice, Dominoes, Decks of Cards. . . and Technology (2006)
You Can Count on Characters (2003)
Maximizing Math Moments: They Happen Every Day (2001)
A "Whole" Lot of Fraction Fun (2001)- Money
Spare Change and the Presidents: Money, Symbols and Figures (2007) Also: American History: Symbols and Figures - Computation
A Dazzling Day of Dice, Dominoes, Decks of Cards. . . and Technology (2006)
Slide-n-Glide into Subtraction (2005)
We are a Fact Family! Integration is the Key! (2004)- Measurement
Meet the Measurements (2007)
First Graders Measure Up! (2007)
“Center” Yourself in Math (2007) Also corresponds to grade 1 history, geography, science - Geometry
Simply Shapes ( 1998)
Science
- Living Things and Their Environments
Having Fun With Habitats (2007) Integrating Literature Across the Curriculum. — Also in Connections and Reading and Writing
There's a Commotion in the Ocean! (2004)
We are a Fact Family! Integration is the Key! (2004)
Under the Sea (2002)
Water, Water Everywhere and Nary a Drop to Drink (2001)
Animal Classifications and Food Chains (So What's Eating You?) (2000)- Human Body (Body Systems)
It's All About Me! (2006)
Amazing Body Systems (2003)
Germs and Preventing Illness: An Inner and Outer Experience (2002)
No Bones About It (2001)- Matter
What’s the “matter”? (2005) - Properties of Matter: Measurement
- Introduction to Electricity
The "Shocking" Topic of our "Current" Unit (2004)
A Look Inside Electricity (2004)
It's Positively Shocking (1997)- Astronomy: Introduction to the Solar System
- The Earth
Rocks, Minerals and Inside the Earth (2008)
Water, Water Everywhere and Nary a Drop to Drink (2001)
Do You Have Rocks in Your Head? (2000)
Exploring the Earth: A Ten Day Journey from the Inside Out (1999)- Science Biographies
