Core Knowledge^® Lesson Plans

Language Arts/ English

1. 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)
2. Poetry
• Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poems (2008)
• Poetry Picnic (2002)
• Teaching Phonics Through Poetry (2001)
3. 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)
4. 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:

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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:

1. 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) 
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. Early Exploration of American West
• Bewildered but Not Lost: Early Exploration of the American West (2008)
• America Moves Out!  (2001)
• Westward Expansion (1998)
5. Symbols and Figures
• Spare Change and the Presidents: Money, Symbols and Figures (2007) Also: Mathematics: Money

Visual Arts

1. 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
2. Elements of Art
• Picture This — Elements of Art in First Grade (2002)
3. Kinds of Pictures: Portrait and Still Life
• Melting Pot to Salad Bowl: Part of a Healthy Artistic Diet (2008)

Music

1. Elements of Music
• Music: The Experience of a Lifetime (1998)
2. Listening and Understanding
• The Three "T's" - Toe Shoes, Tutus and Tchaikovsky (2000)
3. Songs

Mathematics

1. Patterns and Classification
• “Center” Yourself in Math (2007) Also corresponds to grade 1 history, geography, science
2. 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)
3. Money
• Spare Change and the Presidents: Money, Symbols and Figures (2007) Also: American History: Symbols and Figures
4. 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)
5. Measurement
• Meet the Measurements (2007)
• First Graders Measure Up! (2007)
• “Center” Yourself in Math (2007) Also corresponds to grade 1 history, geography, science
6. Geometry
• Simply Shapes ( 1998)

Science

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. Matter
• What’s the “matter”? (2005)
4. Properties of Matter: Measurement
• Understanding and Measuring Matter (2001)
• Matter Matters: Solids, Liquids and Gases (1997)
5. Introduction to Electricity
• The "Shocking" Topic of our "Current" Unit (2004)
• A Look Inside Electricity (2004)
• It's Positively Shocking (1997)
6. Astronomy: Introduction to the Solar System
• Out of This World with Science and Technology: A Study of Astronomy (2005)
7. 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)
8. Science Biographies
• First Graders can Research Too! Learning about Scientists Through Research (2004)
• You Can Count on Characters (2003)
• "Guess Who's Coming to Class Today?" — Classroom Visits by Core Knowledge Heroes (2002)