Grade 3 - Grade 5 Language Arts Lesson Plans

1. Brass Instruments and Pitch
2. Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
3. Bright Morning: Exploring Character Development in Fiction
4. Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
5. Building Classroom Community Through the Exploration of Acrostic Poetry
6. Buzz! Whiz! Bang! Using Comic Books to Teach Onomatopoeia
7. Can You Convince Me?: Developing Persuasive Writing
8. Can You Measure Up?
9. Characters in "Because of Winn-Dixie": Making Lists of Ten
10. Charlotte Is Wise, Patient, and Caring: Adjectives and Character Traits
11. Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding of the Story
12. Children of War
13. Choosing Clear and Varied Dialogue Tags: A Mini-Lesson
14. Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character
15. Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting

1. "Cinderella" Trilogy
2. Civil War Music
3. Color Poems--Using the Five Senses to Guide Prewriting
4. Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Genre Study
5. Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
6. Comparing and Contrasting Fables
7. Comparing Tales through Performance
8. Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry
9. Composing Cinquain Poems with Basic Parts of Speech
10. Composing for "The Nightingale"
11. Counting Crows
12. Counting in Different Ways
13. Creating a Classroom Newspaper
14. Creating a Wall Story
15. Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections
16. Creating Comic Strips
17. Creating Family Timelines: Graphing Family Memories and Significant Events
18. Creatures and Features in America's Backyard
19. Cut It Out
20. CyberExplorer Site Guide
21. Cyberspace Explorer: Getting to Know Christopher Columbus
22. Daily Book Boost
23. Dancing A Christmas Carol
24. Dancing Minds and Shouting Smiles: Teaching Personification Through Poetry
25. Dancing through Poetry
26. Dear Librarian: Writing a Persuasive Letter
27. Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
28. Delicious, Tasty, Yummy: Enriching Writing With Adjectives and Synonyms
29. Demonstrating Comprehension Through Journal Writing
30. Describing Designs
31. Designing a Shoe Box Set for "Willy Wonka"
32. Designing a "Willy Wonka" Board Game
33. Destination: Japan
34. Developing a Living Definition of Reading in the Elementary Classroom
35. Developing Inferential Comprehension Through DL-TA and Discussion Webs