Language Arts – K, 1st, and 2nd Grades
Below you will find Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade Language Arts lessons. The SOL is listed along with the purpose of each lesson to help you find an appropriate Language Arts lesson. Please check in from time to time as we update our webpage as we create new content.
| Reading | SOL | Purpose |
| Compare and Contrast | 2.8 | Read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts. |
| Creepy Carrots | 1.9 | Listen to a story and discuss the plot, importance, and infer its meaning. |
| Fiction or Non-Fiction | 3.5l | Review the differences and characteristics of Fiction v. Non- Fiction texts. |
| From Head to Toe | K.1a, K.3e, K.12, 1.1e | Listen to a story, act it out with their bodies and then compose an “I can” statement. |
| Chef’s Salad | 1.9, 1.10, 1.13, 2.9 | Familiarize themselves with a variety of fruits and vegetables and recall information from the text. |
| Color Match Relay | K.2d, 1.8 | Match the color rectangle to the color word. |
| What's Your Solution | 2.8f | Identify the problem and solution in stories to demonstrate comprehension of characters, setting, and plot. |
| Writing | SOL | Purpose |
| Powerful Punctuation | 2.13 | Edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. |
| Word Study / Grammar | SOL | Purpose |
| Alphabet Aerobics | K.7a | Learn a movement for each letter of the alphabet to review what the letter looks like. |
| Back Attack Spelling | 1.13, 2.13 | Practice spelling words correctly using peer and self-assessments. |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | K.7a | Recognize the alphabet letters;uppercase and lowercase. |
| Go Fish for Rhymes | K.4b, 1.4a | Identify words that rhyme by playing an active game of “Go Fish”. |
| Homophone Hop | 2.7a | Identify and use common homophones. |
| Name that Noun | 2.13c | Identify common and proper nouns and perform an exercise for each. |
| Order Up! | 1.11a, 2.10 | Practice ordering words based upon their knowledge of alphabetical ordering. |
| Race to Erase | K.8, 1.9, 1.10, 2.8, 2.9 | Review identifying word wall words by competing with peers to be the first to erase the word called by the teacher. |
| Read the Rainbow | K.6d, 1.6, 2.5 | Review and practice word wall words by finding words in the playing area. |
| Simon Says Letters | K.7a | Recognize the alphabet letters. |
| Sight Word Fitness | K.6d, 1.6, 2.5 | Recognize familiar words, do an exercise, say and then spell the word. |
| Sight Word Freeze Dance | K.6d, 1.6, 2.5 | Recognize reading and spelling familiar words. |
| Vowel Voyage | 1.6, 2.5, 2.13 | Relay to collect letters and create as many words as possible. |
| Word Search | K.6d, 1.6, 2.5 | Retrieve word wall words called out by the teacher. |
| Word Wall Dance Party | K.6d, 1.13, 2.13 | Practice word wall words with some dance moves. |
| Wacky Word Wall Words | K.6d, 1.13, 2.13 | Review and practice their word wall words by reading and spelling them with movement. |
| Oral Language | SOL | Purpose |
| Vowel Boogie | K.7, 1.6 | Review short vowel sounds with a simple song incorporating body movement with vowel sounds. |
| Lettercise | K.7a | Recognize letters of the alphabet and letter sounds. |