Word Segmentation Lesson Plans

Help learners examine rhyming words through a number of activities including using picture cards and visiting rhyming sites on the Internet. They listen to a read aloud of a book that contains rhyming words and dictate a sentence that includes rhyme.

Young scholars examine segmenting words. In this segmenting words lesson, students use three squares to write in the individual sounds they hear in words.

Students listen and interact with a teacher led reading of "Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar." They recite words that rhyme with words from designated lines in the story. They participate in games on the Internet that provide practice with rhyming skills.

Students explore grammar by participating in a word formation game. In this word structure lesson, students identify word segments by breaking down words into different syllables. Students participate in a "Battleship" style game using vocabulary words as targets.

First graders use the 5 W's to create an original biography.  In this biography lesson students use and author as mentor for a style of biography. Students interview others and write a biography.

Students participate in a Scavenger hunt, make a picture book and complete Internet activities in order to study beginning sounds. They develop phonological awareness of beginning sounds while working with words in these lessons.

Students examine different websites to learn about farm animals. They take a virtual field trip to a farm, and examine the animals and their sounds. They complete a worksheet and make a farm book.

Fifth graders investigate the end of slavery and the hidden paths slaves used to travel.  In this U.S. history lesson, 5th graders examine the travel routes slaves used in Essex County known as the Underground Railroad.  Students write a fictitious letter to a former slave, Cato Freeman, and discuss the pros and cons of helping a slave during those volatile years.

First graders observe school events depicted in photographs. They write sentences or captions describing the picture. Using computer technology, children create a slide show presentation of their classroom experiences to be shared with family and friends.

First graders write sentences and or captions describing classroom experiences, events and routines depicted in photographs. They write when the activity is authentic and meaningful. Students write a letter to parents and community members that invite them to a school gathering.