A list of language arts lesson plans with corresponding books for young students with special needs. Click on the links in the right-hand column to access the complete lesson plan.

Children's author Jan Brett's website is interactive and has a wide variety of resources for teachers and students. A free email newsletter is available as well as book lists, coloring pages and activities. Her activities page contains...

Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.

This language arts lesson plan uses technology to assess learners' understanding of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Each student will use a digital camera to take a picture at school. He will then write a descriptive sentence about the...

The Chinese character mark formerly known as "Tan" is the first of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students will be able...

Let your imagine run wild when you select a painting from the Tate Gallery collection. Interpret the painting by making up a story about it. Let the painting inspire you to new heights of creative writing and then add it to the story...

What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.

Looking for best practice instruction for students with cognitive disabilities? This site has an Instructional Resource Guide that provides instructional strategies and evidence-based prompting.

SWBAT add an adjective to a sentence.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Help to select units of books for student reading that will work to build student vocabulary. Some authors are Caldecott and Newberry winners from the early 20's until 2007. Also included are some...