Core Knowledge^® Lesson Plans

Language Arts/ English

1. Reading and Writing
• All About Me (2006)
• Write On! Step-by-Step Paragraph and Report Writing (2005)
• Tales from Arabia: Lessons in Literature and Character (2003)
• The "Write" Stuff: Third Grade Strategies and Conventions for Expository Writing (2002)
• Writing in Grade 3 (2002)
• Using a Writing Workshop (2002) — also found under Connections in Special Areas
• Open Sesame: A Magical World of Reading (2001)
2. Poetry
• Pageant of Poetry: A Center Approach (2005)
• Understanding Eletelephony and Other Small Words Through Poetry (2004)
• Patchwork Poetry (2003)
• Poetry: Developing A Taste (1997)
3. Fiction
• Astronomy, Mythology, and Music (2005) — Also listed under Connections
• Adventures in Wonderland" A Genre Story (2004)
• Tales from Arabia: Lessons in Literature and Character (2003)
• Gods of Thunder: Myths and Mythical Characters (2002)
• Alice in Wonderland (2001)
• The Wind in the Willows (2001)
4. Sayings and Phrases
• Proverbs and Idioms (2007)
• The Show Must Go On (1998) — This unit is incomplete

History and Geography

World:

1. Geography
• A River Runs through It (2007)
• Spatial Connections, Grades 1–4 (2003) — also found under Connections in Special Areas
• We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands: Geography - Spatial Sense (2003)
• Canada: A Land Rich in Beauty and Culture (2001)
• Hands Across the Border - Welcome to Canada!  (2001)
• Where Am I? Navigating Around the Globe (1998)
2. Ancient Rome
• Byzantine Civilization: The Missing Link (2002)
• When in Rome... Activate the Abstract (2002)
• Veni, Vidi, Vici (2001)
• Geography: Ancient Rome (1999)
• Foundations of Ancient Rome (1995)
3. The Vikings
• Be a Viking! (2006)
• A-Viking We Will Go (2004)
• Leif Ericsson (Leif "the Lucky") and Unsung Discoverer (2003)
• The Vikings of Scandinavia (1997)

American:

1. The Earliest Americans
• Earliest Americans and Their Environments (2006)
• Earliest Americans (2006)
• A Quest for the Earliest Americans (2002)
2. Early Exploration of North America
• Early Exploration of North America (2004)
• The Quest for an Empire: Youth, Gold, and Land (2003)
• Conquistadors (2002)
• Age of Exploration (1997)
3. The Thirteen Colonies: Life and Times before the Revolution
• Life in Southern Colonies (2008)
• How America Began (2008)
• Bubble and Squeak (2002)
• Putting It In Writing With the Southern Colonies (2002)

Visual Arts

1. Elements of Art
• Melting Pot to Salad Bowl: Part of a Healthy Artistic Diet (2008)
• Get Moving: An Integrative Investigation of Rhythm & Movement (2004)
• Double Meaning: "The Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks (2001) — also found under Art
• Masterpiece Magic: The Marriage of Writing and Visual Arts (2001) — also found under Art
• Art Smart! (1997)
2. American Indian Art
   • American Indian Art (2006) — also found under Art
3. Art of Ancient Rome and Byzantine Civilization
• Living Art-i-facts: Technology Takes Us There! (2006) — also found under Art
• Colossal Structures and Sculptures (2002) — also found under Art

Music

1. Elements of Music
2. Listening and Understanding
• Astronomy, Mythology, and Music (2005) — Also listed under Connections
• A Music-Science Connection (2002)
• Sounds Alive! (1995)
3. Songs

Mathematics

1. Numbers and Number Sense
• Waltzing through Numbers (2005)
2. Fractions and Decimals
• Fraction Frenzy (2005)
3. Money
• Money for Entrepreneurs (2003)
• Money Makes the World Go Around (1998)
4. Computation
• Literature Computations (2005)
• Manipulatives x Problem Solving = Fun! (2002)
5. Measurement
• Measurement Marathon (2007)
• Bubble and Squeak (2002)
• Exploring Area (1998)
• Let's Measure! (1998)
6. Geometry
• Third Grade Shapes Up! (2004)
• Lines and Designs (2001)
• Shape Up! (1998)

Science

1. Introduction to Classification of Animals
• Mr. FAB (2004)
2. Human Body
• Hearing: How the Ear Works (2006)
• Muscles and Bones: Framework and Movement (2005)
• School Gets On Our Nervous System (2002)
• Sounds Alive! (1995)
3. Light and Optics
• Seeing is (Sometimes) Believing (2007)
• I "Light" What I See! (2001)
4. Sound
• A Music-Science Connection (2002)
• Sounds Alive! (1995)
5. Ecology
• Gone Green: Grade 3 Ecology (2003)
• For the Love of Our Earth (2001)
• Appreciating the Animal Kingdom (1995)
6. Astronomy
• Astronomy, Mythology, and Music (2005) — Also listed under Connections
• Our Universe: Always Moving, Always Changing (2003)
• Astronomy - Surfin' in the Solar System (2001)
• Mission Possible: Looking at Explorations and Sensational Creations in Outer Space (2001)
7. Science Biographies
• Hearing: How the Ear Works (2006) see Lesson 5, biography of Alexander Graham Bell
• The Bold and the Beautiful: Scientists Past & Present (2005)
• Sounds Alive! (1995)