Core Knowledge^® Lesson Plans

Language Arts/ English

1. Reading and Writing
• Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poems
• The “Fantastic Four” Fables to Teach Reading Skills (2007)
• Let’s Write Around the World (2005)
• Balance Literacy and Core Knowledge in Kindergarten: Fitting All the Pieces Together (2004)
• Poultry in Motion (2003)
2. Poetry
• Kinder Poems and Songs (2004)
• Mother Goose on the Loose: Teaching Reading and Writing in a Way That's Exciting (2003)
3. Fiction
• Classic Storytelling with a Technology Twist (2007) — also found under Special Areas: Technology
• From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After ...and Everything in Between (2003)
• Story Stretching: Tall Tales in North America (2002)
• Aesop Appeals To Me! (2000)
• And the Moral Is… (2000) 
• We're Building Heroes (1997)
4. Sayings and Phrases
• Teaching Language Arts with Sayings and Phrases (2003)
• The Kindergarten Book of Sayings (2000)

History and Geography

World:

1. Spatial Sense
• Mapping Our Way to South America: A Study of Spatial Sense (2005)
• Maps and Globes: Where in the World are We? (1999)
• Investigating Our Place in the World (1998)
2. Overview of the Seven Continents
• Let’s Write Around the World (2005)
• Passport to the World (2004)
• "Goodall" Africa: Geography, Science, and Folk Tales (2003)
• Christopher Columbus: The Man, The Myth, and the Legend ( 2001)
• G’Day Mate! (2000)

American:

1. Geography
• Story Stretching: Tall Tales in North America (2002)
2. Native Americans
• Native Americans (2004)
• Native American Indians: Wampanoags (2003)
• The Diné (Navajo) Native American Tribe (2002)
• Three Native American Groups (1999)
3. Early Exploration and Settlement
• A Journey to the New World: Christopher Columbus and the Pilgrims (2005)
• Christopher Columbus: The Man, The Myth, and the Legend ( 2001)
4. Presidents, Past and Present
• Washingon, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln (2008)
• A Collage of American Icons: Presidents and Symbols (2007)
• Presidents and Symbols of Past, Present, and Future (2006)
• The Presidents of Mount Rushmore (2003)
• Hooray for the Red, White and Blue! (1999)
5. Symbols and Figures
• Hooray for the Red, White and Blue! (1999)

Visual Arts

1. Elements of Art
• Colossal Structures and Sculptures (2002) — also found under Art
• Listen to the Talking Colors (2001) — also found under Art
• Foundations in Art (1997) — also found under Art
2. Sculpture
3. Looking at and Talking about Art
• The Story of Art (2003) — also found under Art
• Foundations in Art (1997) — also found under Art

Music

1. Elements of Music
• The Rhythm of Life (2004)
• Cracking the Elements of Music (2001) — also found under Music
2. Listening and Understanding
3. Songs

Mathematics

1. Patterns and Classification
• Manipulatives + Literature = Mathematical Thinkers (2000)
• Pitter, Patter with Patterns (Geometry, Patterns, and Classification) ( 2000)
2. Numbers and Number Sense
• Manipulatives + Literature = Mathematical Thinkers (2000)
3. Money
• Show Me the Money: Mastering the Meaning of Coins (2004)
4. Computation
5. Measurement
6. Geometry
• Pitter, Patter with Patterns (Geometry, Patterns, and Classification) (2000)

Science

1. Plants and Plant Growth
• Kinder Inquiring Minds Want to Know (2006) see lesson 5: Plants- Parts of a Plant
• How Does Your Garden Grow? (1999) 
2. Animals and Their Needs
• What Animals Need (2007)
• Kinder Inquiring Minds Want to Know (2006) see lesson 4: Science Inquiry Project Insects!
• Animals Around the World (2006)
• "Goodall" Africa: Geography, Science, and Folk Tales (2003)
3. Human Body
• Kinder Inquiring Minds Want to Know (2006) see lessons 1 and 3
• Chomp, Clap, Sneeze, and Snore: These are Sounds of a Healthy Me! (2004)
• The Body Beautiful (1999)
4. Introduction to Magnetism
• Kinder Inquiring Minds Want to Know (2006) see lesson 2: Magnets and How They Work
• Magnets Rock(2005)
• May the Force be With You: A Unit on Magnets (2004)
5. Seasons and Weather
• Weather or Not: Seasons Change (2004)
• Weather Watchers (2002)
• Wild Weather: At Home and Around the World
6. Taking Care of the Earth
• Taking Charge of Our Earth and Its Resources (2003)
• For the Love of our Earth (2000)
• How Does Your Garden Grow? (1999) 
7. Science Biographies
• "Goodall" Africa: Geography, Science, and Folk Tales (2003)
• The Plant Doctor Is In: The Story of George Washington Carver (2002)
• The Wright Stuff (2002)