Preschool Reading & writing Lesson Plans

All About Me: I Like Myself

Break the ice with this social lesson, designed to help you and your class get to know each other. This social studies lesson helps students develop a healthy sense of self, and ties in well with any "All About Me" theme or unit.

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Identifying Living and Nonliving Things

Lesson plan

Identifying Living and Nonliving Things

Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!

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One Fish, Two Fish

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One Fish, Two Fish

This wacky lesson combines math and reading practice with a Dr. Seuss classic and some fun online games.

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Math

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Mindfulness: The Present Moment

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Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

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Let's Move: Identifying Modes of Transportation

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Let's Move: Identifying Modes of Transportation

Choo-choo! Your students will enjoy this matching game of different modes of transportation. They will learn to differentiate between air, water, and ground transportation vehicles.

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How to Be a Good Friend

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How to Be a Good Friend

We all want to be good friends. But what does this look like? Help students to understand what it means to be a good friend by reading a story, acting out a skit, and creating a friendship picture.

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Helpers in Our Community

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Helpers in Our Community

In this lesson, students will have the chance to discuss community helpers! They will explore people who help them everyday and then complete an expressive activity.

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Reading Round Up!

Lesson plan

Reading Round Up!

Preschoolers can have a range of reading abilities. Find out what they know about letters and reading with this lesson plan!

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Trace the Alphabet: Writing Letters

Lesson plan

Trace the Alphabet: Writing Letters

Trace that letter! Choose a letter of the day, and have your students practice tracing the letter. Your students will practice identifying and writing the letters in this fun lesson.

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A-Z Beginning Sounds

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A-Z Beginning Sounds

Are your preschoolers experts at singing their ABCs and identifying letters? If so, it might be time to help students become experts at identifying the sounds that letters make at the beginning of words.

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How Pumpkins Grow

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How Pumpkins Grow

In this lesson, students will explore the life cycle of a pumpkin plant. Then they will have the chance to grow their own!

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Order in the Room!

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Order in the Room!

Combine letter recognition and movement with this reading-focused lesson! In this lesson, students will reenact the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" while learning to recognize lowercase letters.

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Going on a Feelings Hunt

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Going on a Feelings Hunt

Everyone has feelings! In this lesson, students explore different feelings by recognizing them on faces. As they look through books, students will find pictures that show a variety of expressions.

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Identify & Match Colors

Lesson plan

Identify & Match Colors

Help your students with their color identification skills with this lesson that has them match the color to a written name.

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Opposites Writing

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Opposites Writing

Help students apply prepositional concepts while having fun. Students will love honing their writing skills in different "opposite" areas throughout the classroom.

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Friends Are Fun!

Lesson plan

Friends Are Fun!

In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practice identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for kindergarten students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.

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Imagination: Real or Make Believe

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Imagination: Real or Make Believe

Can cartoon bears talk? Can fish sing? Engage your students by teaching the difference between real and make believe.

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Pre-Writing Skills: Tracing Lines

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Pre-Writing Skills: Tracing Lines

Before they begin writing letters, evaluate your students' fine motor and pre-writing skills! Vertical lines will give students practice for forming letters such as F, L, E, and H.

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The Three Little Pigs: Story Sequencing

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The Three Little Pigs: Story Sequencing

Story sequencing is a fundamental reading comprehension skill that helps students better understand texts. In this lesson, your class will read "The Three Little Pigs" and identify the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

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Full of Fantastic Fun: The Letter F

Lesson plan

Full of Fantastic Fun: The Letter F

Fantastic! Fun! Fabulous! In this phonics lesson, your class will learn all about the letter F through words, letter-sound correspondence, writing, and a fun frog song.

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Marvelous Mrs. Mary: The Letter M

Lesson plan

Marvelous Mrs. Mary: The Letter M

In this lesson, students will learn about the marvelous letter M. They'll also have fun working on a hands-on arts and crafts project to form their own "M"s.

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Draw to the Music

Lesson plan

Draw to the Music

Drawing and music? Let's do it! This fun lesson gets students to listen closely to music, using adjectives and pictures to describe what they hear.

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Learning to Rhyme

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Learning to Rhyme

In this fun rhyming lesson plan, your ELs will practice identifying and using rhyming words in a sentence. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the **Hop on Pop Rhyming Fun** lesson plan.

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Recognizing Upper and Lowercase Letters

Lesson plan

Recognizing Upper and Lowercase Letters

In this lesson, music, games, and a tricky maze help your students recognize uppercase and lowercase letters. All these activities are sure to keep kids both engaged and learning.

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So Many Sounds in a CVC Word

Lesson plan

So Many Sounds in a CVC Word

This lesson plan is a great way to introduce or review the concept of identifying letter sounds within CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. You can use this as a stand-alone lesson or a as a support lesson for the Read with Beads lesson plan.

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Preschool Reading & writing Lesson Plans