Reading and writing about whales using fiction and nonfiction texts

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Computer Technology Skills (2005)

Grade 1

• Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies.
  • Objective 2.08: Explore Internet resources and information using teacher-created bookmarks/favorites and discuss the variety and types of information found as a class activity. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet
  • Objective 2.09: Use teacher-selected Internet resources/information to identify, discuss, and chart elements that make an online resource useful, appropriate, and safe as a class. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet

Grade 2

• Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies.
  • Objective 2.09: Identify and use multimedia tools to combine text and graphics as a class/group assignment. Strand - Multimedia/Presentation
  • Objective 2.11: Modify/edit an existing linear/sequential multimedia story to include student narration as a class/group activity. Strand - Multimedia/Presentation
  • Objective 2.12: Use teacher-selected Internet resources to locate, discuss, and compare information about your local community as a class/group. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet

Kindergarten

• Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies.
  • Objective 2.05: Use teacher-selected Internet resources/information to explore, identify, and discuss responsible use as a class activity. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet
  • Objective 2.06: Use teacher-selected Internet resources/information to discuss ownership of creative works of individuals/groups/companies as a class activity. Strand - Telecommunications/Internet

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 1

• Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
  • Objective 2.04: Use preparation strategies to anticipate vocabulary of a text and to connect prior knowledge and experiences to a new text.
• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.03: Discuss unfamiliar oral and/or written vocabulary after listening to or reading texts.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
    • clarifying purposes for engaging in communication.
    • using clear and precise language to paraphrase messages.
    • engaging in more extended oral discussions.
    • producing written products.
    • completing graphic organizers.
  • Objective 4.05: Write and/or participate in writing by using an author's model of language and extending the model (e.g., writing different ending for a story, composing an innovation of a poem).

Grade 2

• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.02: Connect and compare information within and across selections (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama) to experience and knowledge.
  • Objective 3.04: Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and composing texts when responding to literature that is read and heard. (e.g., read aloud by teacher, literature circles, interest groups, book clubs).
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.06: Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences).
  • Objective 4.08: Write structured, informative presentations and narratives when given help with organization.
  • Objective 4.09: Use media and technology to enhance the presentation of information to an audience for a specific purpose.

Kindergarten

• Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
  • Objective 2.02: Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of types of books and selections (e.g., picture books, caption books, short informational texts, nursery rhymes, word plays/finger plays, puppet plays, reenactments of familiar stories).
• Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
  • Objective 3.01: Connect information and events in text to experience.
  • Objective 3.02: Discuss concepts and information in a text to clarify and extend knowledge.
• Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
  • Objective 4.04: Maintain conversation and discussions:
    • attending to oral presentations
    • taking turns expressing ideas and asking questions.
  • Objective 4.06: Write and/or participate in writing behaviors by using authors' models of language.