LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 5

The learner will COMMUNICATE reading, listening, and viewing experiences.

Objective 5.02

Produce media in various formats (print, graphical, audio, video, multimedia) appropriate to audience and purpose.

Resources aligned to this objective

Postcards of the past
Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.
Kid-created biographies
In this lesson plan, the students will create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! The students will use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
By Gregg Farr, Lynn Beatty, and Tricia Freeze.
Guess The Genre!
Students apply knowledge of genres to identify different genres from "reading-alouds of excerpts" from selected books representing different genres.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills)
By Ann Jenkins.
A geometric field trip
Students conduct a field trip around the school (inside and out) looking for examples of geometric shapes. They record their findings using a digital camera and present their findings in a multimedia presentation.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics)
By Mary Rizzo.