LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

The learner will EXPLORE sources and formats for reading, listening, and viewing purposes.

Objective 1.01

Participate in read-aloud, storytelling, booktalking, silent and voluntary reading experiences.

Resources aligned to this objective

Beary Good Facts About Beary Books - Lesson 1 of 4
Students will begin to differentiate between fiction and non-fiction as general genres. This is the first lesson of four. The library media schedule allows 35 minutes for the Kinders to have a lesson and choose books to take out. Therefore activities will reflect the short length of time.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Floanna Long.
Blueberries for Sal - Counting and Correspondence
This lesson is designed to aid the teacher in teaching the math skills of one to one correspondence, number recognition, and matching numbers to sets. It is also a great lesson to intergrate into a unit on Bears or the color Blue.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Mathematics)
By Wrenn Smith.
Kindergarten Students Learn About Ezra Jack Keats
Students will learn about Ezra Jack Keats using a variety of resources in the media center.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills and English Language Arts)
By Brittany Basinger, Jenni Conine, and Vickie Mcmillan.
Learning Language Strategies Through Repeated Readings of Storybooks
This lesson will guide and teach students how to process and produce language at higher levels through meaningful, redundant, contextually appropriate, and intrinsically rewarding center-based activities related to a storybook theme.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills and English Language Arts)
By Elizabeth Winborne.
My Favorite Women/Great-Aunt Arizona
These three (or four) 45-minute lessons will introduce Kindergarteners and first graders to "Women's History Month." The students listen to the story of author Gloria Houston's great-aunt, Arizona Houston Hughes. During and following the listening and viewing experiences, the students will discuss their experiences with women in their own history who are helping them become good citizens and grow up well.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Floanna Long.
Put It Back Where It Belongs
Primary students will learn the basics of library organization. They will be introduced to the use of call letters.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills)
By Caryl Houghton.
Sensing the world around us
Students will review the five senses and listen to an Ezra Jack Keats' story in which a blind man uses his senses of hearing and smelling to learn about his neighbors. Students will then experience the difficulty of using only one sense to identify different sounds.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills and Science)
By Libby Oxenfeld.
The Sneetches and teaching diversity
This lesson uses The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss as an introduction to diversity and tolerance. Its kinesthetic element makes it doubly appealing to students.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Information Skills)
By Robin Boltz.