LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.

Objective 1.03

Use pronunciation, sentence meaning, story meaning, and syntax to confirm accurate decoding or to self-correct errors.

Resources aligned to this objective

"It Takes Two" Cross-Checking-An Early Reading Strategy
Beginning readers need to learn how to bring together two sources of information simultaneously. They have to think about what would make sense and think about letters/sounds; cross-checking. Most children prefer to do one or the other, but not both. Therefore, some children guess something that is sensible but ignore the visual (letter/sound) and others guess something which is close to the visual but makes no sense in the sentence. This activity will demonstrate how to cross check.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
By Jane Kate Blackmon.

Lesson plans on the web

Ferocious fighting fish: An ocean unit exploring beginning word sounds
Students focus on alliteration while exploring an ocean theme. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
I know that word! Teaching reading with environmental print
This lesson teaches students how to decode environmental print as as strategy for word recognition. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum"
Uses an active, hands-on activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Phonics Through Literature: Learning About the Letter "M"
Students will learn about phonics by participating in an integrated array of activities, including reading, writing, mathematics, music, art, and technology. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Pioneer America: Legendary westerners
Students study legendary westerners during the period of westward expansion in U.S. history. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Student of the day: Create sound/letter understanding with names
This lesson from ReadWritethink uses students' names and other concrete words to teach the conventions and terminology of print. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Teaching audience through interactive writing
Students work together to create an invitation letter for a group of their peers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Using songwriting to build awareness of beginning letter sounds
Students explore consonant sounds and begin to develop lyrics to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Word wizards: Students making words
This lesson uses an active, hands-on activity in which students learn how to look for patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE