LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

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

Objective 1.05

Interact for at least 10 minutes daily with self-selected texts that are consistent with the student's independent reading level.

Resources aligned to this objective

Wet Your Kinders' Chops on the Sound "Op"!
Kinders will explore the sound “Op” with a reading of Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop by Chris Raschka and a showing of the PBS Between the Lions episode #130 “Be Bop,” which also features the Charlie Parker book and explores the “op” sound.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Dirk Robertson.

Lesson plans on the web

Click, clack, moo: Reading word family words
Teachers use Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin to teach students word identification strategies. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Connect with low-literate families: A three-tiered approach
This ReadWriteThink lesson involves giving children from low-literate families stories to read at home to enhance the home-school connection. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Improving fluency through group literary performance
Bill Martin Jr.'s picture books provide opportunities for students to hear fluent reading modeled then to join in the readings through literary performance. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Learning centers: From shared to independent practice
Provides a framework for using a shared reading experience to introduce independent literacy learning centers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Literature circles with primary students using self-selected reading
Presents a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students. (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
Play with words: Rhyme & verse
Students will listen to poems and rhymes, clap out syllables, and sing along with familiar tunes. They will also use puppets and crafts to help recall and retell favorite poems. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
Reading everywhere with Dr. Seuss
Students see places where they can read and enjoy books, such as on a trip to Grandma's, at the pool, or at the doctor's office. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Reading informational texts using the 3-2-1 strategy
In this lesson, students in grades K–2 learn to use the 3-2-1 strategy, which involves writing about three things they discovered, two things they found interesting, and one question they still have. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Weather: A journey in nonfiction
This research project is designed for primary students to engage in nonfiction text. Students formulate questions and research information on a subject. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Science)
Provider: IRA/NCTE