LEARN NC

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

Goal 3

The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.

Objective 3.04

Use speaking and listening skills and media to connect experiences and text

  • listening to and re-visiting stories
  • discussing, illustrating, and dramatizing stories
  • discovering relationships.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Creating a wall story
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students create a wall story as a means of retelling a story. After hearing a picture book read aloud, students sketch their favorite part of the story. The pictures are shared with and sequenced by the class. Gaps in the storyline... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
Provided by: ArtsEdge
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. Following Smith and Piper's three-tier scaffolding model, the teacher prepares students to read the story unassisted,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Catching the bug for reading through interactive read-alouds
This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses an interactive read-aloud of Miss Bindergarten Stays Home From Kindergarten by Joseph Slate to help students learn reading strategies and how to prevent the spread of germs in their classroom. Students... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Healthful Living)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Book sorting: Using observation and comprehension to categorize books
This ReadWriteThink sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and categorization processes, reading comprehension and writing skills. The activity also provides teachers with a vast array of diagnostics through observation of student... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Book buddy biographies: Intermediate and primary students working together
This lesson from ReadWriteThink has students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy, and each child is the author, illustrator, and editor. Book Buddies is a program which pairs up a child from a primary class and a child from an intermediate... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink