LEARN NC

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

Goal 4

The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objective 4.05

Use a variety of sentence patterns such as interrogative requests (Can you go with me?) and sentence fragments that convey emotion (Me, too!).

  • write from left to right and from top to bottom.
  • write most letters and some words when dictated.

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Collaborating on a class book: Exploring before-during-after sequences
Students and the teacher produce a class book through a group-writing activity focusing on a basic before-during-after sequence of events. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Creating a wall story
Students create a wall story as a means of retelling a story. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Diagram it! Identifying, comparing, and writing about nonfiction texts
Students explore a variety of nonfiction books and compare them to fiction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Giant story problems: Reading comprehension through math problem solving
Students use drawings, equations, and written responses to solve single story problems with enlarged print. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Note writing in the primary classroom
Invites students to write short everyday notes, to remind, plan, request, or compliment, providing many natural opportunities for meaningful writing and lots of practice in encoding/decoding written text. (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
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
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
Telling a story about me: Young children write autobiographies
Students learn to develop ideas collaboratively, plan writing projects before executing them, and compose sentences related to a specific topic. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provider: IRA/NCTE