LEARN NC

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

Goal 3. Reading

The learner will comprehend written English in personal, social, and academic contexts from print and non-print materials.

Level: Novice Low

Students will use various forms of non-verbal communication to express ideas and demonstrate basic comprehension. They may point, touch, match, draw, act out, demonstrate an action, or play games to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on greetings, classroom objects, letters, choral reading of simple text, copying simple words, distinguishing upper and lowercase letters, and following one-step directions with prompting.

Objective NL 3.06

Respond to picture books or stories read to them, using physical actions and other means of nonverbal communication (e.g., matching objects, pointing to an answer, drawing pictures).

Resources aligned to this objective

Family Traditions
This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson “Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who” and is mainly based on The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant; therefore, family structure including titles or roles is assumed to be prior knowledge for this lesson.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Social Studies and English Language Development)
By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.
Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who
This is the first of two lessons that can be used with Cynthia Rylant's book, The Relatives Came. Students will read, draw, role-play and sing about family roles and titles.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and English Language Development)
By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.