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 High

Students will begin to use simple words and phrases, while continuing to use forms of non-verbal communication to express ideas and demonstrate comprehension. They may use pictures, actions, and limited verbal responses to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on familiar stories and retelling them with gestures and simple words, identifying parts of a book, identifying basic elements of a story, recognizing all letters of the alphabet in spoken and written form, distinguishing upper and lowercase letters, reading simple text aloud, writing his or her own name, composing simple sentences, and following one-step and two-step directions.

Objective NH 3.04

Create artwork or illustrate comprehension of a familiar reading selection.

Resources aligned to this objective

An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles
Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science)
By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.
The migration of the monarch butterfly
The students will listen to and discuss books about butterflies and the migration of monarch butterflies to Mexico in order to integrate science, social studies, and language arts.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies, English Language Development, and Science)
By Martha H. Dobson and Margaret Monds.