STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

INFORMATION SKILLS :: STRATEGIES :: GRADES K-2

GRADES K-2

Focus Areas
The learners will:

be exposed to a wide variety of resources (print, non-print, electronic)
develop personal tastes through guided practice
contrast and compare authors, illustrators, genres, and styles
identify similarities and differences as related to their environments and personal experiences
use simple research models to acquire information
share information and activities in a variety of formats (print, graphical, audio, video, multimedia) to extend content of resources used

Competency Goal 1	The learner will EXPLORE sources and formats for reading, listening and viewing purposes.
	1.01 Participate in read-aloud, storytelling, booktalking, silent and voluntary reading experiences. 1.01.1 Establish Book Centers. 1.01.2 School television programs (i.e. Reading Rainbow, Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, etc.) 1.01.3 Act out stories with puppets, masks, and props 1.01.4 Flannel board story activities 1.01.5 Storytelling as a way to share good books and stories with peers. 1.01.6 NC Children NC Children's Book Award program. 1.01.7 Participate in school-wide programs and classroom activities that encourage personal choices for reading, listening, and active viewing, (i.e., Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading [USSR]; Drop Everything and Read (DEAR); Storytelling Festival; School Television programs, Accelerated Reader. 1.01.8 Place story or picture cards from familiar stories in sequential order to represent the story correctly. 1.01.9 Book check out. 1.01.10 Listen to stories read aloud. 1.01.11 Read, view and listen to selected picture books in preparation for a discussion of the elements of the story–character, plot, cause and effect, and type of ending. 1.01.12 Answer questions that extend thinking beyond the literal meaning, such as: a. Could this story happen in real life? Why or Why not? b. Why did the character choose to act in a certain manner? 1.01.13 Turn pages of a newspaper and name and/or list the kinds of things newspapers tell about, e.g., sports, animals, famous people, food, clothes, cars, comics. (NIE) 1.01.14 Participate in a scavenger hunt, scanning newspaper pages for a list of items found in photos or graphics. Circle or cut out found items. (NIE)

Competency Goal 1

The learner will EXPLORE sources and formats for reading, listening and viewing purposes.

1.01 Participate in read-aloud, storytelling, booktalking, silent and voluntary reading experiences.

1.01.1 Establish Book Centers.

1.01.2 School television programs (i.e. Reading Rainbow, Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, etc.)

1.01.3 Act out stories with puppets, masks, and props

1.01.4 Flannel board story activities

1.01.5 Storytelling as a way to share good books and stories with peers.

1.01.6 NC Children NC Children's Book Award program.

1.01.7 Participate in school-wide programs and classroom activities that encourage personal choices for reading, listening, and active viewing, (i.e., Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading [USSR]; Drop Everything and Read (DEAR); Storytelling Festival; School Television programs, Accelerated Reader.

1.01.8 Place story or picture cards from familiar stories in sequential order to represent the story correctly.

1.01.9 Book check out.

1.01.10 Listen to stories read aloud.

1.01.11 Read, view and listen to selected picture books in preparation for a discussion of the elements of the story–character, plot, cause and effect, and type of ending.

1.01.12 Answer questions that extend thinking beyond the literal meaning, such as:
a. Could this story happen in real life? Why or Why not?
b. Why did the character choose to act in a certain manner?

1.01.13 Turn pages of a newspaper and name and/or list the kinds of things newspapers tell about, e.g., sports, animals, famous people, food, clothes, cars, comics. (NIE)

1.01.14 Participate in a scavenger hunt, scanning newspaper pages for a list of items found in photos or graphics. Circle or cut out found items. (NIE)