Interpreting Texts, Making Meaning: Starting Small

Appendices

Appendix A

This unit meets the following Virginia Standards of learning in language arts for First Grade: ³⁵

Standard 1.1: The student will continue to demonstrate growth in the use of oral language.

a) Listen and respond to a variety of media, including books, audiotapes, videos, and other age-appropriate materials.

b) Tell and retell stories and events in logical order.

c) Participate in a variety of oral language activities, including choral speaking and reciting short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.

d) Express ideas orally in complete sentences.

e) Express ideas orally in complete sentences.

Standard 1.3: The student will adapt or change oral language to fit the situation.

a) Initiate conversation with peers and adults.

b) Follow rules for conversation.

c) Use appropriate voice level in small-group settings.

d) Ask and respond to questions in small-group settings.

Standard 1.9: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fiction and nonfiction.

a) Preview the selection.

b) Set a purpose for reading.

c) Relate previous experiences to what is read.

d) Make predictions about content.

e) Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about what is read.

f) Identify characters, setting, and important events.

g) Retell stories and events, using beginning, middle, and end.

h) Identify the main idea and theme.

Standard 1.12: The student will write to communicate ideas.

a) Generate ideas.

b) Focus on one topic.

c) Use descriptive words when writing about people, places, things, and events.

d) Use complete sentences in final copies.

e) Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuation in final copies.

f) Use correct spelling for frequently used words and phonetically regular words in final copies.

g) Share writing with others

Appendix B

The BFG Story Board