Title:  Sharing Stories

 Author:  Emily Nielsen

 Grade Level:  Kindergarten

 Integrated Disciplines:  Language Arts and Organization

 NE Standards:  1.1.4—By the end of first grade, students will read and demonstrate comprehension at grade one level, using a variety of strategies.  1.2.1—By the end of first grade, students will speak in clear, complete, coherent sentences using standard English.

 Objectives:  Students will share with the class a true story about their life using complete, clear sentences.  Students will tell a story in the proper order, so it makes sense to the class, and it is in sequential order.

 Assessment:  Did the student tell a story to the class that made sense?  Did the student tell a story to the class in the order in which the story would have happened?  Did the student use, for the most part, clear, complete sentences?  (The teacher will have a check sheet for each of these questions, and a check will be put next to each question the student did correctly.  If the student did not do one correctly a note will be made next to the question so the teacher knows what he or she must work on with that student?) 

 Materials:  Large paper and markers

 Procedures:

 Anticipatory Set:  Call the “student of the day” to the front of the class.  Tell the class the “student of the day” will be telling the class a story.

 Learning Activities:  Have the student tell the class a story (which should be two to three sentences long).  After the student has told the class the story have the teacher write the story down on the large piece of paper.  The teacher should be asking the students to repeat the story back to him or her as he or she writes the story down on the large piece of paper.  If the story the child has told does not make sense or is out of sequential order ask fellow classmates to help put it in order.  This can be done verbally by asking the students how they may say the sentence so it will make the most sense to the readers.

 Provisions for Special Needs:  If a student has difficulty coming up with ideas for a story ask the student probing questions.  For example, what did you eat last night or what did you do this past weekend?