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Teaching &
Learning LANGUAGE ARTS Links
| Kindergarten
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First Grade
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Composition Products
In each grade kindergarten through fifth,
students will study and write a variety of types of text in the four major
genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Listed below are the types
of texts that will be emphasized at each grade level.
Grade K
Participate in writing behaviors by using authors' models of
language. Write by using models.
Grade 1
Stories, journal entries, letters, response logs, simple poems,
oral retellings. |
| Second
Grade Links |
Third Grade
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Grade
2
Personal narratives, creative
stories, skits (familiar stories/experiences), structured, informative
presentations and narratives.
Grade 3
Simple narratives, short reports, letters (friendly), directions,
instructions, poems, learning logs, notes. |
| Fourth Grade
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Fifth
Grade Links |
Grade
4
Personal narratives,
imaginative narratives, research reports, logs, diaries, journals, rules,
instructions, letters of request, letters of complaint.
Grade 5
Research reports, news articles, business letters, letters to the
editor, poetry, clarification essays, feature stories. |
| Sixth - Eighth
Grade Links |
High School
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Texts in Genre
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| Grade Levels |
Fiction |
Nonfiction |
Poetry |
Drama |
| Grade K |
Picture
books
Caption books |
Short informational
texts |
Nursery rhymes
Word
plays
Finger plays |
Puppet
play
Reenactments of
familiar stories |
| Grades 1-2 |
Storybooks
Short
chapter
books |
Newspapers
Telephone books
Signs/labels |
Short poems
Word
plays
(alliteration/rhyme) |
Skits
Short
plays |
| Grade 3 |
Short
stories
Novels
Fantasies
Fairy tales
Folktales |
Biographies
Letters
Articles
Procedures/instructions
Charts |
Proverbs
Riddles
Limericks
Simple poems |
Skits
Plays |
| Grade 4 |
Legends
Novels
Fantasies
Fairy tales
Fables |
Autobiographies
Informational
books
Diaries
Journals |
Concrete
poems
Haiku |
Skits
Plays |
| Grade 5 |
Tall
tales
Myths |
True
experiences
Newspapers
Magazines
Schedules |
Narrative
Lyric
Cinquain |
Skits
Plays |
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Resources
Professional Organizations
International Reading Association
(IRA)
800-336-READ; www.reading.org
North Carolina Reading Association
(NCRA)
(910) 949-2403; Mary Ellen Skidmore, Executive Director
National Council of the Teachers of English
(NCTE) (Elementary Section)
800-369-6283; www.ncte.org
North Carolina Association for the Education of
Young Children (NCAEYC)
800-982-4406; www.ncaeyc.org
National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC)
800-424-2460; www.naeyc.org
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading
Achievement (CIERA)
(734) 647-6940; www.ciera.org
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