Grade Level / Grade K-3
Common Core / Grade K
Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
Speaking and Listening Standards
Reading Standards for Literature
1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Speaking and Listening
1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics andtexts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood
3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
6. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
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Grade 1
Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
Reading Standards for Literature
1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
7. Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Speaking and Listening
1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
b. Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
c. Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
3. Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
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Grade 2
Reading Standards for Literature
1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
2. Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
3. Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
7. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Speaking and Listening
1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about
the topics and texts under discussion).
b. Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
c. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.
3. Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification
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Grade 3:
Speaking and Listening Standards K–5
SL.3.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion.)
c. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
d. Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL.3.6 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
SL.3.3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
6. Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Technology Standards / National Technology Standards K-12
2. Communication and Collaboration—Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
5. Digital Citizenship—Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
Critical Elements
(TAP/NIET Rubric) / Activities and Materials:
Incorporate multimedia and technology.
Incorporate resources beyond the school curriculum texts.
Thinking:
Analyze problems from multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Motivating Students:
The teacher sometimes develops learning experiences where inquiry, curiosity and exploration are valued.
Title of Conference / Celebration of Seuss Special
Description / Join us for this fun, interactive lesson to celebrate the birthday of the beloved children’s
author Dr. Seuss! This distance learning event focuses on fun facts about Theodor Seuss Geisel and his classic story “Green Eggs and Ham”. Students will get to express their creative side in group activities while completing a bead backpack pull especially designed for this program. It’s a “Seussical” good time!
Objectives / The participant will...
-brainstorm facts about Dr. Seuss
-follow directions to put together a bead craft
-listen to the story Green Eggs and Ham
-participate in group discussion
-demonstrate knowledge of Dr. Seuss characters
Format / Here is a brief list of topics explored during this program:
1. Fun Dr. Seuss Facts
2. ASL “Seuss” signs
3. Seuss Bead Activity
3. Sharing Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham
4. Group Work: Seuss Writing Collaboration
5. Wrap-Up interactive game: Seuss Characters
Length / 50-60 minutes
Content Provide / Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
Contact Information / Leslie Charles
205 North 7th Street
Zanesville, OH 43701
United States
Phone: (740) 452-4518 ext. 133
Fax: (740) 455-6702
Participants / Minimum: 4-5
Maximum: 30
Cost / $115.00
Link /
Schools must dial into the MVESC. Connection over IP is preferred, however, ISDN schools can arrange for your own bridge.
LAB 1A (IP 204.9.145.244)
LAB 1B (IP 204.9.146.155)
It is wise to set up a test connection prior to your actual event. At any time, you are free to dial into the MVESC using IP 204.9.146.113 to test your connection.
Please forward a copy of your external IP to the MVESC prior to your connection.