Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;
- Nerdy Birdy Tweets (Book)
- The Breaking News (Book)
- Communication Inventions (Book)
- Breaking News: Bears to the Rescue (Book)
- Helping kids cope with media coverage of traumatic events (Website)
Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
- City signs (Book)
- The colorful story of comics (Book)
- Chickadee (Magazine)
- National Geographic For Kids (Magazine)
- Time for Kids (Grade 1) (Website)
- Talking to kids about media violence (Website)
- Food Marketing on the Web (Website)
- Can you spot the ad? (Website)
- Teaching Media literacy (Website)
Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
- Storybook art : hands-on art for children in the styles of 100 great picture book illustrators (Book)
- In print! : 40 cool publishing projects for kids (Book)
- Knuffle bunny Free: an unexpected diversion (Kanopy)
- How to Make a Poster | ArtSkills Poster Supplies (YouTube)
- Facing TV violence lesson (Website)
- Kids Cartoons from Around the World (Website)
- The Daily News (Website Image)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
- The Pencil (book)
- Privacy Pirates (Website)
- Read Aloud: The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials (YouTube)
- Full Episode: Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV (YouTube)