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Standard RI.MC

RI.MC Meaning and Context

Grade(s): 3

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

Title:
The Exploration of South Carolina
The Exploration of South Carolina

Lesson

Grades: 3

Our nation is made up of many different kinds of people who come from all over the world for many different reasons. Some may come for jobs, family, political reasons, or a fresh start somewhere new...

Leesa Aiken
Leesa Aiken

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Leesa Aiken, the Director of the South Carolina State Library, explains what services are offered. She provides background information on how to become a librarian and encourages students to pursue a...
Curtis Rogers
Curtis Rogers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Curtis Rogers, the Communications Director of the South Carolina State Library, talks about the field of communications. He provides public speaking tips and also shares what he enjoys about his job.
Gordon's Discovery | Auntie Karen's Place 6
Gordon's Discovery | Auntie Karen's Place
Episode 6

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Gordon is one of Auntie Karen's Jamaican Yams Character. When Gordon, a purple overweight Jamaican Yam discovers he is pre-diabetic, he gets some comforting advice from his friend Shelby. The purpose...
Betsy Byars | Conversations with SC Writers
Betsy Byars | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Betsy Byars started her career writing for magazines. Later, she turned her attention to writing children's books. In 1971, she won a Newbery Medal for Summer of the Swans. Ms. Byars enjoys writing...
Dori Sanders | Conversations with SC Writers
Dori Sanders | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

S.C. author Dori Sanders reads from her bestseller, Clover , and describes the characters in the novel. She talks about characters being based loosely on real-life but the stories being fictionalized...
Matt Christopher | Converations with SC Writers
Matt Christopher | Converations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Matt Christopher opens by reading from The Kid Who Only Hits Homers. He states that all of his books are written to entertain the readers. He expresses the importance of writing with emotion. He...
Eleanora Tate | Conversations with SC Writers
Eleanora Tate | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Eleanora Tate is an award-winning author of children's books. She discusses writing The Secret of Gumbo Grill. Her idea for the book came from the fact that there were few books dealing with modern...
Tom Feelings | Conversations with SC Writers
Tom Feelings | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Tom Feelings was both a writer and an illustrator. He taught illustrating at the University of South Carolina. Usually, the process is that a manuscript is submitted to a publisher, and the publisher...
Tommy Scott Young | Conversations with SC Writers
Tommy Scott Young | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students speak with poet, storyteller and writer Tommy Scott Young. Mr. Young starts with The Gingerbread Man. One of his secrets is to read outloud. The characters do not come fully alive without...
John Troy McQueen | Conversations with SC Writers
John Troy McQueen | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

South Carolina author of children's books, John Troy McQueen, begins with a reading from A World Full of Monsters. Mr. McQueen says that he sometimes writes story ideas down, but sometimes he allows...
Horses As Heroes - Marsh Tackies
Horses As Heroes - Marsh Tackies

Lesson

Grades: 8

"The ancestry of East Coast barrier island wild horse breeds traces back to Spanish explorers, who were adept at the use of horses for travel, work and war. Questions remain as to whether the horses...

Chetter Galloway | Inside Storytelling
Chetter Galloway | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Storyteller Chetter Galloway, of Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in African and African American stories. His renditions are energetic and animated. He blends his stories with music, drumming, sound...
Jackson Gillman | Inside Storytelling
Jackson Gillman | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Jackson Gillman is known as the "Stand-Up Chameleon." He incorporates song, dance, mime, and sign language into his storytelling. What distinguishes him from other storytellers is his use of movement...
Red Riding Hood | Gullah Tales
Red Riding Hood | Gullah Tales

Interactive

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Riding Hood in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Bossy Elephant | Gullah Tales
Bossy Elephant | Gullah Tales

Interactive

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Listen to the interactive version of the Bossy Elephant in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Making Fishnets | Gullah Net
Making Fishnets | Gullah Net

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In the video, St. Helena resident Frank Brown weaves a net while singing a song rich in the Gullah dialect. This clip was extracted from Palmetto Places - St. Helena Island. After the Civil War and...