Unit Plan 8 (Grade PreK ELA): Oral Storytelling with Pictures

Focus: Small-moment oral tales; draw + dictate events

Grade Level: PreK

Subject Area: English Language Arts (Early Narrative • Speaking/Listening • Language Use)

Total Unit Duration: 5 sessions (one week), 30–45 minutes per session (use two short blocks if needed)

I. Introduction

This week, children practice turning small moments from their lives into oral stories supported by pictures. They learn to focus on one event, tell it in order using temporal words (first/then/next/last), and draw + dictate so the listener understands who, where, and what happened.

II. Objectives and Standards

Learning Objectives — Students will be able to…

1. Choose a small moment (one event) and tell it with a beginning and an ending (W.PK.3).
2. Use pictures to support a short oral story and dictate words/sentences to an adult (W.PK.3).
3. Speak in complete sentences to describe people/places/things relevant to their story (SL.PK.4; L.PK.1).
4. Use temporal words and simple sequence language (first/then/next/last) when telling the story (W.PK.3; L.PK.1).

Standards Alignment — PreK

• W.PK.3 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction.
• SL.PK.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with prompting and support, adding details as appropriate.
• L.PK.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar when speaking and emerging print (use of nouns/verbs, simple sentences, temporal words).

Success Criteria — student language

• “I can tell one small story about something I did.” (W.PK.3)
• “I can say first/then/next/last to put my story in order.” (W.PK.3; L.PK.1)
• “I can draw and tell what happened and dictate my words.” (W.PK.3)
• “I can describe who and where in complete sentences.” (SL.PK.4; L.PK.1)