| Grade Level | System Requirement | Product Number |
|---|---|---|
| K-Grade 3 | Apple 128K | A347 |
| With this product, young students explore story construction as they create an informational story. Through the interplay of the story elements who, what, when, and where, a variety of informational stories are possible. And children discover some interesting facts while reading and writing. | ||
Introduction
The Pet ShopTM “story-construction” program invites children to explore the elements of character, action, and setting as they explore an informational story. These story elements can go together in many different ways to create a story. Pet Shop encourages children to construct their own story meaning through storytelling, reading, and writing. Children will find that there are many stories waiting to be discovered and told. Each story comes alive through the child’s experience, knowledge, and imagination.
Program Information
Title: Pet Shop
Subject: Language arts, Story construction/story elements / non-fiction emphasis
Grade Range: K-2
Required Hardware: Apple II series computer with 128K RAM; color monitor recommended, but not required
Learning Objectives:
- to use the story elements of character (who), action (what), and setting (where) to create a story
- to tell a story from the selection of story elements
- to read an informational story generated from the selection of story elements
- to write a story generated from the selection of story elements
- to create many different stories from the same set of pictures