Language Experience Approach (LEA)

STEP THREE

Brainstorm about the stimulus, creating a word bank

STEP EIGHT

Conduct a minilesson

STEP TWO

Conduct an oral discussion about the stimulus

STEP NINE

Duplicate the passage in print or digital form; students provide illustrations and reread the passage at home

STEP SEVEN

Have students name the passage

STEP FOUR

Help students compose the passage

STEP ONE

Provide stimulus for discussion and writing

STEP FIVE

Read the passage aloud; reread several times

STEP SIX

Recruit students to read individual sentences

LEA

approach in which reading and the other language arts are interrelated and the experiences of children are used as the basis for the material that is written in conjunction with the teacher and then used for reading

Benefits

uses students' own language as writing material; students understand that they can speak, write, AND read a story