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