COMMUNICATIONcom-mu-ni-ca-tion

Communication is the exchange of information between individuals, for example, by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior.

Mrs. Emily Olmetti, Open Court Reading

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What are some ways we

communicate?• Speech/Languages

• Telephone

• Computers/Email

• Books/Signs

• Media: print, television, and radio

• Nonverbal movements/cues

• Others?

Speech

• Human languages

• Animal languages

• How is animal communication similar to human communication?

Media: print, television,

radio• Advertisements

• Commercials

• Could TV, newspapers, magazines, or radio exist without commercials?

Books

• Spoken word

• Mass audience

• How would your life be different without books? School?

Animal Communication

• Sign language

• Gorillas

• Could all animals learn to communicate with people?

Communication for everyone.

• Visually impaired

• Problem solving

• Why is written communication

so important to society?

Unit Selections

• 4/2-4/5 Messages by the Mile• 4/16-4/20 We’ll Be Right Back After These

Messages• 4/23-4/27 Breaking Into Print: Before and

After the Invention of the Printing Press• 4/30-5/4 Koko’s Kitten• 5/7-5/11 Louis Braille• 5/14-5/18 My Two Drawings