https://www.languagemagazine.com/family-storytelling/The power of oral language and story for children’s literacy development is crucial for teachers to know and use. Nile Stanley and Brett Dillingham offer a powerful parenting strategy for developing intellect, language, literacy, and values https://www.languagemagazine.com/family-storytelling/ Digital Storytelling: Here are more ideas from Stanley and Dillingham related to digital storytelling: https://www.languagemagazine.com/2011/02/21/making-learners-click-with-digital-storytelling/
Category: Listening & Speaking (oral language)
Dec 05
Teaching Strategies For Analyzing Text: Complete Lesson
Source: Teaching Strategies For Analyzing Text: Complete Lesson
Nov 26
How are Listening and Reading Related? – Listenwise Blog
As humans, we have so many important ways we convey and understand information as we communicate. We are born with ears, and are never actually taught how to listen—it’s understood how to do it, we just start. As kids we grow up learning how to speak by listening to the people who are close to …
Nov 17
Good Communication Doesn’t Come Naturally. We Have to Teach It – Education Week
“The ongoing national conversation about political and social issues is an important instructional moment for teachers. A central piece of this instruction is helping students to become more skilled at talking, writing, and thinking about issues from multiple perspectives. Teachers would do well to remember the power of language as they help children find their …
Nov 11
Listening Comprehension, Listening that sparks learning | Listenwise
http://listenwise.com http://listenwise.com/?_ga=2.165270783.1155634957.1510412949-1952644787.1476133607 Source: Listening Comprehension, Listening that sparks learning | Listenwise
Aug 21
Where I’m From, a poem by George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher
Here is an engaging way to begin to know your students, and introduce them to each other and the writing process! See what others have done using Lyon’s poem as a prompt — and try it yourself! Where I’m From, a poem by George Ella Lyon, writer and teacher Source: Where I’m From, a poem …
May 08
A Place for Talk in a Writers’ Workshop – National Writing Project
Source: A Place for Talk in a Writers’ Workshop – National Writing Project “It was not until I began reading about teaching writing that I realized that those morning gab sessions were responsible for this excellent writing. Whereas I thought we were “stealing” writing time to talk, we were really practicing the art of …
Mar 09
Why Talk Is Important in Classrooms
Content-Area Conversations: How To Plan Discussion-Based Lessons For Diverse Language Learners, by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Carol Rothenberg (2008). ASCD.
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