Category: Listening & Speaking (oral language)

Family Storytelling

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/

Teaching Strategies For Analyzing Text: Complete Lesson

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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 …

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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 …

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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.