Apr
16
2020
ELA3.2
By dgilroy
Submitted by dgilroy on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 11:10am
Posted: Thu, 04/16/2020 - 11:10am
Foundation:
3 - Early Writing
Topic Description:
Demonstrate ability to communicate a story
Description:
Communicating a story is the ability to respond to a story and verbalize understanding. This instills a love of language in children and motivates them to read.
Communicating a story leads to the ability to:
*Demonstrate drawing and writing as a way to communicate stories
*Engage in genuine and meaningful communication
*Discuss topics that are of interest to them
*Hold conversations with adults and peers in both small and large groups
Looking Ahead to Kindergarten:
Kindergarten students are expected to write for specific purposes and audiences (K.W.1). Students use words and pictures to narrate a single event or simple story (K.W.3.3). With support, students will apply the writing process to revise writing by adding simple details and review writing (K.W.4).
Looking Ahead to Family Engagement:
Encourage families to:
*Ask their child to tell them about their art, writing, etc.
*After reading a story, ask their child to tell or draw their favorite part of the story.
*Make books with their child using various instruments (markers, crayons, pencils,etc). As they create, ask questions (e.g. “What is going to happen next?”).
*Ask their child to rewrite/retell the ending of one of their favorite stories.
Looking Ahead to Special Populations:
Educators can:
*Recognize and respond to children’s use of drawings or symbols to engage in conversation, or when responding to a story.
*Consider using a speech to text device to visually demonstrate understanding.
*For DLL, respond in their native language when possible and allow time for a child to process and respond during conversation.
Powerful Practices:
Across all developmental stages, educators can:
*Design environments to encourage children's natural development of communication skills.
*Frequently engage children in books.
*Provide opportunities for children to use pictures, letters, and symbols to share ideas.
*Frequently engage children in conversation.
*Respond to a child’s vocalization and communicative gestures.
*Encourage children to use letters, numbers, and symbols without the expectation of accuracy.
*Display and point out environmental print all around children (signs, labels, logos).
*Prompt children to talk about their writing (picture(s), scribbling, letter approximations, etc.) and take dictation.
*Observe children’s interest during play and prompt meaningful conversations around the topic.
Powerful Practices - Infant:
Attend to and encourage infant’s vocalizations and communicative gestures
Frequently engage infant in books
Change the tone of voice when reading aloud to show emotion and excitement
Powerful Practices - Younger Toddler:
Repeat and expand on what the child says
Model verbalizing and using simple signs to express wants and needs
Frequently engage child in books (i.e. allow children to touch books, turn pages, etc.)
Demonstrate drawing and writing as a way to communicate (e.g. simple labels of child’s work as dictated by the child)
Powerful Practices - Older Toddler:
Engage in genuine and meaningful conversations with child (e.g. prompting conversations about child’s family or interests)
Demonstrate writing as a way to communicate (e.g. write down what child says about their work)
Connect conversations with child to previous experiences (e.g. what the child did at home that weekend, the experiences at school from earlier in the day, a book or story that was read/told, etc.)
Powerful Practices - Younger Preschool:
Engage in genuine and meaningful conversations with child (e.g. prompt child to tell more)
Demonstrate writing as a way to communicate (e.g. write down what the child says about their work)
Provide opportunities for child to use pictures, letters, and symbols to communicate a story (e.g. felt boards)
Provide opportunities for children to write creatively using inventive spelling
Consider a class journaling project where an item travels between home and school
Powerful Practices - OlderPreschool:
Engage in genuine and meaningful conversations with child (e.g. encourage detailed description of familiar objects or activities)
Demonstrate writing as a way to communicate (e.g. educator writes story as children tell it)
Provide opportunities for child to use pictures, letters, and symbols to share an idea (e.g. writing letters to peers)
Provide opportunities for children to write creatively using inventive spelling
Consider a class journaling project where an item travels between home and school