Cozy chats about speech, language and learning
I love using literature to teach. It gives me a jumping off point to teach vocabulary and story grammar. It Takes A Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher Book Companion is a great story that is set in an African village. Yemi is given the responsibility…
Listening Comprehension skills versus Reading Comprehension Skills I know that it may be confusing when you are writing goals but if you are the person that is reading the story to a child what we are measuring is listening. If the child is the only…
Story Retell: Story Retell is one way to measure listening or reading comprehension. This is usually done using a rubric as there are so many elements that need to be measured as well as the support that you may be giving to the student. Reading…
My plan this summer was to create units using literature and having all the resources in one place. Â As I have been using children’s literature I have been able to discover that there are some stories in which some of the extensions to create deeper…
Mindwing’s Story Grammar Marker is a great tool to teach story grammar. Â You use Braidy for the younger student. The older children use a story braid However, there are times that students have difficulty with some of the concepts presented in the program.…