Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting. Also, participants will learn about research in early childhood development that illustrates how children, at an early age, can grasp the structures of narratives through oral traditions and practices. Participants will learn, as well, to draw on their own knowledge of story grammar to write personal narratives. Participants will engage in such strategies as sequencing with sentence strips and identifying motifs. Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials using a variety of strategies for different purposes.
Students write competently for a variety of purposes.
If You Can't Sing . . . As schools focus on improving student performance in the classroom, teachers need to integrate the Arts into everyday curriculum. When regularly included in classroom activities, the Arts enhance student achievement and ultimately raise test scores. The purpose of this presentation is to promote teacher awareness of the connection between the Arts and standard classroom curriculum and to show teachers how to integrate Arts through a variety of activities. The participants will engage in role playing, observation, and writing in character.