Narrative+Skills

Beg/Middle/End Narrative Skills 10/15/2009

Sing The More We Get Together/ The More We Read Together

Today’s RTR lesson is on  **Narrative Skills **– For children this is the expressive part of language, being able to describe things, to tell what happened, to retell stories. This skill helps children later __understand__ what they read. Think about it, when we hear something we kind of get it, but when we can tell or explain it to someone else, we really understand. Today we will read and retell stories focusing on the **Beginning, Middle ** and **End **. The first story is about a family’s adventures on a bear hunt. Prepositions – in, on, under, around, over. Read **We’re Going on a Bear Hunt ** Play with prepositions Use a rope to make a circle and tell everyone to jump - in, on, under, over. . ..

Our next story is about a family of goats that has to cross a bridge to get food Have children retell the story with felt board. Talk about what happens first, next and last
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Read The Three Billy Goats Gruff **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside: __**<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Giving your children props or aids to retell stories makes it easier for them to remember the story. Children can retell the story and make up and tell you their own, both ways help develop narrative skills.

Where How can you tell Season Happy /Sad
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Dialogic Reading – All About Where – **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">which prepositions?
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside __****<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> As you read books with your children, you can often keep their **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">attention longer **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> by **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">involving them **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> in the story. This is called **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Dialogic Reading **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> since you are having a dialog. Try to ask **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">open-ended questions **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> -- ones that cannot be answered with just a yes or no. You are giving them an opportunity to talk and share their ideas with you.

London Bridge is falling down Take the keys and lock her up Falling down, falling down Lock her up, lock her up London Bridge is falling down Take the keys and lock her up My fair lady. My fair lady. <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sing London Bridge **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Theme Talk: __**<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> I’d like each of us to think of something we think tastes good. What do you think makes it taste good? Everyone think of something. Now I want you to find a partner. The partner can be another child or a grownup. Now the first person tells their partner what they think tastes good. Then the other person gets to say what they think tastes good. Go ahead.

__<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">**Adult Aside:** __<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> This kind of interaction with your children helps develop their narrative skills and expressive language. <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Sing Razzama Tazzama //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Chorus: //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Bim bom bim bom razzama tazzama Tish tosh tish tosh wally woo woo Bim bom bim bom razzama tazzama Tish tosh tish tosh wally woo woo.

Stand up, sit down Up again and turn around (2x)//Chorus//

Hands on your head, hands on your knees When you have a cold, it makes you sneeze (2x)//Chorus//

Elbows front, elbows back When you are a duck, you go quack, quack, quack (2x)//Chorus//