Beyond the flannel board : story-retelling strategies across the curriculum /

When children are taught specific skills to be able to listen to a story and retell the sequence of events, there are positive impacts on reading comprehension, vocabulary and oral language development. Early childhood educators often hold misconceptions, many of which are quite embedded in their pr...

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Main Author: McWilliams, M. Susan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota : Redleaf Press, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:When children are taught specific skills to be able to listen to a story and retell the sequence of events, there are positive impacts on reading comprehension, vocabulary and oral language development. Early childhood educators often hold misconceptions, many of which are quite embedded in their practice, about story retelling. This book demystifies for teachers the story retelling experience by taking it apart and then building it back up again through a developmental lens.
Physical Description:xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.
ISBN:9781605544861
1605544868