Ashford 5: – Week 4 – Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Storytelling

 Stories are everywhere.  They are the basis of our nightly news, our conversations at the dinner table or on the phone, and the articles we read in our local newspaper.  Children are immersed in stories just as we are, and this immersion is what helps even the very young become motivated to learn to read. Section 7.2 of the course text discusses the importance of storytelling in this process.  Through storytelling children can learn how to make sense of their world and begin to understand that we care about them (Coats, 2013).  For this post, you will be showing the necessary steps involved in effective storytelling.  After choosing a story to perform to a preschool class, discuss the following elements: The title and author of your chosen story  Why you selected that particular story  The steps you will take to prepare your story for      telling  Things to consider while performing the story  How you will model good storytelling to your students  The specific culminating questions you might ask once      you have finished the story  Which of the Common Core State      Standards for English Language Arts      for grade level K-5 (pg. 11) might be a focus for this lesson, and why? 

For this post, you can write a 200- to 300-word post describing each element above, or you can submit a video of yourself going through the steps of effective storytelling.  Whichever option you choose, be sure to post all necessary links and/or text, and address all of the elements.
 

Guided Response:  Review several of your classmates’ posts.  Imagine you are a principal.  You have observed the lesson of two of your preschool teachers and are now sitting down with them to provide feedback about their lesson.  Respond to at least two of your classmates by providing them with feedback.  What stood out as being especially effective, and why?  Did you feel that the common core standard the lesson focused on was appropriate?  Why or why not?  Were there any steps left out of the process?  If so, which ones?  Lastly, what culminating questions stood out as being effective, and why?