Today, Kim and Megan are hosting the linky party on their blog. We are covering two chapters today…14 &15.
Chapter 14 is all about role playing, drama, pantomimes, and charades. I don’t know that I cover them all equally as well, but I do feel like I am somewhat ok at this strategy and I think a lot of it has to do with the grade level that I teach.
The more that students are able to “play” while they learn, the more they will probably remember the content because they are connecting to it physically. This year, when I turned my classroom in to an emergency room and police station…they got those skills. I tried to pick two of the hardest skills (vowels and punctuation) to “play”. They were learning while they “played”.
Chapter 15 is about storytelling…which we do a lot of in Kindergarten!
There are a lot of ways that you can incorporate re-telling in your classroom. I like giving the students pictures and letting them re-tell the story in their own words. Here are some ways that I use it in my room.
Have a great rest of your weekend!
Love that emergency room and police station! I remember seeing them in an earlier post! You are amazing!