Hi Lara,
I think providing young readers with concrete symbols can provide powerful scaffolds for reading comprehension. Do you use these symbols in writing workshop as well?
We have been studying fairy tales for a couple of weeks now in our reading workshop and our writing workshop. We began by reading various "classic" fairy tales and charting certain elements from these tales. I wanted the students to begin to make generalizations about the genre. You can check out the anchor chart here. Then we narrowed our focus and began reading versions of Little Red Riding Hood. The kids LOVED all the different versions. Check out our book list. We charted some elements of a few of our favorites so the students could see the connections between the stories and begin to think about how they might change certain elements of the story. I have tried to re-create some of our chart. The students are now writing their own versions of the Little Red Riding Hood story, and I am so impressed with their creativity. I will post one or two in the next week so you can check them out!
Frances
Monday, March 5, 2012
Century old stories are here to stay!
Hey Fran,
How is the fairy tale study shaping up? I have been using the book, Fairy Tales in the Classroom: Teaching Students to Write Stories With Meaning Through Traditional Tales by Veronika Martenova Charles http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tales-Classroom-Teaching-Traditional/dp/1554550203 this year. The author lays out a very concrete path of symbols that take the reader through the common moves(elements) found in fairy tales. After the class builds a "path of symbols" for a tale that was read aloud, they create their own version using the same symbols (elements). These lessons have provided the most powerful sense of story to my first graders. Lastly, while my students are engaged in these lessons they are hitting all the bases - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing!
I wanted you to see some of the sweet Valentine Pattern Cards based off of Honey I Love.
I have posted the lesson on the Corestand site http://corestand.com/valentine-pattern-book-cards.html
Next, I will be posting more about retelling (promise)and I have been thinking a lot about what it might mean to "round out" the curriculum.
Lara
How is the fairy tale study shaping up? I have been using the book, Fairy Tales in the Classroom: Teaching Students to Write Stories With Meaning Through Traditional Tales by Veronika Martenova Charles http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tales-Classroom-Teaching-Traditional/dp/1554550203 this year. The author lays out a very concrete path of symbols that take the reader through the common moves(elements) found in fairy tales. After the class builds a "path of symbols" for a tale that was read aloud, they create their own version using the same symbols (elements). These lessons have provided the most powerful sense of story to my first graders. Lastly, while my students are engaged in these lessons they are hitting all the bases - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing!
I wanted you to see some of the sweet Valentine Pattern Cards based off of Honey I Love.
I have posted the lesson on the Corestand site http://corestand.com/valentine-pattern-book-cards.html
Next, I will be posting more about retelling (promise)and I have been thinking a lot about what it might mean to "round out" the curriculum.
Lara
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