SPEAKING:
"Oral language is the foundation of literacy. Through listend and speaking, people communicate thoughts, feelings, experiences, informaion
and opinins, and learn to understand themselves and other. Oral language carries a community's stories, valuse, beliefs and traditions. Listening and speaking enable students to explore ideas and concepts, as well as to understand an organize their experiences an knowledge. Students use oral language to learn, solve problems and reach goals. To become discerning, lifelong learners, students need to develop fluency and confidence in their oral language abilities. They benifit from many opportunities to listen and speak, both informally, for a varitey of purposes and with a variety of audiences." Alberta Program of Studies
Educators: Encourage your students to orally deliver thier work. With my short story unit the grand finale is a "Short Story Cafe," an open mic
opportunity to share their work with their peers. I am congziant of the fact that many do not feel comfortable presenting in front of
a crowd, for these students I have made allowences. They need to present a proposal for how they might orally present their work.
It can be in the form of a you tube video, they may talk it into thier phone and have a reader's theatre with a classmate.
Other opportunities in the classroom are to have speeches or debates. If you shcool has crossgraded activities encourage your older
students to read aloud to younger grades.
Parents: Have your children read aloud to you two or three times a week. This can happen while you are making supper or right before bed, also
reading in the car is a great idea. Have older children read to younger children. Also I encourage you to take a look into your local 4-H
program. This club offers fantastic life skills that include record keeping, parlimentary procedure and most importantly public speaking.
They also have a scholarship program.
Students: Read to your younger siblings. Read to your caregivers. Check with your local library, they may have a story telling/reading program
that requires volunteers.
"Oral language is the foundation of literacy. Through listend and speaking, people communicate thoughts, feelings, experiences, informaion
and opinins, and learn to understand themselves and other. Oral language carries a community's stories, valuse, beliefs and traditions. Listening and speaking enable students to explore ideas and concepts, as well as to understand an organize their experiences an knowledge. Students use oral language to learn, solve problems and reach goals. To become discerning, lifelong learners, students need to develop fluency and confidence in their oral language abilities. They benifit from many opportunities to listen and speak, both informally, for a varitey of purposes and with a variety of audiences." Alberta Program of Studies
Educators: Encourage your students to orally deliver thier work. With my short story unit the grand finale is a "Short Story Cafe," an open mic
opportunity to share their work with their peers. I am congziant of the fact that many do not feel comfortable presenting in front of
a crowd, for these students I have made allowences. They need to present a proposal for how they might orally present their work.
It can be in the form of a you tube video, they may talk it into thier phone and have a reader's theatre with a classmate.
Other opportunities in the classroom are to have speeches or debates. If you shcool has crossgraded activities encourage your older
students to read aloud to younger grades.
Parents: Have your children read aloud to you two or three times a week. This can happen while you are making supper or right before bed, also
reading in the car is a great idea. Have older children read to younger children. Also I encourage you to take a look into your local 4-H
program. This club offers fantastic life skills that include record keeping, parlimentary procedure and most importantly public speaking.
They also have a scholarship program.
Students: Read to your younger siblings. Read to your caregivers. Check with your local library, they may have a story telling/reading program
that requires volunteers.
