Playlist: Conversations in the Classroom: Making Meaning
Description
This "Playlist" includes: Building Oral Language Skills, Language and Comprehension Skills through Small Groups, Real and Meaningful Discourse
Topics
Competencies
This "Playlist" includes: Building Oral Language Skills, Language and Comprehension Skills through Small Groups, Real and Meaningful Discourse
Topics
- Literacy
- Oral Language
- Responsive Interactions
Competencies
- Knowledge: Teachers understand that oral language through everyday conversation with children is the foundation for early literacy skills and reinforces skills necessary for reading comprehension.
- Skills: Teachers are skilled at having meaningful conversations with their children throughout the day that builds vocabulary, complex grammar and sentence structure, and complex thinking.
- Mindset: Teachers believe that having meaningful conversations empower children, providing them the opportunities to lead their own conversations with their particular interests and perspectives.