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Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills

A program for 5 year olds.This learning resource contains a instructional manual along with a selection of cards and posters.

Designed by Speech Pathologists for use in early childhood centres.

The manual outlines what constitutes 5 year old news telling and narrative ability and how to explicitly develop age appropriate skills.

Guidelines for whole class, small group and individualised programs.

Parent education sheets.

Simple Pre-Test and Post-Test formats.

Card sets and posters make this an ideal full year classroom resource.

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A program for 9 to 12 year olds.

Visit our website www.pld-literacy.org to view these and other learning resources.

Instructional Manual

Listen and Speaking A3 Colour Posters

ObjectBasedNews A3 Colour Poster and 9 x A5 Colour Cards

3 Step Activity Retells 2 x A3 Colour Poster and 9 x A5 Colour Cards

EventBasedNews A3 Colour Poster and 8 x A5 Colour CardsPack Contents

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Written by Lisa EdenburgIllustrated by Deborah Walter

Edited by Diana Rigg

RevisedEdition2010DevelopingNewsTellingandNarrativeSkills.Aprogramfor5yearolds.

ISBN978-1-921560-39-2

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Developing News Telling and

Narrative Skills

A program for 5 year olds.

Designed by Speech Pathologists for use in early childhood centres.

The manual outlines what constitutes 5 year old news telling and narrative ability and how to explicitly develop age appropriate skills.

Guidelines for whole class, small group and individualised programs.

Parent education sheets.

Simple Pre-Test and Post-Test formats.

Card sets and posters make this an ideal full year classroom resource.

A Learning Resource for Key Area: Oral Language


2 DevelopingNewsTellingandNarrativeSkills(5YearOlds) PLDOrganisationPty.Ltd. ANoteFromTheAuthors

A Note From The Authors…Aschildrenenterschoolasfiveyearoldstheycontinuetomakethestepsthatmovethemfrom conversations to literate language. This can be a daunting step for all involved but “DevelopingNewsTellingandNarrativeSkills”isdesignedtomakethejourneyeasier.Thestrategies used in this book are linked to later developing narrative skills, just as pre-literacy skills are the foundation skills for spelling and reading development. It is critical that teachers and parents assist children in the development of language and narrative skills as they are a crucial component and predictor of later interpretative reading and writing success.

“DevelopingNews Telling andNarrative Skills” attempts to break down news and earlynarrative skills into simple sequential steps for teachers and parents to follow with children. The program trains parents and teachers to identify where children need to develop and strengthentheirskillsandpresentsspecifictechniquesandsupportstodoso.Theprogramprovides simple activities and visual cues that are designed to be incorporated into classroom and home environments utilising activities that occur every day.

The program provides: •assessmentandmonitoringprocedures •planningandprogrammingsupports • visualsupportsandactivityideas • techniquesandstrategiestodevelopandacceleratelanguageskills.

Newstellingisachallengeforstudentsandteachers,however,practiceisthekeyandthemore students are exposed to the language associated with telling news the more their expressive language will improve.

Lisa Edenburg Diana RiggBSc(Psych), MSc(SpPath), CPSP BArts(Ed), BEd, CPP Dyslexia (UK), MEd, MSc(SpPath)

Overview Of Contents

Introduction

ANotefromtheAuthor 2 Introduction 3 Why is Oral Language Important? 4 - 5

5 Year Old News Telling and Narrative Implementation Process 6

Preparing For Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills

Promoting a Speaking and Listening Environment 8

Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills

Level1–ObjectBasedNews(ShowandTell) 14-29 Level 2 – Three Step Activity Retells

using a variety of joining words 30 - 46 Level3–EventBasedNews 47-61

Developmental Milestones Sheets 62 - 64Sample© PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd.

34 DevelopingNewsTellingandNarrativeSkills(5YearOlds) PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd. Three Step Activity Retells

Guidelines Structuring Activity Retells As A Small Group Activity

To be led by a teacher, education assistant (EA) or parent helper in the classroom

Aims Of Whole Class Activity

• Toprovidetheteacher/EAmoreunderstandingof,andopportunitytoworkwith,studentswhoare unable to retell activities at an age appropriate level.

• Togivestudentsopportunitytopracticeactivityretellsinalessdauntingorallanguageenviron-ment than when at a whole class level.

• Toincreaseteacher/EAawarenessofhowtosupportactivityretellscarriedoutintheclassroom. • Toprovideanopportunityforrepeatedexposuresandmodelsofactivityretells. • Tothoroughlyinvolvestudentsintheactivityretellprocedure.

Suggestions For Small Group Layout

Set UpArrange the students so they are sitting in agroupon thefloor. Teacher sitsat frontofgroup with a pathway of hoops with a visual cue in each hoop in between. Have students take turns walking through the hoops retelling the activity.

OR

Alternative Set UpTeacher and students sit in a circle around a desk. Place the activity retelling cues on the desk so all the students can see them. Model the activity the students are to complete us-ing the language expected in their retells and pointing to the relevant cues. Allow them to complete the activity and then take turns re-telling the activity.

• Scheduleactivityretells immediatelyaftertheactivitysostudentsarestill familiarwiththeactivity.

• Tellthestudentsthatitistimetoretelltheiractivityandtheyhavetolistencarefullysotheycan ask questions at the end.

• Ifyouhavestudentsthatareparticularlycompetentatactivityretellsyoumaychoosethemto model asking the student telling their activity a question at the end or recap the student’s activity retell for the other group members.


42 DevelopingNewsTellingandNarrativeSkills(5YearOlds) PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd. Three Step Activity Retells

Post-Test - 5 Year Old Three Step Activity RetellsIn retelling tasks, speakers independently organize and maintain extended discourse. It is essential that when collecting a retelling sample for testing purposes that no prompting, prior modelling or assistance is provided to the student. Aim to collect a sample that is representative of the student’s independent level of functioning.When testing students it is suggested that the same activity is used for all students and digital recordings are made.

Student Name: Date Of Testing:

Administered By: Activity Used:

Teaching context prior to testing: Structure Frequency Lead by

Whole Class

Small Group

Individual

Other _____________________

Weekly

Fortnightly

Individual

Other ____________________

Teacher

Education Assistant

Parent

Other ____________________

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Three Steps Retold In Order


Teaching Plan For Student: Use if post test is administered before the end of allocated time period for teaching

Structure Frequency Lead by

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Small Group

Individual

Other ________________________

Weekly

Fortnightly

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Other ________________________

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Education Assistant

Parent

Other ________________________



Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills. A Program For 5 Year Olds. Object Based News Cards.

9 x A5 Sized Cards


Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills. A Program For 5 Year Olds. Three Step Activity Retell Cards.

9 x A5 Sized Cards


Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills. A Program For 5 Year Olds. Event Based News Cards.

8 x A5 Sized Cards

ISBN 978-1-921560-73-6www.pld-literacy.org

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