Teaching with story : classroom connections to storytelling

Book

Teaching with story : classroom connections to storytelling / Margaret Read MacDonald, Jennifer MacDonald Whitman, and Nathaniel Forrest Whitman.

MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940- (author.). Whitman, Jennifer MacDonald, (author.). Whitman, Nathaniel Forrest, (author.).

Summary:

This resource book includes everything teachers or librarians need to know for using storytelling in their classrooms. It covers a range of topics known as the 7Cs, including recommendations for using storytelling to enliven the curriculum, ways to develop literacy and language skills, models for building character, techniques for learning to tell stories, tips for teaching creativity and ways to build community. It even includes ready to tell tales with useful tips for "tellers" along with valuable references for teachers. It also correlates these learning activities with the Common Core Standards.

Record details

ISBN: 9781939160720
ISBN: 1939160723
Physical Description: 227 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: Atlanta : August House, Inc., 2013.
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: Grandfather Bear is Hungry: Even tale from Siberia -- Community: Building community in your classroom through storytelling -- Character: Forming character through storytelling -- Communication: Using story to develop language and literacy skills -- Curriculum: Enlivening and expanding curriculum with story -- Cultural connections: Exploring cultures through their stories -- Creativity: Creating divergent thinkers and extending stories with the arts -- Confidence: Turning your students into tellers -- Storytelling and learning a new language -- Storytelling for special needs audiences -- Fixing a tale in your mind: One quick way to learn a story -- Happily ever after: Becoming a narrative leader in your school! -- Storytelling and the Common Core Standards -- Research supports storytelling in the classroom -- Resources to take you further -- Storytelling in the classroom from A-Z.