Content Area Reading, Writing, and Storytelling: A Dynamic Tool for Improving Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum through Oral Language Developm (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781591587019)

Through a balance of pedagogy and practice, Ellis gives teachers the skills and confidence they need to become better storytellers. The book includes dozens of great stories and classroom-tested lesson plans to help students improve reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. With better reading skills, students' ability to learn content will also improve. By telling their own stories students will also learn creative writing strategies.

The preface and introduction recount current research, while providing inspiration for teachers to learn and tell stories. Each subsequent chapter explores one content area, Reading, Math, Science, etc. There is also a series of interdisciplinary units. What makes this project unique is that each chapter offers several exciting, easy-to-learn stories and reproducible pages for a ready-to-use handouts. Lesson plans include detailed strategies for their application, as well as links to national learning standards. Grades K-6

Author: Brian Ellis
ISBN-10: 1591587018
ISBN-13: 9781591587019
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 202