Posted on December 13, 2023 by childrenslearninginstitute
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December 13, 2023
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Engaging in frequent, meaningful conversation during the early years of schooling is foundational for children’s literacy development. Specifically, developing oral language through daily conversations is essential for language comprehension, and eventually, reading comprehension. In this article, we discuss how teachers can use the Strive-for-Five framework to strategically engage students (preschool through Grade 1) in meaningful back-and-forth conversations. Using Scarborough’s Reading Rope, we illustrate how teachers can elevate the quality of conversations to enhance literacy knowledge, vocabulary, verbal reasoning, background knowledge, and language structures.
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Adapted from Strive-for-Five Conversations: A Framework That Gets Kids Talking to Accelerate Their Language Comprehension & Literacy copyright © 2023 by Tricia A. Zucker and Sonia Q. Cabell. Published by Scholastic Inc. Reprinted by permission.
Citation:
Cabell, S.Q. and Zucker, T.A. (2024), Using Strive-for-Five Conversations to Strengthen Language Comprehension in Preschool through Grade One. Read Teach. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2266
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https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2266
