Effective Techniques for Developing Oral Language
Book Walks
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Form o Model unusual sentence structure
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Content o Activate background knowledge o Discuss unfamiliar words
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Function o Get children to make predictions o Model making connections o Encourage children to share similar experiences
Let’s Predict
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Content o Find word relationships
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Function o Get children to make predictions restaurant highway
Vocabulary Prediction: The Paper Crane by Molly Bang host crane fly gentle poor flute dance stranger clap hands paper
Prediction: “I think the story will be about a crane that flies to a restaurant and meets a stranger who is poor. The stranger plays a flute and the crane does a gentle dance. Everybody claps their hands because it is so beautiful. And then a man driving down the highway stops to buy a paper and sees the crane dance.”
Questions and Comments o Function o The ability to answer questions and carry on a conversation
Ask open-ended questions o What does that remind you of? o What happened when you . . .? o How will he . . .? o Why do you think that?
Make comments to their response that encourage them to say mor
Think/Pair/Share
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Function o Talk for purpose o Talk with a partner and as a group
Belinda Clift MPS Intervention/Remediation Committee 9/10/07

Belinda Clift MPS Intervention/Remediation Committee 9/10/07