Video of Storyasking - Nappy Nap
Here's a 9 minute video of me asking the Thanksgiving story "Nappy Nap". This is a level one class of 28 students. (It can be a slightly...
Story Script - Nappy Nap
Nappy Nap pounds (lbs) after eating takes a nap Jeremy eats 999.9 pounds of mashed potatoes. After eating them, Jeremy takes a nap. He...
¡Aló Clase! (Pass the Telephone)
In the past I've come into class, maybe once a month, and sat at my desk in the back of the room and talked with students from there....
A Sad Thing
I've been reminding students this week about the fact that we need to process messages in order to acquire language. We have to...
Story Script - Hunting Season
Hunting Season (The 4 Seasons) hunts shoots In the Fall, Joe hunts deer. He hunts them with a cucumber. He shoots seeds at them with the...
Rookie Mistake
Friday I made a rookie mistake. It had to do with the reading I typed up for the class. It was too difficult. There were at least 2 words...
Soaked in Words
I have this quote framed and hanging on the wall leading into my classroom. Download pdf file here.
Andrew E Reports: Shorter vs Longer Story Readings
Andrew E from out in Nebraska commented in a previous post here about simplifying the stories he reads with his classes: Ok I did a...
Bedtime Story Script - The Unscary Ghost
Once upon a time there was a ghost that lived in an old house on a dark street. But the ghost had a problem. The ghost wasn't scary. The...
