Graphic organisers are commonly use to enhance a child’s thought process. I frequently use them for various purposes in Teaching English to my students.
These sites have quite a variety of printable graphic organisers
For this post I have chosen the picture of the beach as the topic that I will be focusing on.
By listing out what Ryan had said in a graphic organiser he is shown how he can organise and develop his thoughts and put them into linking sentences. From the sentences that I elicited from him I made him elaborate and give more details about the activities that he had carried out.
In the next and final part( Part 5) I will be focusing on how to teach Ryan how to use past tense for writing instead of present tense.
The little girl is reading the storybook with her daddy.
I read storybook with mummy and Roy.
I though him to use the words.
In the Morning, Later , After and at night before bed
to join the sentences that he had earlier mentioned and we wrote down together.
The completed essay reads:
In the morning,Mummy wash and hang up the clothes
Later ,mummy cook dinner for me.Macaroni and cheese. My favourite.
At night before bed we sit together and read storybook .
The essay is not gramatically correct as he should have been using the past tense instead of the present tense. However since the emphasis is on building up the storyline it is quite an achievement for him I will teach him on when to use the correct tenses another time.
This right brain activity is suitable for kids from 4-6 years old.
For other examples on story sequencing cards you can get some printables from DLTK
Learning Goals for this activity:
Children will be able to:
-identify different object pictures.
-follow the sequence of the pictures to tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
– create their own stories using the picture cards.
