forgetting to narrate?

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  • September 5, 2008 at 12:19 pm
    stipegang
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    We are so enjoying reading more together. My youngest is especially enjoying Among the Pond People. I continually forget to ask the children to narrate back to me though. Does anyone else do this? Do you have any tips to help me remember? OR is this a “habit” that I need to work on developing?

    Thanks!

    Cindy

    P.S. I’d put Cindy S as my signature to differentiate me from the other Cindy but she’s Cindy S also! 😀 Are you blonde too?

    September 5, 2008 at 3:28 pm
    CindyS
    Participant

    Brunette here!

    Yes, I forget when things get hectic. One thing that helps me is to keep a bookmark with narration ideas/comprehension cues in the books we’re reading. That also helps me keep things fresh as far as narration methods.

    Blessings,

    theotherCindy

    September 6, 2008 at 12:35 pm
    anthdon
    Member

    I am new to doing narration this year, so could you share some of the ideas/comprehension cues that you have on your bookmark?

    I really liked that idea.

    thanks–Donna

    ps–from one brunette to another (couldn’t help myself–too cute not to jump on!)

    September 6, 2008 at 8:02 pm
    CindyS
    Participant

    Hi Donna,

    Well, I’m not sure this is pure CM but here are the things I try to touch on:

    1. Narration – just the retelling (this is mostly it for the youngest ones).

    2. Q&A – most often allowing the child to make up and ask a question from the reading (and then telling me or a sib if we’re correct with our answer).

    3. Sequence – what happened first, next, etc.

    4. Ask what the author’s main idea is.

    5. Ask what conclusion we can reach based on what we’ve read.

    6. Some other narration method, be it an illustration, a song remembered, a scripture illustration of a point in the story (or refutation), acting it out, etc.

    These things help us to keep it fresh, though very young ones obviously will not be able to grasp all of these concepts.

    What my bookmark looks like is this:

    *Narration

    *Q&A

    *Sequence

    *Main Idea

    *Conclusion

    *Something else (draw, act, sing, Bible…)

    Blessings,

    Cindy

    P.S. Where’s Shanna? She needs to start a “So what’s your hair color thread…” 🙂

    September 7, 2008 at 7:13 pm
    anthdon
    Member

    Thanks Cindy!

    I like the concept of eveything for the bookmark–short but sweet. I will make me one today!

    Thanks again. Blessings

    Donna

    September 8, 2008 at 11:51 am
    stipegang
    Member

    I went a little overboard on your idea. 🙂 I made a rather large bookmark with different ideas on it. Over the years I’ve collected quite a few different narration prompts so I took some of my favs and typed them up. Cindy, your idea I’m sure would have been enough if I’d heard it before I typed mine up. 🙂

    Thanks,

    Cindy

    September 8, 2008 at 3:29 pm
    CindyS
    Participant

    So, Cindy, what are your ideas? I’d love to hear (read) them!

    September 9, 2008 at 6:49 pm
    stipegang
    Member

    Here’s the list I typed up: (it’s a little long and does not represent the entire list I’ve been accumulating) (sheepish grin)

    Speaking:

    *Play the part of one of the characters, reenact a scene

    *Explain what this story tells you about the character of the person we read about

    *Name 3 things the person you read about is remembered for

    *Tell me all you know about….(blue jay, founding of Rome)

    *Describe our ….. (trip to the Ocean)

    *Tell 5 things you learned from what you read

    *Tell back the story in your own words

    *Ask 5 questions covering what you read

    *Describe your favorite scene in the story you read

    *Say 3 questions you would ask if giving a test about the chapter

    *Tell what may happen next and why

    *Describe the problem and how is was or could be solved

    *Tell how you might have done things differently as a character

    *Compare how people did things back in those days with today

    *Compare a character’s worldview with a Christian worldview

    Writing:

    *Write an interview with a person in the story

    *Write a fill-in-the-blank quiz about the story

    *Write a letter (or postcard) from one character to another

    *Write an imaginary conversation between 2 characters

    *Write a book review for Amazon

    *Rewrite the end of the book

    *Make a comic strip

    *Make a family tree

    Drawing:

    *Draw a diagram of a machine or series of events you read about and explain it

    *Draw a picture of an event of one particular scene in the story

    *Draw a map of what is in the story

    Drama:

    *Dramatize and videotape a news broadcast that summarizes the events in the story

    *Write a short screenplay and perform it

    *Do a commercial for the book

    *Do a dramatic portrayal of one character

    *Give a speech nominating this book for an award

    *Dress as one of the characters and tell about the other characters from your point of view

    *Make a film preview of the book

    *Pantomime a scene for other to identify

    Building:

    *Make a model of a machine you read about

    *Set up the scene you just read about with blocks, toys, legos, etc.

    Hope this will helps spark ideas for some of you like it did for me. 😀

    Blessings,

    Cindy

    September 10, 2008 at 7:32 pm
    CindyS
    Participant

    This is great, Cindy! My printer is printing away! You are very creative.

    September 10, 2008 at 10:25 pm
    stipegang
    Member

    OH NO! Can’t take any credit for any of this. These are all copied ideas from other people! Glad it could help someone else though. 😀

    Cindy

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