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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

PENCIL TALK STORIES

Someone emailed last week and asked for a copy of a story I created years ago called “A Walk in the Zoo.” I had forgotten all about it, but it was a good reminder of how to integrate pre-writing skills in a meaningful way.

Story symbols can help children develop top to bottom and left-to-right orientation. They’re also an engaging way to develop small motor skills. These stories should be told multiple times so children can practice the pre-writing strokes and feel more competent. You might want to do the same story every day for a week as you invite the children to recall what will come next. You could also make a tape of the story to put in a listening center. Demonstrate these stories on the board or a large chart so children will be able to copy what you do.

*Older children would probably get a kick out of creating original “pencil talk” stories.

Here's a link for "A Walk in the Zoo."
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1SnEagA4jljY0FscXBmekxxSDg/view?usp=sharing


And here's a new story for spring.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1SnEagA4jljc0J0SF95WHZnS2s/view?usp=sharing

A SPRING WALK
Let’s put a green dot at the top of the page to show us where to start. And let’s put a red dot down here at the bottom to show where our story will stop. Pick up your pencil and let’s use it to tell a story.

                           
It’s a beautiful spring day, so let’s go for a walk.
The grass is growing nice and tall.

The sun is shining in the sky.
The clouds are rolling around.
The insects buzz up and down.
The little rabbits hop around.
The kites are flying in the air.
All of a sudden, the wind starts to blow.
The wind is blowing in every direction.
Better run home as fast as we can!
Home at last!