Storytelling

Teacher models and tells several stories
 * include all teachers in classroom
 * focus on one small moment
 * model thinking, processing and planning before actually telling a story
 * model what kind of stories are good to tell (ones you remember lots of details about and might be interesting for someone else to hear)

Choose students to tell stories
 * choose students ahead of time and make sure their story is clear
 * have other students share something they understood from the story and questions they have
 * keep a class list to make sure each child has a chance to tell a story (continue this through the school year during morning meeting)

Teacher then refers back to one of the stories and models how to organize their story into a 3 page book
 * thinks aloud and writes story in front of students
 * illustrates several page