11/21/2018 0 Comments wordless videos As teachers who are passionate about literacy, we are consistently looking for new and exciting additions to our writing and reading programs, that we can with our students to enhance the curriculum. Last year we started incorporating wordless animated movie clips. There are a number of animations on YouTube, and it can seem daunting to sort through, and find which ones work, however, it's a great way to teach the communication core competency piece. We often begin our discussions around how there are many means of communication, separate from oral language and reading. We have compiled a list of our favourites below, to ignite conversations around growth mindset, problem-solving, and kindness. In our writers workshop, we often pause the video halfway, and encourage students to write an ending, with their predictions. We have used these videos in our storytelling workshops, to help students add language to the beginning, middle, or end of a story. We have also used them to write learning stories, where the class participates as a whole, to write a group story. Devina or I will type out their story on the projector, and help scaffold plot elements and character development. Growth Mindset
Problem solving
storytelling: beginning, middle and end
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