Language Experience

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Language Experience
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Language Experience can be for

• Whole classroom
• Small groups
• Individual students
• With another reading program
• Can be the central reading program

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Language Experience advocateR. Van Allen

• What I can think about, I can say.
• What I can say, I can write.
• What I can write, I can read.
• I can read what I can write and what other people
  have written for me to read.

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Language Experience Examples

• These are ideas for the classroom.
• They maybe for groups of students.
• Teachers model the importance of writing.

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Our Todays

• Today is Wednesday.
• It is warm.
• Bill is sick.
• We will take a trip to the zoo.
• We will go to the park.
• Today we have gym.

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Field Trip to the Zoo

• We went to the zoo.
• We saw three monkeys.
• We saw two zebras.
• We saw an eagle.
• We saw funny prairie dogs.
• They made us laugh.

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Valentine Party!

• Today is the Valentine Party!
• We will have our party!
• We will have fun!
• We will have popcorn!
• We will have games!
• We will share Valentines!
• We will sing.
• Valentine parties are fun!

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Todays Helpers

• Bobby will pass the milk.
• John will pass the crackers.
• Michael will pass out the paint brushes.
• Helen will pass out the paste.
• George will pass out the scissors.

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Happy Birthday!

• Today is Saras birthday!
• She is seven.
• We will sing to Sara.
• We will read to Sara.
• We will have a party.
• Happy Birthday, Sara!

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Directions for Small Group Projects

• Recipe
• Pour cake mix in bowl.
• Add 1 cup water and 1 egg.
• Stir
• Call Mrs. Sterling.

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Directions for Small Group Projects

• Art Project
• Here is some paper.
• Fold it.
• Make a book.
• Draw pictures.
• Tell us about it.

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Individual Students
Sentence with a picture
Me sitting in a giant Easter basket
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Individual Students
Once upon a timethere was a mom thatloved her
children.
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Tools to Explore Language

• Taking students from what they know to the
  unknown
• Risk-free environment
• Early writing accepted/encouraged
• Standard writing will come later

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Language Experience

• Needs to be done over at least two class periods
• First class period writing and reading what has
  been written
• Second class period reinforce the reading and
  what they wrote