development matters reading help

[Guest]

what would you be looking for when assessing if a chld is demonstrating this statement?

 

• Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured (30-50 band)

thanks!

[LKeyteach]

I would be listening to children tell storied. Do they realise beginning middle & end.

Some children might start with once upon a time before the start to talk or finish with "the end"

Little girl this week " happily ever after"

I know modern stories don't necessarily have these so children may not know these classic phrases but you can generally tell if child realise there is a beginning and end to a story.

My interpretation.

[Wildflowers]

We make up stories together, first establishing the 'who', 'where' and 'when' before the 'what'. For some children we need to give suggestions for the last two. Then we go around, encouraging the children to add a part to the story line. The adult leading says 'How does the story begin?' and 'How does it end?' We summarise occasionally, to keep all engaged, and say 'What happened next? and so on. For assessments, we listen to how they contribute and ask questions about the story we made.

[Fredbear]

Children are aware of a narrative structure such as the beginning, the bulk ( middle) and the end.

We make up stories like Wilflowers, it's amazing where it takes us sometimes.

[finleysmaid]

also asking about well known stories....now how does this one begin? then what happens ? and finally??

[finleysmaid]

actually thinking about previous responses....does this mean to others that if a child cannot speak they are unable to do this? or would you consider putting pictures in to the correct order would also confirm your assessment?

[Wildflowers]

[...] does this mean to others that if a child cannot speak they are unable to do this? or would you consider putting pictures in to the correct order would also confirm your assessment?

I think it depends on which level of understanding of stories you are looking for - if only the beginning-middle-end aspect or also the who-where-when aspect (characters, setting and time).

[Fredbear]

Yes I'm sure this would still be possible by use of pictures or symbols if speech is not used, as they would still have to be aware to put them into a relevant order for the story to flow and make sense.

[Wildflowers]

Are we only looking for sequencing?

[Fredbear]

Sequencing is a form of structure, so having an awareness in the reading of a book would be the starting point. The what if, why, what might happen, could be part of this.

[Wildflowers]

The sequencing part of the structure is clear to me (including the what if, why, what might happen), but what about identifying main characters and setting of story (who, where and when) - do they need to be able to identify that as part of the structure?

[Fredbear]

I think the ( who, where and when) would come under describing main story settings, story setting events and principal characters, which is also within the 30/50 band too.

[Guest]

thanks a lot! good to hear everyone else's opinions x :mellow: