This is one of the first things I wrote on my blog back in July 2012 when I was teaching a 16, 14, 12 and 7 year old. Narration is such a simple idea that its benefit is often questioned.
I always marvel at how *differently* my oldest three all orally narrate. As the oldest two have moved into Form 2 over the last two years, they’ve added written narrations and also studied dictation lessons. I can’t emphasize enough how effective the dictation lessons have been at helping with spelling, particularly the child who just continued to spell phonetically long after she was miles ahead in her reading abilities. So, while she doesn’t always love it, she can at least see her progress.
I like these ideas for alternative written narrations. Always helpful to get out of a rut, which I suspect may be what’s happening when I get these one sentence throw away narrations😝
I always marvel at how *differently* my oldest three all orally narrate. As the oldest two have moved into Form 2 over the last two years, they’ve added written narrations and also studied dictation lessons. I can’t emphasize enough how effective the dictation lessons have been at helping with spelling, particularly the child who just continued to spell phonetically long after she was miles ahead in her reading abilities. So, while she doesn’t always love it, she can at least see her progress.
I like these ideas for alternative written narrations. Always helpful to get out of a rut, which I suspect may be what’s happening when I get these one sentence throw away narrations😝