Using Clicker with traditional stories
Traditional stories are an important aspect of literacy for young children. They are diverse in culture, rich in language and structure, and often contain moral lessons and themes. These stories provide children with opportunities to analyze story elements, develop critical thinking skills and discuss character development.
Here are just some of our fantastic resources from LearningGrids’ Story Corner that you can use to support your students as they explore traditional stories.
1. Clicker Books
Introduce a traditional story such as, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, using Clicker Books - Read a Book. These are perfect for reading aloud to your whole class or for individual students to listen to the story using the speech feedback tool. The text follows the familiar fairy tale structure and is a great starting point for discussing story elements and character development.
2. Clicker Boards
Clicker Boards are an easy-to-use mind mapping tool for students to gather and plan out ideas. These can be used by individual children and small groups or to promote discussion with the whole class. Traditional stories have strong characters that can grow and change. These characters can prompt students to think more deeply about their traits, choices, and challenges. Students can quickly and easily add text and an audio recording to the Clicker Board.
3. Connect Sets
Our curriculum team has created a bank of differentiated activities that serve a range of student needs. These resources are found in LearningGrids and cover a wide range of topics and subject areas.
Connect Sets offer students more autonomy when building sentences and encourage the use of key vocabulary, phrases, and punctuation. They can be used following a read aloud to check for understanding and to address specific needs or misconceptions. Teachers can then tailor their lessons and plan for future instruction.
If you are looking for more traditional stories, that are supported by a range of literacy activities, check out our growing collection in the Story Corner.
For other literacy resources that are great for young learners, look at these blogs:
