October 14th 2011Field Trip Day

Storytelling • Transcends all ages, learning styles

and abilities• Oldest and most powerful teaching

and learning method• Promotes inventive thinking and

problem solving

Curriculum Connections - TEKS

• 110.6 TEKS for 4th Grade English Language Arts and Reading

• Knowledge and Skills– Listening/speaking/purpose– Listening/speaking/ critical listening– Listening/speaking/appreciation– Listening/speaking/culture

• Student Tellers– Listening/speaking/audiences

Curriculum Connections - TEKS

• 110.6 Language Arts• 113.6 Social Studies• 117.14 Art• 117.15 Music• 117.16 Theatre

Student Tellers

High Quality Field Trip

• Professional Storytellers• 8th Annual Lone Star

Storytelling Festival• Professional Venue• Frisco ISD Annual

Supporter• Expert Event Planning• Storytelling Librarians

What the Research Says…

• Writing skills are strengthened • Vocabularies are expanded• Visualization skills are expanded• Memory is enhanced• Attention spans are stretched• Understand and appreciate different cultures• Connections developed between past, present, and future

www.storynet-advocacy.org/edu/quantitative-studies.shtm

KIDS LOVE IT!

KIDS REALLY LOVE IT!