[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.07,0:00:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Oscar: One time, I went to Legoland. Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.20,0:00:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: Because our class\Ndoes storytelling, story acting, Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.52,0:00:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our students know and\Nrespect each other more. Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.94,0:00:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a language and literacy practice,\Nreally, but it does so much more. Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.05,0:00:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It helps the kids with their\Nsocial emotional development. Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.06,0:00:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really community\Nbuilding within the classroom. Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.09,0:00:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: I went to Legoland. Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.45,0:00:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Sarah: Amigos is a two way\Nimmersion school for students Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.68,0:00:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.47,0:00:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Amigos, we look to support biliteracy\Nin the early years by really developing Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.74,0:00:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and strengthening oral language\Nskills, and the students' ability Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.06,0:00:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell stories, understand the shape\Nof a story, and be able to share Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.26,0:00:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that with oral language in\Nboth Spanish and English. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.05,0:00:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: With my mom, my dad. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.46,0:01:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Oscar: So storytelling, story acting,\Nwe first ask a child to tell us a story, Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.51,0:01:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it could be a personal\Nstory of theirs, Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.96,0:01:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or something that they have made up. Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.95,0:01:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then when it's time to\Ndo the story acting, Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.62,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are actually seeing a visual\Nrepresentation of their story. Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.17,0:01:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And there was petals. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.22,0:01:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>We're actually working with\Nlanguage, but at the same time, Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.17,0:01:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're working with elements of a story. Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.46,0:01:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>You can use Legos to make a car. Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.22,0:01:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>It has setting, characters. Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: A brother.\N>>Noelle: Brother. Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.36,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: Each day, a different student\Nhas a turn to tell a story to me. Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.58,0:01:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>It was a family of turtles. Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.96,0:01:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: Yeah. \N>>Noelle: Ah, okay. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.91,0:01:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was a family of turtles. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.01,0:01:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>I take the story dictation\Nduring rest time. Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.30,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a quiet time, so I\Ncall the student over. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: The shark. Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.75,0:01:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>There's a shark in your story? \N>>Student: Yeah. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.47,0:01:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: It just probably\Ntakes five or ten minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.91,0:01:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tell me the story. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.10,0:01:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: Then I [speaks Spanish]. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.05,0:02:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: And often because\Nwe're a bilingual school, Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.90,0:02:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really a motivator for the kids\Nwho are just learning Spanish to try Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.21,0:02:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell the story in Spanish. Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.68,0:02:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we clean up the mats\Nand we get in our circle, Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.58,0:02:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I call the student\Nup to sit next to me. Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.23,0:02:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>There was a family of turtles. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.40,0:02:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>I read the story aloud. Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.30,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Do you want to be the baby? \N>>Student: Uh-huh. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.11,0:02:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: And then they are responsible\Nfor choosing who the actors are. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.78,0:02:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: Do you want to be the mommy? Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.71,0:02:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: We just go in a circle,\Nso it's not popularity contest, Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.90,0:02:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more of just whose turn it is. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.74,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Do you want to be the sister?\N>>Student: [speaks Spanish]. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.13,0:02:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: And they put them in their\Nplaces, and then I read the story Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.06,0:02:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a final time, and they act it out. Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.38,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>The turtle said "Hi!" to the girl. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.11,0:02:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: Hi. \N>>I'm not the girl, she is. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.69,0:02:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Noelle: Oh, so if you're a turtle,\Nthen you have to go like that. Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.56,0:02:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>For the very shy kids, it gives\Nthem a structure and a platform Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.56,0:02:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rules to be able to do that. Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.49,0:03:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And then the shark\Nate all the turtles. Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.88,0:03:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>For other kids, it gives them that\Nmuch-needed like, this is my turn. Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.48,0:03:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been wanting this all day long. Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.74,0:03:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it depends on the child. Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.10,0:03:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is very powerful for everyone\Nto have that kind of spotlight on you. Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.00,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Wow, look at the shark.