Strive-for-Five Conversations

This should be on a reading list for all teachers working with young elementary students. Great ideas for building oral and literacy skills for all students.

Purchased as a resource book for reading small groups. I wanted to learn some tips for directing small group discussion related to reading. This is geared more for PreK - 2 grade on how to engage students in more in depth conversations. It would be very helpful as a resource. It also has great tips for parents on how to foster the conversation learning process at home. I have picked up a few ideas on how to incorporate some of the skills in my small groups.

This book contains excellent ideas for boosting children's oral language to ensure they are prepared for--and enjoy--instruction in reading and writing. The authors offer a simple framework for engaging children in rich conversations to boost their vocabulary, understanding of language structures, verbal reasoning skills, and knowledge of themselves and the world--and, by doing so, fill a huge gap in the science-of-reading conversation! Plus, they offer loads of children's book suggestions, teaching ideas, and demonstration videos. This book has changed the way I teach and my students learn!

Excellent read for educators of our youngest students. I’ve read it cover to cover twice…and will likely go back to it again!

As the authors mentioned, 'talking is teaching,' this concept deeply resonates with me as an early childhood and special education teacher. This book would be an invaluable asset in any classroom toolkit. I wholeheartedly endorse it for anyone seeking research-backed methods to enhance young children's oral language skills. The thorough explanation of how to scaffold conversations between teachers and students to match students' levels of understanding can be applied across all teaching contexts, building and strengthening their knowledge. The conversational strategies outlined in the book can help develop students' communication skills and vocabulary. Additionally, I appreciate the suggestions provided for students who are nonverbal communicators. I am enjoying implementing the 'Strive for Five' approach, aiming for five conversational turns with every young child I interact with regularly.

With the Science of Reading being all the buzz right now this book was a good read for new and seasoned teachers! I teach a high school Child Development class with a preschool embedded into my program. I’m going to incorporate a lot of the tips from this book. In the pictures I tried to show the QR codes that are throughout this book. The links take you to videos examples as well as free resources!

Steps to enable learners to talk, learning to write.

A good way to make positive change for students

As advertised, great product, speedy delivery

This educator friendly read has excellent evidence based language comprehension practices that can easily be utilized in the classroom!