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- Language and stories can be a source of creativity and joy. (K)
Identity, voice, self and community.
- Everyone has a unique story. (K)
Increase feelings of connection to others.
Broadening perspectives and increasing perspective taking and empathy.
- Stories help us learn about ourselves and our families. (K)
- Stories help us learn about ourselves, our families, and our communities. (Gr. 2)
- Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world. (Gr.4)
- Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world. (Gr. 4)
- Text can be understood from different perspectives. (Gr. 4)
- Exploring and sharing multiple perspectives extends our thinking. (Gr. 6)
- People understand texts differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives. (Gr. 8)
Increased personal skills, techniques, competencies.
- Stories can be told through pictures and words. (K)
- Everyone can be a reader and can create stories. (K)
- Everyone can be a reader and a writer. (Gr. 2)
- Listening and speaking builds our understanding and helps us learn. (K)
- Listening and speaking helps us explore, share, and develop our ideas. (Gr. 2)
- Listening carefully helps us learn. (Gr.4)
Creating social change through expression.
- Language can shape ideas and influence others. (Gr. 8)
- Texts are socially, culturally, and historically constructed. (Gr. 8)
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