Telling Stories With Photo Essays: A Guide for PreK-5 Teachers - Hardcover

Thompson, Susan A. Conklin; Williams, Kayenta N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 141296458X ISBN 13: 9781412964586

Publisher: Corwin, 2009

Synopsis

"The authors offer a wealth of ways to engage children in expressing meaning and documenting experiences through photographs. They provide all the practical help teachers need to use this exciting medium to expand children′s ways of perceiving, representing, and thinking about their world."
―Carol Copple, Director of Publications and Initiatives in Educational Practice
National Association for the Education of Young Children

Give children new ways to express their thoughts and ideas!

When children create photo essays, they are encouraged to share their thoughts in an authentic and personal way. This creative new resource offers teachers ready-to-use tools and strategies for involving children in creating photo essays as a way to communicate ideas, experiences, and emotions.

Teachers will discover how to inspire children to capture the aesthetics of their environment, document historical events and personal stories, keep a record of what they learn, and become advocates for causes as they explore responsible citizenship. The book offers ideas and examples that illustrate how photo essays can be used:

• As part of portfolios to record what children have learned
• To help boost the confidence of struggling writers, including English language learners and children with special needs
• As an alternate assessment format to engage challenged students
• To meet state and national standards

Photo essay activities are ideal for any teacher looking for new ways to nurture student expression, excitement, and creativity in the classroom.

About this title

About the Authors

Susan Conklin Thompson is a professor at the University of Northern Colorado, where she coordinates the early childhood program and teaches early childhood and elementary education courses. Thompson has authored numerous articles, two multicultural books for children, and eight books for teachers, including Children as Illustrators: Making Meaning through Art and Language (National Association for the Education of Young Children). She has been the recipient of several university awards for teaching excellence and outstanding research and scholarship and in 2001 was awarded the Early Childhood Professional of the Year Award by the Wyoming Early Childhood Association.

Kayenta Williams holds an MFA in creative writing and has worked extensively with English language learners as an elementary ELL teacher. She has authored both fiction and nonfiction work, including an article in Social Studies and the Young Learner entitled “Photo Essays: Using Photography to Tell a Story”, which she co-authored with Susan Conklin Thompson.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 141296458X
• ISBN 13: 9781412964586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152