Classroom conversations are important for strengthening young children’s language comprehension, leading to later reading success. This session introduces the Strive-for-Five framework that can help early childhood teachers orchestrate conversations that are responsive to students and challenge their thinking. Focusing on the strands of Scarborough’s Rope, the session will illustrate how teachers can have back-and-forth conversations to grow children’s language comprehension by asking open-ended questions, modeling academic language, and providing differentiated scaffolds. (Target audience: preschool through grade 2)
