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Presented by Jessica Rodriguez

Creative
Storytelling
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TEACHER LEADER
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STANDARDS
NEA Teacher Leader Standards: Domain I: Fostering a collaborative culture to
support educator development and student learning.

ISTE Educator Standards: 2.4 Collaborator Educators dedicate time to

collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover
and share resources and ideas, and solve problems.

CSTP 4.4 Planning instruction that incorporates appropriate strategies to meet

the learning needs of all students.
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ALDAMA ELEMENTARY

Aldama is known for it’s Dual Language

Program where students receive
instruction in both English and Spanish. It
is also home to many gifted students. Our
goal is to provide differentiation to meet
our students need but also make sure
they are provided with rigorous work.
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CREATIVITY

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Our gifted learners must develop
both sides of their brain. The left
hemisphere focuses on logic,
language, and critical thinking
while the right hemisphere
focuses on creativity, emotion,
and imagination.
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ARTS INTEGRATION
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Arts integration: is the process of teaching two separate subject areas concurrently with equal
rigor.

Creativity is crucial for gifted students to thrive. Schools

usually separate creativity and academics however, it
has been shown students work better when they are in
control of their learning. Creativity in education is
important because it thinks about students as a whole
rather than just learning a skill.
Creativity a Gift for the Gifted the SILENT CALL.
https://us.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-
assets/25199_book_item_25199.pdf
There are students who are intellectually gifted and others
who are creatively gifted. Nurturing creativity in gifted
children improves self-esteem, builds talents, and provides
self-expression.
psychology. “What Is Creative Giftedness, and How Can
Creativity Be Nurtured in Gifted Children?” Child Psychology
Resources by Dr. Tali Shenfield, 20 Apr. 2021, www.psy-
ed.com/wpblog/what-is-creative-giftedness-and-how-can-
creativity-be-nurtured-in-gifted-children/.
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Chapter 1

THE IMPORTANCE OF [

STORYTELLING
Stories are a fundamental way of communication. They help students
imagine, understand social norms, beliefs, values and develop empathy.
Stories Matter!
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STORYTELLING THROUGH
CREATIVITY
Pantomime 01 02 Statue

Drama

04 03 This is not a ...

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RESOURCES

Storytelling techniques
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hppytnJIrvMuMkAn3JXa1kQLbn9t5J4Z?usp=drive_link
Teaching Pantomime
TEACHING TABLEAU
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hppytnJIr
vMuMkAn3JXa1kQLbn9t5J4Z?usp=drive_link
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TEACHER/STUDENT
SURVEY
Survey for students
https://rh5wgagzmdi.typeform.com/to/DffGJli9

Survey for teachers

https://rh5wgagzmdi.typeform.com/to/sSvAZl9e
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IN ACTION

Students were placed into groups and given a story. Their job was to create
a script and reenact what occured in the story. Students were not given
roles they begin to slowly take roles they were confident in and work
together. After students had time to work on their scripts and act their
story, we discussed what the story was about, characters, settings, ect. The
students were engaged and for many it was a better way of understanding
the text. It was great to see how the story come to life and help all students
better understand.
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Moving Forward

One PD was able to shed light on different ways of

supporting gifted students. As a school we noticed
our main focus has been students who are falling
behind. While this is important we must also place
importance on our gifted students. We discussed
attending more PD’s as a school along wit sharing
different resources to support our gifted
population.