World Book introduces Dramatic Learning
Posted by: Sue Polanka
Whenever I see cool products for children and young adults, I’m always envious of the librarians and teachers who get to work with these tools. What’s gotten my envy this time is World Book’s new product, Dramatic Learning. It is a classroom tool to help with reading fluency and comprehension, based on play scripts, skits, and monologues. With the materials in Dramatic Learning, students act out the dialogue with the assistance of their teachers. Lesson plans, included for teachers, assist with setting objects and selecting materials as well as connecting the instruction to state and provincial curriculum standards. It allows students the opportunity to move, pretend, and be creative while learning about the content of a story. Over 40 scripts covering a broad range of reading levels are included. For more information, check out the sample video of a 4th grade classroom in action with Dramatic Learning. I’m impressed they are reading Hamlet in 4th grade!
