I choose this as my strategy because I have been a part of this method in a special education classroom and have seen the benefits of it. We as teachers/assistants would find a book to see if it had mulitple characters or objects that could be used. We would have our students ask for turns and then we would make a character hat. For the rest of the week, we used the props and reread the story everyday.
I would definitely use this in any classroom. Part of good reading and story telling is the concept of imagination and involvement in the story. I think you could use this strategy for any grade. In my classroom, my students could further develop this idea by expanding or changing the story. After doing this, they could find props or costumes and act it out.
I really don't forsee any obstacles to using this strategy. By acting out a story, it relieves the stress of reading for second language learners or students with special needs. I think that it would build comprehension of words and their appropriate meanings by putting it in a "real-life" situation. Students learn more when they are actively participating in the learning and this strategy effectively utilizes that idea. I look forward to acting out stories in my classroom.
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