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Children's Literature

classroom read-aloud 2

Children's Literature is a course that identifies the importance on Literature in a child's life. We began the semester on the history and importance for read-alouds and wrapping the semester up with enriching our student's lives with Literature our classrooms. It focused again on how Multicultrual Literature is so vital to have in your classroom library and the benefits for children having books readily available for them. This course worked in the Arizona Standards for Reading and helped to create two lesson plans to incorporate a hands on lesson for ourselves as future teachers.

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  1. A. Philosophy A. Philosophy
    This is my philosophy statement for Children's Literature. It contains all of my thoughts and beliefs relating to literature in a classroom. This statement is very important to me as I am a teacher of reading. Literature is an imaginative and creative way of incorporating reading into lesson plans.
  2. B. Read-Aloud How-To's B. Read-Aloud How-To's
    As a literature-rich teacher, I have put together a handout that explains the How-To's to Read-Aloud's and also the Do's and Dont's when preforming a read-aloud. I composed this document to share my secrets with my fellow teachers. My handout shares the emphasis on how reading can enlighten a lesson and also benefit the students learning as well. Please enjoy looking through my handout! After all, literature is a very important aspect of every classroom!
  3. C. Thematic Collection C. Thematic Collection
    This artifact is focused on a school theme that highlights fifteen different literary selections. In the artifact, there are also lesson plan ideas that any teacher could use with the selections. This is an artifact that covers a variety of information for each literary selection across grade levels k-6. School is so important to each students development. This artifact is a fun way to get a theme involved across a curriculum.
  4. D. Literature Lesson 1 D. Literature Lesson 1
    This lesson plan was put together based on the literary selection "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs". The lesson plan was built based on the SIOP Lesson Plan Model. From guided steps for success all the way down to details on the reader response activity, this lesson plan is ready to be taught! The file attachment titled Wanted Poster is the document used for the follow up activity. Please see attachment below!
  5. D2. Literature Lesson 1- Wanted Poster D2. Literature Lesson 1- Wanted Poster
    This is the document used for the reader response activity for the Literature Lesson 1.
  6. E. Literature Lesson 2 E. Literature Lesson 2
    This lesson plan was put together around the Veterans Day holiday. The first part is a read-aloud using the book titled "The Wall". The lesson plan incorporates a detailed list of steps to completing the lesson plan and also incorporates the Arizona Standards for Reading. As for the follow up activity, the attachment titled Letter Format is used to write a letter to a current soldier and then be sent to Iraq. The file attachment below titled Letter Format is the document used for the follow up activity. Please see attachment below!
  7. E2. Literature Lesson 2- Letter Format E2. Literature Lesson 2- Letter Format
    This is the document used for the reader response activity for the Literature Lesson 2.
Author: Cassie Norris
Last modified: 12/16/2009 7:27 AM (EST)