Kids love children's books and picture books. Shine On believes the popular ones carry a guiding message that will stay with your child for life, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is clear that reading children's books aloud could help pave the way to your child's reading success. Picture books are imspiring for preschool readers who are just getting started. Following are a few hints to help you select children's books and picture books that are educational as well as fun.
1. Understand the kinds of books or subjects your child has liked in the past as well as the kinds of characters, situations and topics he or she might relate to or find interesting. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their kids read. 3. Remember books you read as a child and consider whether they are interesting for your child. 4. Ask your librarian to recommend books. 5. Look at books awarded Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King medals. 6. Vary your selection and try different genres to hold your child's interest. 7. Make sure that the stories and illustrations present different issues in positive ways..
Here are the Caldecott Medal best children's books in recent years: 2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers) 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook 2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) 2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) 2001: So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel).
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Teachers.Net Meeting - Focus Session - Literature Circles with - Author of Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs & Reading Groups more info
http://teachers.net/archive/daniels_litcircles011510.html
What is it? Literature circles are small, temporary discussion groups who have chosen to read the same story The story rewritten for younger kids
http://www.tooter4kids.com/literature_circles/what_is_it.htm
Literature Circles in High School If I am planning for 5 literature circles, I usually offer 7 books in book Practical Ideas for Teaching
http://www.studyguide.org/lit_circles_high_school.htm
Multiage Literature Circles for Young Students There are six jobs that I use for literature circles. I think that how well I model it
http://www.multiage-education.com/multiagen-b/readinggeist.html
For Teachers Use the Picture Book Database at Miami University to find picture books by topic, concept, and skill. Teaching With Asian Children's Literature
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forteachers/index_r.htm
For Teachers Search by book title and author for lesson plans and other literature related Use the Picture Book Database at Miami University to
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forteachers/
Literature Circles File Format: /Adobe Acrobat View as HTMLYour browser may not have a reader available. recommends visiting our text version of this document.Literature
http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~inch/litcircles.pdf
Amazon.com: I Can Hear the Sun (Picture Puffins): Books This book is a great book for starting discussions in literature circles. It pairs nicely with
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LITERATURE CIRCLES: A Collaborative Reading/Writing Activity - File Format: Microsoft Word 2000 View as HTMLLiterature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading
http://www.walloon.com/conference_handouts/literaturecircles/collaborativereadingwriting.doc
Secondary Reading Strategies File Format: /Adobe Acrobat View as HTMLYour browser may not have a reader available. recommends visiting our text version of this
http://www.allamericareads.org/pdf/single/during/litcircl.pdf
ReadWriteThink: About ReadWriteThink: Our Authors Literature Circles are a great way to supplement a reading program in a Using Picture Books to Teach Plot
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/author_detail.asp?authorid=24&lessonid=410
Learning Centers/ Literacy Centers - A resource of ideas and more - The book What the Other Kids are Doing While I Teach Small Groups
http://www.teachingheart.net/lc.htm
ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan If the students read their selected books in Literature Circles, the group members can take on For example, the challenged book
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=410
How To Choose The Best Multicultural Books Use picture books and novels as a way to inspire students to learn more about the literature
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/multicultural.htm
Teaching Reading in High School English Classes This book presents a collection of essays that offer numerous practical teaching ideas making authentic reading-writing connections,
http://www.ncte.org/store/books/second/106297.htm
in the classroom with beverly clearys ramona books File Format: /Adobe Acrobat View as HTMLYour browser may not have a reader available. recommends visiting
http://www.beverlycleary.com/teaching/final_printoptimized.pdf
A to Z Teacher Stuff Forums - Literature Circles and Reader's Theater I teach third grade and my class did a great job with it
http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=11016
Welcome to Literature Circles File Format: /Adobe AcrobatYour browser may not have a reader available. recommends visiting our text version of this document.that literature circles
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Technology-Rich Project 2 File Format: Microsoft Word 2000 View as HTMLArtful Artist?This job is to draw some kind of picture related to the reading.
http://eduscapes.com/trl/projects/howe3.doc
Virtual literature circles increase social and cultural capital in - File Format: Rich Text Format View as HTMLNetlibris connects IT use with new type
http://www.sacbf.org.za/2004%20papers/kaarina%20kolu.rtf
