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Hill, B. (2001)
Literature Circle Resource Guide: Teaching
Suggestions, Forms, Sample Book Lists, and Database. Norwood, Ma.: Christopher-Gordon.
173p, ISBN 1-929024-23-1
Clear explanation of literature circles with reproducible organizational guidelines,
response journals, and extension projects. Extensive
book lists from primary grades through middle school are presented thematically and by
genre. Includes CD.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Book discussion
Standard: 2
Strand: Language
Osborne, Mary Pope. (2002). American Tall
Tales. [Audio-cassette or CD]. (Available from Audio Bookshelf) ISBN 1-883332-77-X, 2 hrs. 25 min. $24.95
Audience: 4
Subjects: Folk Heroes, American legends
Standards: 11
Strand: Literature
Shannon, G. (2001) More
True Lies. New York: Greenwillow 64p.
ISBN 0-688-17643-7
In these eighteen folktales characters lie and tell the truth at the same time. Excellent for critical thinking and easily adapted for dramatic readings.
The earlier books, Stories to Solve and True Lies follow the same format and have multiple
classroom uses.
Audience: Grades 3,4,5
Subject: Critical Thinking, dramatic reading
Standard: 2, 18
Strand: Language, Reading and Literature
Star Animation. (2002).
Fables of Bah ya Bah. [Video]. (Available from Fine Media Group. ISBN 0-9716826-1-5) 60 min, $49.95
Audience: K-5
Subjects: Fables, Cultural Tales
Standards: 12
Strand: Literature
English
Grades K-4
Language Resources
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Anderson, P.F. (08/22/02). The Mother Goose Pages.
Alphabetically listed rhymes of Mother Goose with performance tips for different ages.
URL: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymesABC.html Free
Audience: K, 1
Subject: Rhythm, Rhyme, Poetry
Standard: 14
Strand: Literature
BBC Skillswise. (08/22/02). Homophones introduction.
This site has a fact sheet, quiz, game and printable worksheet to help students learn about and practice homophones.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/index.shtml Free
Audience: 2-4
Subject: Words, Homophones
Standard: 4
Strand: Language
Enchanted Learning. (08/22/02). Little Explorers Picture Dictionary.
To browse, students may click on a letter to see a page of words that begin with that letter. Each word is used in a meaningful sentence and most entries have links to related web sites.
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Free
Audience: K-2
Subject: Dictionary, Words
Standard: 2, 8
Strand: Language
Funbrain.com. (08/22/02). Grammar Gorilla.
Grammar gorillas need help identifying parts of speech. Click on the right word in the sentence, and they get a banana.
URL: http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/ Free
Audience: K-2
Subject: Parts 0f Speech
Standard: 5
Strand: Language
Johnson, N. (08/22/02). The Phonics Room.
This is a website that teachers can use as a resource guide. There are poems, songs, literature, and activities listed for every letter of the alphabet.
URL: http://members.aol.com/phonicsrm/ Free
Audience: Teachers
Subject: Consonants, Vowels
Standard: 8
Strand: Literature
Merriam-Webster, Inc. (08/22/02). Word Central.
Not only can students look up words quickly, but they can build their own dictionaries. Word search help is available as well as a rhyming dictionary.
URL: http://www.wordcentral.com/ Free
Audience: 2-4
Subject: Dictionary, Words
Standard: 2
Strand: Language
Online Exercises. (08/22/02). Homophone Challenge.
Students can click on the correct answers to questions relating to homophone groups such as too, to, two, their, there, they're and others.
URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/ie/interact.htm Free
Audience: 2-4
Subject: Words, Homophones
Standard: 4
Strand: Language
Pdictionary.com. (08/22/02). The Internet Picture
Dictionary.
Students can browse by letter or subject categories such as animals, musical instruments and sports to see pictures arranged in alphabetical order. Other activities include flashcard, word scramble and spelling.
URL: http://www.pdictionary.com/ Free
Audience: K-4
Subject: Dictionary, Words
Standard: 2, 8
Strand: Language
Scholastic. (08/22/02). Community Club.
Students can click on pictures of various workers to learn more about their jobs.
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
Free
Audience: K-2
Subject: Neighborhood, Community Helpers
Standard: 2
Strand: Language
Teacher's Library of Resources. (08/22/02). Synonyms and
Antonyms.
Each term is defined and then there are charts of words to find the antonyms and synonyms for. Answers are one click away.
URL: http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/sats/synonyms.htm Free
Audience: 2-4
Subject: Synonyms, Antonyms
Standard: 4
Strand: Language
U.S. Government Printing Office. (08/22/02). Your
Neighborhood.
"Your neighborhood" has buildings such as a fire station, hospital, and post office to click on to learn more about the many people who are there to help.
URL: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.html Free
Audience: K-2
Subject: Neighborhood, Community Helpers
Standard: 2
Strand: Language
Vickery, J. (08/22/02). Phonemic Awareness Activities.
Various alphabet, vowel and letter songs and activities to increase phonemic awareness.
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/phonics.html Free
Audience: K-2
Subject: Alphabet, Consonants, Vowels
Standard: 8
Strand: Language, Literature
Yahooligans. (08/22/02). Homograph.
Definition and example of homographs.
URL: http://www.yahooligans.com/reference/thesaurus/guide/homographs.html Free
Audience: 3-4
Subject: Words, Homographs
Standard: 4
Strand: Language
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English
Grades K-4Reading and
Literature Resources
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Asher,
S. But
That’s Another Story: Favorite Authors Introduce Popular Genres. (1996) New York: Walker and Company 166p. ISBN
0-8027-7570-5
Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the genre followed by
a short story, bibliography, author biography, and interview. Angela Johnson, Pamela
Service, and Gary Blackwood are three of the authors.
A clear introduction to various genres is offered in this useful volume.
Audience:
grades 4, 5,6,Teacher
Subject:
Genre study
Standard:
10
Strand: Reading and Literature
Bauer, C.
(1987) Presenting Reader’s Theater. The H.W.Wilson Company 238p. ISBN 0-8242-0748-3
Poetry, stories, and folklore are presented in reader’s theater script form that a
teacher can easily use. In the introduction
Bauer explains reader’s theater and how to introduce it in the classroom. An
excellent chapter on warm-up activities precedes the scripts.
Audience :Teacher
Subject : Drama
Standard : 18
Strand : Reading and Literature
Cullinan, B.
(1992)
Invitation to Read : More Children’s Literature in the
Readig Program. Newark, Delaware : International Reading Association 196p. ISBN
0-87207-371-8
This follow-up to Cullinan’s Children’s Literature in the Reading Program
examines genre including poetry, realistic fiction, and non-fiction. Another section of
the book focuses on theme and author study. Booklists are incorporated into each section.
Both volumes are useful, but not detailed, resources.
Audience : Teacher
Subject : Genre, Theme
Standard :10,11,12,1314
Strand : Reading and Literature
Hall,
S. (1994) Using Picture Storybooks to Teach
Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults. Phoenix, Az:Oryx Press. 168p. ISBN 0-89774-582-5
This useful resource gives specific examples in hundreds of picture books that can be used
to teach literary devices from alliteration to understatement. Each device is defined,
book synopsis given, and examples of the device in the book indicated.
Audience:
Teacher
Subject:
Literary
Devices
Standard:
7, 8
Strand:
Reading
and Literature
Hindley, J
(1996). In the Company of Children. York, Maine:Stenhouse Publishers. 186p. ISBN 1-5710-010-5
The ideas in this book are based on the author’s experiences as a third grade
teacher. She outlines how to turn a classroom into a reading/writing workshop. The
specific examples cited provide a treasure trove of strategies for implementing literacy
workshops. Examples of forms to use with
parents are appended.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Reading/writing Workshops
Standard: 8, 19, 20,21
Strand: Reading and Literature, Composition
Horning, K.
(1997) From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and
Reviewing Children’s Books. New
York: HarperCollins. 230p. ISBN 0-06-024519-0
In six clear chapters the author details how to think critically about several genres-
information, poetry, folk tales, fiction, picture books and easy readers. Good information on the book making process as
well. This volume will be useful for discussions about genre.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Genre
Standard: 10
Strand: Reading and Literature
Janeczko, P.(
1990) The Place My Words are Looking For: What Poets Say
About and Through their Work. (New York:
Bradbury Press. 150p. ISBN0-02-747671-5
Memories, insights, and anecdotes written by the authors highlight the poems of nearly
forty poets. An unusual and enlightening
collection.
Audience: grades4, 5,6
Subject: Poetry
Standard: 14, 15
Strand: Reading and Literature
Jenkins, C. (1999) The
Allure of Authors: Author Studies in the Elementary School. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
280p., ISBN 0-325-00001-8
This exploration of three types of author studies- biographical, critical, personal
response- focuses on the work of Carolyn Coman, Avi, Mem Fox, and Joanna Cole. Extensive information on designing author studies
is included.
Audience: Teacher
Subjects: Author Study:
Standards: 9, 10,11,12, and
13
Strand: Reading and Literature
Kamerman, S. (1997) Thirty Plays from Favorite Stories:
Royalty-Free Dramatizations of Myths,
Folktales, and Legends from Around the World. Boston: Plays, Inc. .291p. ISBN
0-8238-0306-6
This comprehensive collection includes Persephone, Pandora’s Box, and Scheherazade.
Each play has clear directions and production notes.
Plays may need to be copied without directions for easier access by
students.
Subject: Dramatic reading and performance
Audience: Teacher, grades 4,5
Standard: 18
Strand: Reading and Literature
Keene, E. and
Zimmerman, S (1999). Mosaic of Thought: Teaching
Comprehension In a Reader’s Workshop. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heineman 255p. ISBN 0-435-07237-4
This treasure for the reflective teacher when he/she is looking at the reading program
focuses on the strategies used by proficient readers.
The authors present literature-based, workshop-oriented classrooms where
students use background knowledge, ask questions, draw inferences, and synthesize ideas. This is both a practical and
thought-provoking look at reading comprehension research and how to apply it..
Audience: Teacher
Subject: 8,9
Subject: reading strategies
Strand: Reading and Literature
Lipson, E.
(2000) The New York Times Parent’s Guide to
the Best Books for Children. New York: Three Rivers Press. 530p. ISBN 0-8129-3018-5
A compendium of over 1,000 annotated titles from wordless stories through young adult
literature. The indexes that follow the
booklists make this a valuable resource. Author,
illustrator, age-level, read-aloud, and several subject
lists make this a useful book for teachers as well as parents.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Book selection
Standard: 8,9,10,11,12,13,14, 16
Strand: Reading and Literature
Marcus, L. Ed.
(2000) Author Talk. New
York: Simon &Schuster. 103p. ISBN
0-689-81383-X
In fifteen conversations with will-known children's authors, noted critic Leonard Marcus
discovers details about their lives and work. Bibliographies and manuscript pages
are included.
Audience: Grades 3-6,Teacher
Subject: Author study
Standard: 9
Strand: Reading and Literature
Morrow, L.
(1997) The Literacy Center: Contexts for Reading
and Writing. York, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. 226p.!SBN 1-57110-022-9
The first section of the book outlines practices for reading and writing, the design of
literacy centers, and suggestions for using the centers.
The activities and literature selections in the second section provide the
teacher with many fine ideas, especially in the areas of storytelling and oral language
activities.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Literacy Centers
Standard: 8,19
Strand: Reading and Literature, Composition
Moss, J. (2000) Teaching
Literature in the Middle Grades: A Thematic Approach. Norwood, Ma.:
Christopher-Gordon. 390p. ISBN 1-929024-14-2
A rich resource that offers suggestions for developing diverse literary experiences and
builds an awareness of literary elements, genre, and writing styles. All of this is developed through nine
thematic units including friendship, family, dilemmas,
and Cinderella variants. Each unit details shared reading sessions of the focus work,
related reading and writing projects, and extensive bibliographies on each of the themes.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Genre, theme
Standard: 10,11
Strand: Reading and Literature
Odean, K. (2001) Great
Books about Things Kids Love. New York: Ballantine Books. 439p. ISBN 0-345-44131-1
More than 750 recommended books, pre-school through young adult, are introduced in
thematic annotated bibliographies on such diverse topics as sports, folklore, and animals.
Title, author, and subject indexes add to the richness of the resource.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Theme
Standard: 11
Strand: Reading and Literature
Osborne,
Mary Pope. (2002).
American Tall Tales. [Audio-cassette or CD]. (Available from Audio Bookshelf) ISBN 1-883332-77-X, 2 hrs. 25 min. $24.95
Audience: 4
Subjects: Folk Heroes, American legends
Standards: 11
Strand: Literature
Saunders, S.
(1999) Look- and Learn!: Using Picture Books in
Grades Five Through Eight. Portsmouth,
N.H.: Heinemann 84p. ISBN 0-325-00019-0
Using picture books can be a great introduction to genre studies. This helpful book highlights historical fiction,
folklore, poetry, biography, and non-fiction. Each
chapter mentions several titles and incorporates a synopsis and suggested activities for
each. Many of the titles and ideas could be
used in grades three and four.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Genre
Standard: 10
Strand: Reading and Literature
Shannon, G. (2001) More
True Lies. New York: Greenwillow 64p.
ISBN 0-688-17643-7
In these eighteen folktales characters lie and tell the truth at the same time. Excellent for critical thinking and easily adapted for dramatic readings.
The earlier books, Stories to Solve and True Lies follow the same format and have multiple
classroom uses.
Audience: Grades 3,4,5
Subject: Critical Thinking, dramatic reading
Standard: 2, 18
Strand: Language, Reading and Literature
Shepard, A.(
2001) Master Man: a Tall Tale of Nigeria. New York:
HarperCollins 32p. ISBN 0-688-13783-9
This tale of superheroes bursts with energy because of the telling and the strong
cut-paper illustrations by David Wisniewski. Fighting
he-men are popular figures in Nigerian tales and this boastful strong man learns a hard
lesson when he tangles with a superhero. This
tale, well-suited to reader’s theatre, is scripted on Shepard’s website, www.aaronshep.com. This site includes many other fine scripts for
reader’s theatre.
Audience: Grades 2,3,4
Subject: Tall Tales, Reader’s Theatre
Standard: 16, 18
Strand: Reading and Literature
Sierra,
J. (1992) Cinderella. Phoenix, Az:
Oryx Press. 178p.
More that
twenty variants of the familiar tale are presented followed by an explanation of the
history of the tale, classroom activities, and extensive bibliographies of the tale. This entry in the Oryx Multicultural Folktale
Series is a complete resource for the teacher.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: folk tale variants
Standard: 16
Strand: Reading and Literature
Star Animation. (2002).
Fables of Bah ya Bah. [Video]. (Available from Fine Media Group. ISBN 0-9716826-1-5) 60 min, $49.95
Audience: K-5
Subjects: Fables, Cultural Tales
Standards: 12
Strand: Literature
Web Feet k-8. Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania: RockHill Communications ISBN 1533-2543
This valuable journal, published nine times a
year, highlights a subject in each issue. May/June
2001 featured web sites, CD-ROMs,
books, and professional resource son mythology. Each
Issue
contains key questions and web quests. This
publication may be changing formats. Check www.webfeetguides.com
for information.. Excellent material for
curriculum development.
Audience: Teacher
Subject: Mythology
Standard: 16
Strand:
Reading and Literature
English
Grades K-4
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Anderson, P.F. (08/22/02). The Mother Goose Pages.
Alphabetically listed rhymes of Mother Goose with performance tips for different ages.
URL: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymesABC.html Free
Audience: K, 1
Subject: Rhythm, Rhyme, Poetry
Standard: 14
Strand: Literature
Johnson, N. (08/22/02). The Phonics Room.
This is a website that teachers can use as a resource guide. There are poems, songs, literature, and activities listed for every letter of the alphabet.
URL: http://members.aol.com/phonicsrm/ Free
Audience: Teachers
Subject: Consonants, Vowels
Standard: 8
Strand: Literature
Vickery, J. (08/22/02). Phonemic Awareness Activities.
Various alphabet, vowel and letter songs and activities to increase phonemic awareness.
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/phonics.html Free
Audience: K-2
Subject: Alphabet, Consonants, Vowels
Standard: 8
Strand: Language, Literature
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