Literature Response Teaching Resources :: 145

Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Keeping Quilt

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards

A review of "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Polacco, a story about a Russian immigrant mother and family as well as other resources for teaching young readers.

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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Conversations in Literature

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

A research based workshop by Judith Langer on bringing the joy of reading literature to your class. An excellent professional development resource, with eight videos on demand. Topics include Responding as Readers, Objectifying the Text,...

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CPALMS

Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Corduroy Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

This ReadWriteThink lesson plan features an opportunity for students to respond to literature through writing journals about "Corduroy," by Don Freeman. This idea could be used with other books as well.

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Read Write Think: Blogging in the Primary Grades? Yes, Indeed!

For Teachers 1st - 5th

In this lesson, students read blogs written by students their own age and learn to shape a well-thought-out response that addresses and answers the questions posed in the blog. Then, after reading, discussing, and deciding what makes a...

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vocabulary Magic

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Using the book Farmer Duck, this lesson will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.

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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Oh My! It's Apple Pie!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

In this lesson, students will give an opinion on the best part of the story "Oh My! It's Apple Pie!" and validate why it is their favorite. Included are student samples, an assessment sample, templates, and videos of the lesson in action.

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Literature Circles With Primary Students, Self Selected Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

Students respond to self-selected books in journals and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides students by offering suggestions and writing with them in dialogue journals.

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