Teaching Reading and Writing Through Children's Literature

, by Bradley, Sue K.; Bradley, Jack; Ermis, Shirley

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ISBN: 9780761826439 | 0761826432
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/10/2003

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Teaching Reading and Writing Through Children's Literature is a guide that enhances children's enjoyment and understanding of books while focusing on skills instruction. Specific skills instruction, higher order thinking, and reading comprehension are all emphasized. Lesson activities are designed for students in grades K-8.Teaching Reading and Writing Through Children's Literature is a guide that enhances children's enjoyment and understanding of books while focusing on skills instruction. Although there are numerous books published in relation to this topic, this manual is different in that each of the exercises are designed for use with any book, rather than assigning a particular title to a lesson.

Introduction

xiii

Unit 1: Language and Literacy

(12)

Activity and Grade Level 20 activities

Telephone the Community Helper (K-2)

(1)

Telephone a Character (K-2)

(1)

Language Experience (K-3)

(1)

Story Re-Telling (K-4)

(1)

Let's Pretend (K-2)

(1)

Puppetry (K-5)

(1)

Dramatizing Stories (K-3)

(1)

Listening for Action (3-8)

(1)

Environmental Print/Logos (K-1)

(1)

Kitchen (Grades K-1)

(1)

Scribbling & Journals (K-1)

(1)

Approximations (K-1)

(1)

Parts of a Book (K-3)

(1)

Invented Spelling (K-2)

(1)

Language Experience (K-2)

(1)

Shared Book Experience (K-3)

(1)

Nursery Rhymes (K-1)

(1)

Folktales/Story Sequence (K-3)

(1)

Big Books (K-3)

(1)

Office, Post Office, Library, Creative Dramatics (K-1)

(1)

Unit 2: Phonemic Awareness

(10)

Activity and Grade Level 20 activities

Time to Rhyme (K-1)

(1)

More Time to Rhyme (K-1)

(1)

What is a Sentence? (K-1)

(1)

Clapping and Counting Syllables (K-2)

(1)

Making Words From Syllables (K-1)

(1)

I Spy Fun With Onsets and Rimes (K-1)

(1)

Puppet Fun With Phonemes (K-1)

(1)

Rubber Band Stretch (K-1)

(1)

Auditory Discrimination (Grades 1-4)

(1)

Phonemic Segmentation (K-1)

(1)

Sounds in the Context/Language Experience Activity (K-2)

(1)

Practicing Sounds Using Alphabet Books (K-1)

(1)

Creating Letters in Art (K-1)

(1)

Select the Sound (K-1)

(1)

Segmenting Beginning Sounds (K-1)

(1)

Segmenting Ending Sounds (K-1)

(1)

Sound Matching (K-1)

(1)

Blending (K-1)

(1)

Segmenting Separate Sounds in Words (K-1)

(1)

Tapping the Number of Sounds (K-1)

(1)

Unit 3: Word Recognition and Identification Page

(14)

Activity and Grade Level 20 activities

Sight Word Practice (2-4)

(1)

Fun With Function Words (K-1)

(1)

Draw a Sound (K-3)

(1)

Listen For That Sound (K-3)

(1)

Beginning Consonant Race (K-3)

(1)

Build A Word (K-3)

(1)

Long and Short Vowels (1-4)

(1)

Vowel Discrimination (2-4)

(1)

Controlled R Vowel Sound Cover Up (2-4)

(1)

Leave Out A Letter (3-5)

(1)

Blend Wagon Train (2-5)

(1)

Substitution of Letters (2-5)

(1)

Guess me (K-9)

(1)

Syllables (2-4)

(1)

More Syllables (2-4)

(1)

Word Endings (2-4)

(1)

Prefixes and Suffixes (2-4)

(1)

Contractions (2-5)

(1)

Memory (K-5)

(1)

Word Spy (2-5)

(2)

Unit 4: Vocabulary

(20)

Activity and Grade Level 30 activities

Using Describing Words (1-5)

(1)

Draw a Word (K-4)

(1)

Vocabulary Practice (1-3)

(1)

Vocabulary (4-5)

(1)

Vocabulary Enrichment (3-6)

(1)

Synonyms and Antonyms (2-5)

(1)

Antonyms (2-5)

(1)

Vocabulary Log (3-6)

(1)

Word Mapping (2-5)

(1)

Enhancing Vocabulary/Character Mapping (K-8)

(1)

Characterization and Feeling Words (3-8)

(1)

Using Sensory Images (3-8)

(1)

Could It Happen? (1-4)

(1)

Concept Attainment (2-8)

(1)

Using Concept Clues (3-8)

(1)

Visual Imaging (1-5)

(1)

Vocabulary Cards (2-5)

(1)

Fun With Alliteration (3-5)

(1)

Analyzing Features of Words (2-8)

(1)

Synonym Snowflakes (1-3)

(1)

Graphic Organizers (2-5)

(1)

Semantic Mapping (2-5)

(1)

Semantic Association (2-8)

(1)

Modified Cloze Procedure (2-5)

(1)

Hink Pinks (2-5)

(1)

Word of the Day (2-8)

(1)

Predict-O-Gram (2-8)

(1)

Vocabulary Self-Selection (2-8)

(1)

Word Sorts (2-8)

(1)

Contextual Redefinition (3-8)

(2)

Unit 5: Comprehension

(28)

Activity and Grade Level 45 activities

Figurative Language (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Author's Purpose (Grades 4-8)

(1)

Point of View (Grades 4-8)

(1)

Reading and Understanding Graphs (Grades 2-8)

(1)

You be the Teacher (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Question/Response Relationships (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Use the Context ``Beep'' (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Author Study (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Observation Reporting (Grades 5-8)

(1)

Listen for the Sentence that Does Not Fit (2-5)

(1)

I'm Thinking of a Character (Grades 1-8)

(1)

Scrambled Sentences (Grades 1-3)

(1)

Holiday Story Categorization (Grades 1-5)

(1)

Where Does Your Story Take Place (3-8)

(1)

Emotions (Grades K-2)

(1)

Character Study (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Compare and Contrast (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Using Sensory Images (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Is It Real? (Grades 1-4)

(1)

Student Composed Questions (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Following Directions (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Investigating Science Fiction (3-5)

(1)

Biography (3-8)

(1)

Who, What, Where, When, How, Why? (3-8)

(1)

Literacy Circles (3-8)

(1)

My Reading Record (Grades 3-8)

(1)

What's He Saying? (Grades 2-5)

(1)

Literature Bee (4-8)

(1)

Think Beyond the Text (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Dress-Up (Grades K-4)

(1)

The Book Television (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Illustrations Carry A Message (Grades K-5)

(1)

Fact or Fiction (Grades 2-5)

(1)

Cause and Effect (Grade 2-5)

(1)

Making Inferences (Grades K-5)

(1)

Scanning for Rhyming Words (Grades 2-5)

(1)

Skimming Through the Alphabet (Grades 1-4)

(1)

Create a Creature (Grades K-4)

(1)

Following Directions (Grades 2-4)

(1)

Vacation Anyone? (Grades 3-5)

(1)

Name That Story (Grades 2-4)

(1)

Intonation...Comprehension (K-4)

(1)

Who, What, When, Where, Why, How (K-5)

(1)

Live a Story (K-5)

(1)

Echo Reading for Fluency (K-5)

(2)

Unit 6: Dictionary/Reference Skills

(20)

Activity and Grade Level 20 activities

Word Location (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Pronunciation Key (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Multiple Definitions (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Webquest (Grades 2-8)

(1)

Locating Books Using the Dewey Decimal System (2-8)

(1)

Locating a Different Version of a Familiar Tale (2-8)

(1)

Using the Dictionary (4-8)

(1)

Using the Index (Grades 3-8)

(1)

Puns Are Fun (2-5)

(1)

Alphabetical Order (3-5)

(1)

ABC Foods (Grades 2-4)

(1)

Guide Words (Grades 3-5)

(1)

Connecting Guide Words to Personal Reading (3-8)

(1)

Look It Up (Grades 3-5)

(1)

Using the Index (Grades 3-5)

100

(1)

Using the Table of Contents (2-5)

100

(1)

Using a Thesauruses (2-8)

101

(1)

Using the Card Catalog (3-5)

102

(1)

Evaluating Websites (Grades 3-8)

102

(3)

Unit 7: Composition/Writing Mechanics

105

(28)

Activity and Grade Level 54 activities

Autobiography (3-8)

106

(1)

Fractured Fairy Tales (3-8)

107

(1)

Rewrite the Title (3-8)

107

(1)

Pretend to be an Animal: Keep a Diary (3-8)

107

(1)

Join the Story (3-8)

108

(1)

Grocery Lists (2-5)

108

(1)

Limericks/Poetry (all grades, directed primary)

109

(1)

Cinquain Poems/Poetry (all grades, directed primary)

109

(1)

Diamante Poems/Poetry (all grades, directed primary)

110

(1)

Make the Plural Form (2-4)

110

(1)

Reading/Writing Connections (2-8)

111

(1)

Illustration as Pre-Writing (Grades 1-5)

111

(1)

Scavenger Hunt Revision (Grades 2-8)

111

(1)

History Comes Alive (2-8)

112

(1)

Author Exploration (2-5)

113

(1)

Add My Literary Device (3-8)

113

(1)

History Comes Alive/Description (2-8)

113

(1)

Peanut Butter Sandwich (2-8)

114

(1)

Bedrock Description (3-5)

114

(1)

Principal Persuasion (3-8)

115

(1)

Mystery (3-8)

115

(1)

Characterization (3-8)

115

(1)

Tongue Twisters (3-8)

116

(1)

Folk Tales (3-8)

117

(1)

Add a Character (3-8)

117

(1)

Write a Letter (3-8)

117

(1)

Book Report Form (3-8)

118

(1)

Interview the Author (3-8)

118

(1)

Hobbies (3-8)

119

(1)

Circus Life (3-8)

119

(1)

Let's Pretend (3-8)

120

(1)

Writing to Persuade (3-8)

120

(1)

Just So Stories (2-8)

121

(1)

Create a Data Chart (K-3)

121

(1)

Write an Autobiography (3-8)

122

(1)

Write a Movie Script (3-8)

122

(1)

Fairy Tales (3-8)

122

(1)

Write a Story (3-8)

123

(1)

Write a Telegram (3-8)

123

(1)

Sell Your Book (3-8)

124

(1)

Write a Title (3-8)

124

(1)

Job Descriptions (3-8)

124

(1)

Story Titles (3-8)

125

(1)

Be an Exchange Student (3-8)

125

(1)

Write an Ending (3-8)

126

(1)

Create a Newspaper (3-8)

126

(1)

Biographies (3-8)

127

(1)

Complete a Story (3-8)

128

(1)

Story Variations (Grades 3-8)

128

(1)

Create a Power Point Story (3-8)

129

(1)

Riddle Box (K-5)

129

(1)

Visual Book Reporting (3-8)

130

(1)

Mobiles (Grade 3-8)

130

(1)

Name the Chapters (Grades 3-8)

130

(3)

Unit 8: Interdisciplinary Curricular Connections

133

(30)

Activity and Grade Level 45 activities

Pretend to be an animal: Keeping a Diary (3-8)

134

(1)

Weather/Poetry (All levels, teacher directed, primary)

134

(1)

Night & Day/Poetry (All levels, teacher directed, primary)

135

(1)

Discover My Category (3-8)

135

(1)

Landforms and Organisms/Poetry for Science (3-8)

136

(1)

Autobiography/Timelines (Grades 3-8)

137

(1)

Rewrite the Titles (Grades 3-8)

138

(1)

Grocery Lists (Grades 2-5)

139

(1)

Fractured Folk Tales (Grades 3-8)

139

(1)

Join the Story (Grades 3-8)

140

(1)

Folk Heroes/Poetry(All levels, teacher directed primary)

141

(1)

Let's Plan a Trip (3-8)

141

(1)

The Five Senses Game (2-5)

142

(1)

The Observation Game/Descriptive research (1-8)

143

(1)

What Kind of Book Do You Like? (Grades 1-5)

143

(1)

Reading a Table (Grades 3-5)

144

(1)

That's My Line? (Grades 2-5)

145

(1)

Tic-Tac-Toe (Grades 3-6)

145

(1)

Non-Fiction Books (Grades 3-8)

146

(1)

Riddles (Grades 2-5)

147

(1)

Let's Classify (Grades 3-6)

147

(1)

What Season Is It? (Grades 2-4)

148

(1)

Let's Categorize (Grades 2-5)

148

(1)

Categories (Grades 2-4)

149

(1)

Anticipation Guide (2-5)

149

(1)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (K-1)

150

(1)

Rock and Roll/Multiple Intelligences (3-8)

151

(1)

Weathering the Weather/Multiple Intelligences (3-8)

152

(1)

Collecting the Shells/Classification (3-8)

153

(1)

Graphing Your Favorites (2-8)

154

(1)

Music in My Science Ears (K-5)

154

(1)

Picture Books for Science (3-8)

155

(1)

Rubbings and Observation (K-5)

155

(1)

Create a Category Game (1-8)

155

(1)

Science Reader's Theatre (3-8)

156

(1)

Pyramiding into Science (3-8)

156

(1)

Poetry in Science (3-8)

156

(1)

Columbus Reader's Theatre for Social Studies (3-8)

157

(1)

Talking Science Drawings (2-8)

157

(1)

Pantomiming Organism Behavior in Science (2-8)

158

(1)

Cubing up science (3-8)

158

(1)

K-W-L-Plus (2-8)

159

(1)

Imagine, Elaborate, Predict, Confirm chart & Science (3-8)

159

(1)

Oobleck? (Grades 2-5)

160

(3)

References

163

(2)

Index

165

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Teaching Reading and Writing Through Children's Literature

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