Literature circles with primary students using self-selected reading
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=44
A lesson plan for grades K–2 English Language Arts
This lesson from ReadWriteThink is a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students. It is especially appropriate for mixed-age and upper primary classes, or for cross-grade buddy work.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 1: The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.05: Increase vocabulary, concepts, and reading stamina by reading self-selected texts independently for 15 minutes daily. Self-selected texts should be consistent with the student's independent reading level.
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.04: Share personal experiences and responses to experiences with text:
- publishing non-print texts.
- discussing interpretations.
- recording personal responses.
- Objective 3.04: Share personal experiences and responses to experiences with text:
Grade 2
- Goal 1: The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.05: Use a variety of strategies and skills to read self-selected texts independently for 20 minutes daily. Self-selected texts should be consistent with the student's independent reading level.
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.03: Explain and describe new concepts and information in own words (e.g., plot, setting, major events, characters, author's message, connections, topic, key vocabulary, key concepts, text features).
- Objective 3.04: Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and composing texts when responding to literature that is read and heard. (e.g., read aloud by teacher, literature circles, interest groups, book clubs).
Kindergarten
- Goal 1: The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies to read and write.
- Objective 1.05: Interact for at least 10 minutes daily with self-selected texts that are consistent with the student's independent reading level.
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.03: Associate target words with prior knowledge and explore an author's choice of words.
- Objective 3.04: Use speaking and listening skills and media to connect experiences and text
- listening to and re-visiting stories
- discussing, illustrating, and dramatizing stories
- discovering relationships.
