EDUC 328 Children's Literature

A survey of children's literature for early childhood, intermediate,and middle grades with an extensive representation of books from classic and contemporary authors and illustrators. Major literary genres are studied, story-telling techniques are discussed, and issues in literature for children are explored. A developmental perspective for selecting quality books is emphasized.
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  • Devos

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    facing your giantsppt.ppt
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  • Assignments- Forms and Rubrics

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    booktalkj.doc
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    NAEYCIRALearning to Read and Write Standards.doc
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  • Book Talks/Story Sharing

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    91 Ways to Respond to Literature.doc
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    sp07120 Ways to Share a Book.doc
    Students,
    Bring this document with you to your on or off campus story sharing. Ask the professional in charge to sign it for you. You are not required to have a lesson plan for this. Turn your completed form into me for a grade/credit.
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    storyshairngselfevalform.doc
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    EECstorysharsign-upspring07.doc
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    Storysharingsp07sche.doc
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    booktalksignupspring07signatures.doc
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  • Instructional Strategies

    In this set will be posted a description of some of the class modeled instructional strategies that can be used to develop literacy using children's literature texts.
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    What are literature circles.doc
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    The Directed Reading Model.doc
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    2nd grade reading strategies.doc
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    1st grade reading strategies.doc
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    QTA-Expository Text.doc
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    QTA-Expository Textworksheet.doc
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    QTA-Narative Text.doc
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  • Week 1

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    Reid, 15 Funniest Children's Classics.pdf
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    EDUC328childlitsyllabusportalviewspring 07.doc
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    Weisman, 15 Classic Read-Alouds.pdf
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    Since truth Veith04.doc
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    15 classic calecotts.pdf
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    Kiefer9_PPT_Ch01.ppt2.ppt
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    15 classic calecotts.pdf
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  • Model Electronic Book Reviews

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    BrownPPT.ppt
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    Submitted by Nicole Tressler.doc
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    FichterPPT.ppt
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    MattsonPPT.ppt
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    Picture Books.one
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  • Week 2

    Scavenger Hunt
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    Allington, Books in the Classroom not Sufficient.pdf
    Planning the Literature Program
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    Kiefer9_PPT_Ch13.pptrevised.ppt
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  • Week 3

    Planning the Literature Program
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    Kazemek, Reading and Writing Across Generations.pdf
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  • Week 4

    Understanding Children's Responses to Literature
    Copy and paste this document into your partner presentation as an introductory overview.
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    Timelineform.doc
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    Amour, Connectinng Stories to Cultural Diversity.pdf
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    History of child lit Presentationsrubric.doc
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    histpressignupsp07.doc
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  • Week 5-History of Children's Literature Presentations

    These powerpoint presentations are also found in the Courses_on_ed/Educ/Scheffler/Inbox/ChiLit/Histpresentations folder
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    Early Beginnings.ppt
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    17th and 18th centuries.ppt
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    19th Century.ppt
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    Late20thCentury.ppt
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    Multicultural Literature.ppt
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    Recent Trends.ppt
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    Firsthalf20thcenturydrt2ppt
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  • Week 6

    Books to Begin On- chapter 4
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    Munson-Benson, 15 Classic Picture Books.pdf
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  • Week 7

    Picture Books- Chapter 5
    Traditional Literature- Chapter 6
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    Recent Caldecott Award Winners.doc
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    middleschoolpicturebooks.pdf
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    Munson-Benson, 15 Classic Picture Books.pdf
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    revisedKiefer9_PPT_Ch05.ppt
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    stamps.doc
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    Marlow, Challenge in Children's Literature.doc
    Not required reading
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    Hornik, 15 prequels, sequels, and retellings of classics.pdf
    In class activity
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    Rumplestiltksin vattalestemplate.doc
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    revised2chapter6ppt.ppt
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  • Three Pigs Variants - Writing Workshop Activity

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    Three Pigs Bulletin Board Write up.doc
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    Three Pigs Resources.doc
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    Three Pigs student stories 2.doc
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    Writing Workshop-Three Pigs presentations.doc
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    Literature Awards.sp07.doc
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  • Week 8

    Modern  Fantasy- chapter 7
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    Jacobs, 15 Classic Fantasies.pdf
    For  Picture books, traditional literature and modern fantasy
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    evalcritgenres1-2sp07.doc
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    criteriamodfantasyworksheet.doc
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    revised Ch07modfantasysp07.ppt
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  • Week 9

    Poetry - chapter 8
    On Wednesday, March 21 students will work in pairs or threes to complete the attached worksheet during classtime in the Curriculum Library. Mrs. Herald will take attendance. Students are to complete the worksheet using the template and post a group copy in the designated network folder. The document title should contain the group's last names. Dr. Scheffler will compile the list of quality vs. weak children's poetry, as well as, the poetry sharing ideas and post them as handouts on our course portal site.
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    evalchipoetrytemplate.doc
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  • Week 10

    Contemporary Realistic Fiction- chapter 9
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    reivsedchapter.ppt
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    saul2paulawardgroup4.doc
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    Contemporary Realistic Fiction Criteria Book Award.htm
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    a poem.doc
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    Literature Awards.sp07.doc
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  • Week 11

    Historical Fiction- chapter 10
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    revisedhisfictionCh10.ppt
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  • Week 12

    Non-Fiction genre/Issues in Children's Books
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    focusedEval Nonfiction.doc
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  • Week 13

    Biography- chapter 12
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    Biography Chapter 12.ppt
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  • Week 14

    Biography- chapter 12
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    EDUC 328 Unit Plan Evaluation Criteria.doc
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  • Final Exam

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    sp07classevalpicbkscriteria.doc
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    revisedschedule41107.doc
    All seven genres
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    evaluationcriteria7genressp07.doc
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  • Book Review Resources

    Name Description Status Source
    Award winning books
    This is the internet address for the website I found to search award-winning children’s literature.
    Julianne Persons
    Required www.dawcl.com Edit Award winning books Delete Award winning books
    LitLinks

    This sight has also been added to the Curriculum Library Web pages under ‘Course Links.” 

    After reading a great story, poem, play, essay, or critical article, you may want to know more. The Internet provides all kinds of information to aid your research, so we've compiled LitLinks — annotated to show you what kinds of information about a work, its author, or period you'll find on each site.  LitLinks are organized alphabetically by author within five genres.

     

    Required www.bedfordstmartins.com Edit LitLinks Delete LitLinks
    Harper Collins Award winning books
    This is another website I found to search award-winning children’s literature under selected genres.
    Stephanie Parker
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  • Text Readability Index

    interventioncentral.org...it is rather difficult to navigate because they have so much information. To get to the readability check:
    1. scroll down to where it says "Favorite Downloads"
    2. Click on "Curriculum-Based Measurement Warehouse"
    3. scroll down and on the left, click on "Reading Fluency Probes"
    4. Click on "Create Custom Reading Probes"
    5. Type 3 separate text excerpts, one at a time, into text box and take the average of the 3 for R. level
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    Link to Text Readabilty Index
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  • National Standards

    Name Description Status Source
    IRA/NCTE k-12 Standards for the English Language Arts
    These twelve standards were created in a joint effort by the International Reading Association and the National Council of teachers of English and can be used for K-12
    Required www.readwritethink.org Edit IRA/NCTE k-12 Standards for the English Language Arts Delete IRA/NCTE k-12 Standards for the English Language Arts
    NAEYC/IRA Standards (preschool)
    These standards do not follow the outline format. In order to identify the standard write the following:
    NAEYC/IRA - phonemic awareness(one of the bolded position statements or phrases)
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  • State Standards

    Name Description Status Source
    PA Early Childhood Continuum Indicators N-grade 3
    Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening  Standards for ages pre-K - grade 3
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    Pennsylvania Dept of Education grades 3-11
    From the PDE website, click on  the "Academic Standards" and select "Academic standards for reading, writing, speaking and listening." You may print it as a pdf or word document.
    Required www.pde.state.pa.us Edit Pennsylvania Dept of Education grades 3-11 Delete Pennsylvania Dept of Education grades 3-11
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