Curated OER
Book Critic
What better way to get kids excited about reading than by having them start a book club together? This lesson suggests many good books that kids should enjoy reading or listening to together. After reading a story, young readers keep a...
Curated OER
Literary Circles
Fifth graders read a common book and meet to discuss the reading. In this literary circles instructional activity, 5th graders understand their roles and responsibilities in participating in a literary circles. Students design an...
Curated OER
Literary Circles
Students write a report on their experience working in literary circles and rate their own contributions. In this literary circles lesson, students share their views of a novel in literary circles in which each student has a specific...
Curated OER
Words to Warm the Winter: Keeping Things Organized
Fifth graders are in Literary Circles according to the book they've chosen and choose roles.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Frontier Life: Recreation and Leisure Time on the Frontier
Read about how the homesteaders on the American frontier added a little levity to their otherwise harsh frontier life, and in particular how women, how spent much time at home, worked to add variety to their lives. From a companion essay...
abcteach
Abcteach: Literacy Circles
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn what literacy circles are, how they work and some suggestions for planning. Included are reproducible worksheets that define the student roles of various jobs within the literary circle.