Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade Tidbits: Literature Circles in 1st Grade. It's March, which means we are pushing our kids to get them right where they need to be by the end of the year.
If you are like me, you're exhausted and looking for challenging, yet engaging activities that your children can do. Have you ever used literature circles with your first graders? I have used them for many years and they are an EXCELLENT way to keep kids challenged, engaged, and having fun...especially in the spring! By now, many of your readers are at or above grade level.
But we all have that "few" that are still struggling and still needing MUCH support. 1. You will want to group your students into groups of 4-5. Wednesday: Assign new roles. Thursday: Repeat Wednesday's process of assigning new roles. Friday: Repeat Thursday's process of assigning new roles. *At any time, kids are welcomed to re-read their books. Literature Circles with Primary Students Using Self-Selected Reading. Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview From Theory to Practice For self-paced literature circles, students choose their own reading material, respond to reading in a journal, and talk about their books daily in small groups.
The teacher guides the work through structured prompts and by rotating participation with the groups. Laura Candler's Literacy Circles for the Classroom. If you want to see kids get excited about reading, let them choose their own books and talk about them in groups.
That’s the basic idea behind Literature Circles, orBook Clubs. Literature Circles are even Common Core aligned! You can download the relevant standards from the link below. If you’re new to Literature Circles, or even if you are a pro, visit my Classroom Book Clubs page or watch the short video below. Then check out the links to other Literature Circle resources on Teaching Resources. Links to Lit Circle Pages and Information Classroom Book Clubs Overview Watch this short video to how Classroom Book Clubs work! I’ve spent 15 years experimenting with Literature Circles in my classroom, and I finally found an approach that students enjoy, an approach that’s free of cumbersome management systems. Overview of Literature Circles. The Literature Circles Resource Center web site is based on the premise that there is no one way to do literature circles.
Literature circles look different in every classroom; they change from teacher to teacher, grade to grade, student to student. Literature circles have no recipe, they are not a specific "program", and they never look the same from year to year -- or even from day to day. The reason? True engagement with literature within a community of learners can't possibly be prescribed -- it can only be described. And that's the goal of this web site. Literature Circles. Literature Circles Build Excitement for Books! Literature Circle Role Cards: Literacy Solutions. A literature circle is a small group instructional approach to support the development of comprehension, independence and enjoyment.
To prompt student thinking, the following role cards may be used. The implementation of Literature Circles is outlined in many of our reading workshops. Hard Copy Sets Literature Circle Role Cards are also available in printed, single sided, full colour, A4 matt finish. This resource is often provided as a gift to attendees at many of our workshops. Role Cards for lower school Actor Artist Book Worm Connector Favourite Finder Leader Predictor Question Master Story Teller Word Whiz Role Cards for lower-middle school Director Thinker Researcher Quiz Master Sketch Artist Summariser Questioner Predictor Investigator Interviewer Connector.
Literature Circles - Reading A-Z. Why Use Literature Circles The Literature Circles White Paper shows how literature circles are an important component of any comprehensive balanced literacy instruction that embeds research-based strategies to meet the demands and rigor of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Content-area Literacy in History, Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects.
Each Literature Circle Journal serves as a time saver for teachers and can be easily added to and subtracted from using the Student Resources Journal Pages for each role if students choose different roles to perform with that book. Watch the How to Use Literature Circle Journals for Books video. About the Teacher Resources Overview The Literature Circles Overview explains the protocols for Literature Circles in detail so that you can use Reading A-Z tools in successful Literature Circles. Watch the How to Get Started with Literature Circles video. About the Student Resources Susan K. Literature circles worksheet. Literature Circle Worksheets.