Reading and Wriitng Notebook FAQ. I just started reading The Cafe Book yesterday by The Sisters and I am already so excited to make some changes in my classroom because of it.
You can bet that I will be doing some serious posting about it during the next month as I begin to launch it in my classroom. I got a really great email from Lindsay today and thought I would answer her questions on the blog about my reading and writing notebooks. I thought that some of you might have the same questions yourself. The first question she asked was, "Do your kids have both reading and writing notebooks?
" How to conduct a Literature Circle. Literature Circle Models. After experimenting for many years, I discovered an approach that's easy, fun, and effective.
I refer to it as Classroom Book Clubs because it's a more relaxed method of doing Literature Circles that doesn't involve roles. You can view a narrated slidecast to this model by scrolling down to the Classroom Book Clubs section. On this page you can also learn about different types of Literature Circles. I've had some success with all the models below, but all models haven't been successful with all groups of students. Read through the various descriptions and find something that feels right to you. The Reader's Notebook.
Collaborative Literature Circles. Using edModo and iChat to jazz up Lit Circles into the 21st Century Welcome to our collaborate literature circles website. We used our cool new technology to twist literature circles into a new tech-ridden beast. Our goal was to create a platform for literature circles that uses blogging, movie making, an online dictionary, and PowerPoint. We wanted to find out whether student engagement is heightened when they collaborate in literature circle with students they have yet to meet using these tools. Home Page. Bookmarks to Support Comprehension. MAP Reading.