Name: Erin Keener

Using Childrens Literature for Various Teaching Approaches

Approach

Literature
Based

How is literature used?

Guided
Reading

What do you need to know

about literature?

Literature circles where

students who read the
same book or books of
the same topic come
together to talk about it
Answer questions by
looking in the book

Independent, silent
reading
Leveled by ability
Use it to talk about main
plots
Use nonfiction to learn
about historical events
Have children read parts
of a book out loud when
a group is meeting with
the teacher
Use books to answer
questions on worksheets
Assigned a chapter to
read to prepare for small
group with the teacher
Use texts to go back and
find specific sentences

It can be interpreted in
numerous ways
How it can relate to
personal experiences

How would you stock and

organize classroom library?

By levels of difficulty
by subject/topic

What kind of plans would

you be writing using
childrens literature?

Their subjects/content
What lessons they could
be paired with
(sequencing, main
problem, predictions, etc)
Their level of difficulty

By levels of difficulty
By content
By what lesson they are
used to teach/enforce

Have groups come

together to discuss books
Have students share their
different interpretations
of the same book
Have students ask
questions
Have both formal and
informal responses to
books
Meet with children to go
over explicit instruction
to help them grow in
their reading levels;
listen to them read and
tell them what skills they
need to improve on and
how
Reading mini-lesson:
reading strategy/skill or
teaching a work station
Fluency work-station:
have a partner time how
long it takes you to read
Reading comprehension
and predictions-as a
teacher ask questions
about the book as it is

that answer questions the

teacher poses

Reading
Workshop

Make and test theories

Read a text during the
mini lesson to reinforce
what is being taught
Silent reading (buried in
a book)
To see what the author
can show you
Make predictions

What aspect of reading it

can be used to teach
What questions and
theories it can elicit

What aspect of reading it

represents (characters,
plot, feelings, etc.)

read; connect to real

experiences
Learn to identify the
main problem in a text
Sequencing of a text and
main problems
Mini lesson to help
students focus on aspects
of reading such as
characters
Teach figurative
language by actual
actions of students
Focus on one kid at a
time and give them a
skill to work on for the
day
Read the book, modeling
how you want them to
read it and think about it
as you readmetacognating