Keep the Rest of the Class Reading and Writing ... While You Teach Small Groups: 60 High-Interest Reproducible Activities-Perfect for Learning Centers-That Build Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Writing Skills

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Scholastic Inc., 2000 - Education - 128 pages
More than 60 meaningful, classroom-developed literature and writing activities to keep your students engaged while you direct instruction in small groups. Activities include story structure webs, character trait clusters, comparing the ways authors write leads, biography investigations, poetry menus, and much more. Includes how-to's for managing literacy centers, partner studies, and easy long-term projects. Reproducible format makes it all ready-to-use in a literacy center. For use with Grades 3-6.
 

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Contents

Introduction
5
Literacy Centers and Logistics
7
Centers Contract
12
Centers Checklist
13
Choice Menu
14
Partner Centers
15
Musing and Perusing
16
Focusing on Characters
17
A Learning Styles Model
68
Chrysanthemum
69
Fantastic Mr Fox
70
Rubric for Literature Studies
71
More Small Group LiteracyFocused Activities
72
Fables
73
Proverbs From Around the World
74
Proverbial Wisdom
75

Library Lil
19
In White Tie and Tails
20
A River Ran Wild
21
Dandelions
22
Venus
23
Learning From Photographs
25
Finding Information in a Photograph
26
Writing at Centers
27
Who Is Gutzon Borglum?
29
Facts and Commentary About
30
One Hundred Journal Topics
31
King of the Sky
33
Panel Discussion
34
Agree Disagree
36
Mrs PiggleWiggle
37
A Telephone Poem
39
Read All About It
40
General Writing Rubric
41
Noticing What Authors Do
42
Story Structure Web
43
A Focus on Beginnings
44
Take the Lead
45
What a Character 1
47
What a Character 2
48
Character Traits Cluster
49
Appetizer Main Course Dessert
50
Word Sorting for Vocabulary Building
51
Abels Island
52
HogEye
53
Setting the Scene
54
Author Studies
55
Author Hall of Fame
56
Group Planning Sheet
57
An Author Profile
58
A Study of an AuthorIllustrator
60
The Picture Books of Kevin Henkes
61
William Steigs Animal Fantasies
62
Seymour Simon
63
A Menu
65
Using the Internet for Author Studies
66
Small Group Literature Studies
67
Challenge Centers and Independent Study Projects
76
Book Report Menu
78
Create Your Own Book Report
79
Reading Response Rubric
80
Comedy Catastrophe and Comeuppance
81
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
82
Add Adjectives to Your Vocabulary
84
Using Words to Create Pictures
86
PaddletotheSea
87
Amazing Flying Machines
88
Independent Research Project
89
Genre Studies
91
Genre Journey
93
Picture the Possibilities
94
Biography Web
95
A Genre Investigation
96
My GreatAunt Arizona
97
A Brief Biography Bibliography
99
Poetry Menu
100
Futuristic Technology Intergalactic Travel and Alien Civilizations
101
Authors Who Write Mysteries
103
Adventure Activities
104
Authors Autobiographies
105
Rib Ticklers and Funny Bones
106
Funny Books
107
A Different Kind of Journey
108
A Weekly Reading Log
109
Happily Ever After Headlines
110
A Choice Menu
111
Easy LongTerm Projects
112
Newbery Medal Winners and Honor Books
113
Five in a Row
117
Activity Choices
118
Its All in the Cards
119
Alphabetical Fact Sheet
120
Dewey Decimal Nonfiction Book Report
121
Exploring Picture Books to Learn About Literary Devices
122
Some Books to Use for Teaching Literary Devices
126
And the Winners Are
127
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