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Literature + Standards + InternetLinda L. Mills

Greensburg Community [email protected]

Why Literature?Why Standards?Why Technology?

What is needed?•LMS/teacher working together•Standards•Literature/subject content•Technology capabilities•Supportive administrators•Students

Blend these all together and what do you get?

•Collaboration!•Higher achieving students!•Happy administrators!•Contented teachers and library media specialists!

Planning is the key!Anytime

AnywhereFormally

InformallyBut make sure you write it down!

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Equipment needed:Computers/Internet access

AlphaSmartsDigital CamerasSmartBoards

Books!! Books!! And more books!!!

StandardsNational Council of Teachers of English

http://www.ncte.org/standardsInternational Reading Association

http://www.reading.orgState standards for each subjectInformation Literacy Standards

Indiana StandardsStructural Features of Literature • Third Grade: Recognize different common

genres of literature, such as poetry, drama, fiction, and non fiction.

• Fourth Grade: Describe the differences of various imaginative forms of literature, including fantasies, fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales.

Author SitesDefinition: sites that help find authors’

homepages, information, or biographies

What can you do with them?What do they have on them?Refer to page one of the handout.

Literature SitesDefinition: sites that tell about books, how to

use books, or further activities you can do with books.

What do they have on them?What can you do with them?Refer to page two of the handout.

Award Books/SitesBook Awards on the Web

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html

Young Hoosier Book Award (ex. of our state) http://www.ilfonline.org/Programs/YHBA/yhba.htm

Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature

http://www.dawcl.com

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Read Aloud BooksJim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-

reading.com/Indiana Library Federation (Read alouds)

www.ilfonline.orgFreeman, Judy. More Books Kids Will Still

For. Libraries Unlimited, 1995.

WebQuests• Started in 1995 by Bernie Dodge• Web based thematic units • Hundreds of WebQuests available Bernie Dodge’s site http://webquest.sdsu.edu/index.htmlTom March’s sitehttp://www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm

Literature Ladders

Developed by Annette Lambwww.eduscapes.com

Books to useLamb, Annette. Newberys and the Net: Thematic

Technology Connections. Vision to Action, 2000.Moran, Karen A. Literature Online. Alleyside Press,

1999.Story-Huffman, Ru. Caldecott on the Net: Reading

and Internet Activities. Alleyside Press, 1999.Wepner, Shelley, and William J. Valmont. Linking

Literacy and Technology. IRA, 2000.

Magazines/Professional JournalsBooklist www.ala.org/booklistSchool Library Journal www.slj.comThe Bookbag www.bookbagcompanion.comHorn Book www.hbook.comBookLinks www.booklinks.orgReading Online (IRA)

www.readingonline.org/home.html

Articles on Literature/TechnologySherman, Gale W. “Children’s Literature in Cyberspace”, BookLinks,

March 1998.Karchmer, Rachel. “Exploring Literacy on the Internet,” The Reading

Teacher, September, 2000.“Literature and Technology”, Learning and Leading with Technology,

May 2000.“Novel Studies and the Web”, Classroom Connect, March 2000.Creamer, Marian. “Newbery Book Discussions on the Net”,

BookLinks, March 1999.Miller, Susan J. “Reading and the Internet Link”, Library Talk,

March, 2000.

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Electronic MentoringStudents and teachers can seek information

from “Experts” via the Internet.www.askanexpert.com

Scholastic Talk to an Author www.scholasticnetwork.com

Rubrics/Graphic OrganizersRubrics

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/trubrics.htm

Graphic Organizers http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/sorganiz.htm

Kathy Schrock http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Lesson Plan Sites• Lesson Locato http://www.lessonlocator.org• A to Z Teacher Stuff http://AtoZTeacherStuff .com• Teacher’s Net http://www.teachers.net/lessons/• 4Blocks/Big Blocks http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/• 4 Blocks http://www.cherylsigmon .com/• LessonPlanZ.com http://www.LessonPlanz .com• Ask Eric http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons• Busy Teachers Website www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt• K-12 Sources http://execpc.com/~dboals/k-12a.html• Gigglepotz http://www.gigglepotz.com/curriculum. htm• EdHelper , com http://wwwedhelper .com

•Kathy Schrock’s site http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edres.html

How do you find resources on the Net to go with the

books you are using?

• Use many different sources• Use safe sources• Don’t use large search engines• Try using portals• Use sites that will help you find others

How to find sites… Portals to help you find sitesKidsClick! http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick! Blue Webn’ http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebnEduhound and Edupuppy www.eduhound.comKathy Schrock’s Guide

http://www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguideEisenhower Clearinghouse for Math and Science

http://www.enc.org (is being discontinued)Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org

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Evaluation of SitesWhy evaluate a site?Who should evaluate a site?When do you evaluate a site?What are the criteria for evaluating a

site?

Elements of a Good Website• Organization, layout, and ease of use• Graphics/topography• Authority—edu. vs. com. vs. gov. vs. org• Accuracy• Links—within and outside• Coverage• Currency• Objectivity

Internet Domains• com -commercial organization• edu - educational institutions• gov - government, nonmilitary• mil - military• org - other organizations• net - network resources

Evaluating SitesCiting Internet Sources

http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml

Kathy Schrock http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Netiquette www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html

Evaluating Two Sites• http://www.nps.gov/yell/home.htm

• http://yellowstone.net/

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TrackStarOn-line interface

• Organize and annotate Web sites into lessons• a table of contents that remains visible • Allows user to browse the lesson but stay on

trackhttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.

jsp

Let’s review…• Start with standards• Find a book• Find author information• Find links• Find activities to do• Introduce to students

My website: http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/ges/Library/index.htm

Linda L. Mills ([email protected]) AASL October 7, 2005

Authors/Illustrators/Books and the Internet Please be aware that all sites have been reviewed, but links within them have not. Remember, sites continually change, move, or become out-dated. Author's Home Page or Sites to Link you to Authors The Author Corner http://ccpl.carr.org/authco/

A place to meet authors and illustrators of children and young adult books. Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

This site is maintained by David Brown at the University of Calgary. He examines each link and includes things for quality and authenticity. CBC Author & Illustrator Links (scroll down and click on Author & Illustrator Links) http://www.cbcbooks.org/navigaton/teaindex.htm

Established in 1945 by the Children's Book Council, it's a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the enjoyment of reading in children. Directory of Indiana Children's Authors and Illustrators (address and biography) http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/WWW/LDO/CHILDRENS/index.htm This is an online version of the book Index to Internet Sites: Children and Young Adult Authors and Illustrators http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm The ISLMC is a meta-site designed to foster easy access to curriculum related sites for teachers, school librarians, parents and students. Internet Public Library Kidspace http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000 The Reading Zone is like the fiction collection of the public library. You can find books and author information. Learning about the Author & Illustrator Pages http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander

This site has been designed and maintained by Kay Vandergrift, professor at Rutgers University. It has an extensive list of children's and young adult author and illustrator sites. Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ The goals of this site are to be a comprehensive annotated guide to Shakespeare on the Internet and to present material not available anywhere else. The Scoop Biographies http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/main.html Brief conversations, background information and insights from favorite authors and illustrators. Yahoo! Children's Authors http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/children_s/

List of annotated links to children's authors. Yahoo! Young Adult Authors http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Young_Adult/ Annotated links to young adult authors.


Literature Sites ALA Literature and Language http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/lit.html

Lots of sites recommended by the American Library Association. Aesops Fables Online Exhibit http://www.pacificnet.nte/~johnr/aesop A compilation of 600 fables. Booklinks http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/

Book Links is a magazine designed for teachers, librarians, library media specialists, booksellers, parents, and all other adults interested in connecting children with high quality books. Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site http://www.carolhurst.com/toc.html

Carol Otis Hurst is a storyteller, lecturer, author and language arts consultant. Since 1973 she has been writing for Teaching K-8 magazine. Children’s Books with Native American Themes http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/nativebooks.htm This site offers information to a wide audience, about books with Native American themes. Children's Literature Homepage http://www.childrenslit.com/

Contains information on children's literature and book reviews. CyberGuides http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

K-12 Literature and supplementary Internet activities to enrich instruction. Great sites. Digital Librarian: Children's Literature http://www.digital-librarian.com/childlit.html

A large "webliography" of links for children's literature subjects. This site is a good site for all who use children's literature in education. Doucette Index http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex

K-12 Literature based Teaching Ideas

ISLMC Children’s Literature and Language Arts Resources http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm This page focuses on children’s literature in education. Kathy Schrock’s Guide http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html This site is an absolute must to use when looking for great literature links. Kid’s Literature http://www.vickiblackwell.com/childrenlit.html Vicki Blackwell’s site for Children’s Literature. Nice links. Literary Resources on the Net http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

Links to academic studies of English and American literature. Sorted by category. Literacy Matters http://www2.edc.org/literacymatters/index.htm Focuses on adolescent literature and articles about literature. Multicultural Book Review Homepage http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/homepage.html This creates a qualitative list of multicultureal literature for K-12 educators and gives information about how to use this literature successfully.


Nancy Polette http://www.nancypolette.com/home.asp

Providing help in developing reading, writing, reasoning, and research skills, K-8. PoetryTeachers.com http://poetryteachers.com/index.html

How to teach poetry, poetry theater, poetry activities. Great site to use. Representative Poety Online http://eir.library.utornonto.ca/rpo/display/index.cfm Poems, and poems and more poems. Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/readings Great teacher resources. This is geared specifically to reading.

Reading Sites Learning to Read http://www.toread.com This site helps to improve the quality of reading instruction through the study of the reading process and teaching techniques. It is a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research. ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/ Excellent site for all kinds of ideas on reading, literature, and writing. Cheryl Sigmon’s 4 Block Site http://www.cherylsigmon.com/about.asp One of the best sites to find out about this topic. The Four Blocks Literacy Model http://www.wfu.edu/academics/fourblocks/ The site that tells what four block is all about. Reading Recovery http://www.readingrecovery.org/index.asp

Evaluating Sites on the Internet/General Internet sites Citing Internet & Other Electronic Resources (Binghampton University) http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/search/citing.html Netiquette http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html

Etiquette for the Internet.

Noodletools http://www.noodletools.com/ A great site to have bookmarked to learn how to use and find reference materials using the Internet.

Author sites to good to miss Dav Pilkey http://www.pilkey.com Jan Brett http://www.janbrett.com Tedd Arnold http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold Mem Fox http://www.memfox.net


Audrey Wood http://www.audreywood.com Jane Yolen http://www.janeyolen.com Patricia Polacco http://www.patriciapolacco.com Will Hobbs http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/ Marc Brown http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mbrown.htm Gary Paulsen http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/ Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/ Publishers: Almost every publishing company has it's own web page. Many of those web pages include information and resources on books and authors. HarperCollins http://www.harperchildrens.com/schoolhouse/index.htm Newsletter and teacher's guides available. Houghton Mifflin http://www.eduplace.com/ Little, Brown http://www.twbookmark.com/children/authors.html Alphabeticall listings of links to short author bio's. McDougal Littell http://www.mcdougallittell.com/lit/index.htm Author spotlight and novel guides Penguin Putnam http://www.penguinputnam.com/yreaders/index.htm Perma-Bound Profiles http://www.perma-bound.com/profhead.htm Random House Teachers http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/ Scholastic-Teachers http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm Live author interviews and lots of information. For all of the links that are on this page and that I discussed, please go to my website and have live links. http://www.greensburg.k12.in.us/ges/Library/index.htm

Linda L. Mills October 7, 2005

Collaborative Unit on Eric Carle Content Area: reading, math, writing, art Grade Level: first grade Unit of Study: Author study Indiana Content Standard(s) Addressed

Math 1.1.10 Represent, compare, and interpret data using pictures and picture graphs.

Language Arts 1.3.2 Describe the roles of authors and illustrators 1.4.1 Discuss ideas and select a focus for stories or other writing. 1.4.2 Use various organizational strategies to plan writing. 1.4.3 Revise writing for others to read. 1.6.2 Write in complete sentences.

Information Literacy Standards:

IS3 Use information accurately/creatively IS5 Appreciates literature and creative expression

Proposed Activities/Responsibilities: • Prior to Session One: Introduce Eric Carle as an author/ illustrator to students (LMS);

teacher reads as many books of Carle’s as possible. • First day: In the computer lab, read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Discuss what the

caterpillar ate each day. Create a picture graph using the computer program .5The Graph Club showing each item he ate. (LMS)

• Second Session: Students return to the computer lab and reconstructed their graphs. Line, bar, and picture graphs of the same information should be compared. (T)

• Third Session: Discuss Eric Carle’s illustration techniques. (LMS) Using Carle’s art techniques students will create their own book covers depicting the very hungry caterpillar. Squares of paper were given to the students to color in two colors. These squares were then cut into circles to be glued in the shape of a caterpillar for the covers of their books. (Art teacher)

• Fourth Session: Read The Very Quiet Cricket. (LMS) Students brainstorm ideas of other insects to write about. (LMS, T) Each student chooses an insect and begins writing a story modeled after The Very Quiet Cricket on the AlphaSmarts.

Proposed Outcome/Product

Students will learn to make and read graphs. Students will write creative stories using a model. Students will create a book cover using Eric Carle’s techniques.

Assessment

Students will from author circles share their books and jackets. Within the circles, students will discuss strong points of each product.

Linda L. Mills, October, 2005 [email protected]

Template for using a book

Title: Author: Publisher: Date: Summary of book: Standards it will cover: Literacy Standard(s) : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Materials needed: Internet Resources to use: Activities: Concluding activity:

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Bibliography of Books

Brett, Jan. Any of her books are great, because you can decide to study the author first and how she actually writes and illustrates her books. Examples: Berloiz the Bear, Armadillo Rodeo, etc. Bunting, Eve. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust. Jewish Publication Society, 1989. In this allegory, the author’s reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen. Burleigh, Robert. Home Run. Harcourt, 1998. A poetic account of the legendary Baby Ruth as he prepares to hit a home run. Cannon, Jannell. Stellaluna. Harcourt, 1993. After she falls head first into a bird’s nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother. Also Verdi the story of a snake. Pindelli is another one. Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree. Harcourt, 1990. (others by her on the environment) The different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting it down. Curtis, Christopher. Bud, Not Buddy. (recent Newbery book) The adventures of ten-year-old Bud as he sets out in search of his father. Set in Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression, Bud heads toward Grand Rapids where he hopes to meet the well-known Big Band leader H.E. Calloway who Bud believes is his father. DeFelice, Cynthia. Lostman’s River. A great book to use around the ecology theme. Also her book Weasel for pioneer times. The Apprenctice of Lucas Whitaker is another good one. Fleischman, Sid. The Whipping Boy. Greenwillow, 1986. A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. George, Jean. There’s an Owl in the Shower. Harper, 1995. (and other books that she wrote) Because protecting spotted owls has cost Borden’s father his job as a logger in the old growth forest of northern California, Borden intends to kill any spotted owl he sees, until he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet. Haddix, Margaret. Just Ella. Houghton, 2000. A take off on the Cinderalla theme. Hobbs, Will. Jason’s Gold. Harper Collins, 1999. (or any of Will’s other books) Jason is 15 and starts out from Seattle to the gold fields in the Yukon. This book follows Jason on the 500 miles down the Yukon River in the fall of the year. He and his dog King, face moose, bears, and the horrors of the subarctic winter. There is a sequel to this now. Jackson, Ellen. Turn of the Century. Charlesbridge Publishing, 1998. Children living in Great Britain and the United States at the beginning of each century between 1000 and 2000 A.D. describe their lifestyle at the time.

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Joose, Barbara. Lewis and Papa; Adventures on the Santa Fe Trail. Chronicle, 1998. While accompanying his father on the wagon train along the Santa Fe Trail, Lewis discovers what it is to be a man. Kellogg, Steven. Paul Bunyan, or Pecos Bill, or John Henry or Johnny Appleseed. These books are all about tall tale characters and are excellent to use as spin off to this topic. Also Swamp Angel is another one to bring into this mix. Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. Greenwillow, 2000. Another take off on Cinderella. Martin, Jacqueline. Snowflake Bentley. Houghton Mifflin. 1998. A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. McGill, Alice. Molly Bannaky. Houghton, 1999. Molly Walsh, an English dairymaid accidentally spilled a bucket of milk and stood trial for stealing it. She was sent to labor for seven years on a farm in the British colonies where she fell in love with her slave by the name of Bannaky. Peet, Bill. The Wump World. Houghton, 1990. The Wumps were simple grass grazers and spent their time grazing until the world started to become polluted. Paulsen, Gary. Soldiers Heart. (or any of Paulsen’s other books including Hatchet) This is the story of Charley’s enlistment and Civil War experiences. He was 15 years old and thought he was going on a great adventure. He entered the war a boy and came home a man with a “solder’s heart.” The book was based on the life of a real boy. Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Philomel, 1994. ( any book by this author) Say Cutis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author’s great-great-grandfather. Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker. Philomel, 1998. At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher help her understand and overcome her problem. Sis, Peter. Starry Messenger. Farrar,1996. also Tibet: Through the Red Box. Farrar, 1998. This depicts the life of a scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist.Also his book Komodo! Turner, Ann. Nettie’s Trip South. Scholastic, 1987. The story of the first time a slave auction was witnessed by Northern folks. Schroeder, Alan. Minty; a Story of Young Harriet Tubman. Dial, 1996. Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

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