Teaching reading with literature : case studies to action plans / Gail E. Tompkins, Lea M. McGee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tompkins, Gail E.

Contributor:

McGee, Lea M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary).

Children--Books and reading--Case studies.

Children.

Children's literature--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Children's literature.

Curriculum planning.

Children--Books and reading.

Children's literature--Study and teaching.

Genre:

Case studies

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Merrill ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1993.

Contents:

pt. 1. Literature-based reading instruction. Using literature in the reading program

Choosing literature for children

Learning about authors and illustrators

Identifying perspectives on reading instruction

Teaching from a reader response perspective

Teaching from a critical perspective

Teaching from an interactive perspective

Putting it all together

Assessing students' learning

pt. 2. Action plans. Kindergarten: Reading and comparing "Gingerbread man" stories

Grade 1: Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday

Grade 2: Reading and writing about dinosaurs

Grade 3: Mrs. Morehouse's class learns "We are all Pilgrims"

Grade 4: Focus unit on "The sign of the beaver"

Grade 5: Tuesday is poetry workshop day

Grade 6: "Readers at work" in Mr. Diaz's classroom

Grades 7 & 8: Participating in literature discussion groups.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-472) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Tompkins, Gail E. Teaching reading with literature.

ISBN:

0675213037

9780675213035

OCLC:

26128358