Unit 1: Read All About It

Activity 1:  Genre . . .Is French for Type or Kind (GLEs:  04, 05d, 11, 12, 14e)

CC:  Students are given a personal reading inventory sheet and asked to keep a list of books read, noting title/author, date completed, and genre.

Use MS Word to create a reading inventory sheet.

Word template - "Reading Inventory"

Helpful Web Sites:

Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award  - (Scroll toward the bottom to see links to this year's selected list of titles that can be used for grade 4 reading and language arts.)

http://www.state.lib.la.us/la_dyn_templ.cfm?doc_id=83

This site includes  an "Annotated Bibliography With Links to Study Guides" and an excellent article on ideas for journaling with the selected titles that  can be adapted for classroom use.

The article is Journaling for 2007 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Grades 3-5

By Mary Maud Carr, St. Anthony School, Bunkie.

Good strategy for reading and responding during whole-class and independent reading activities

Reading Notebook Strategy

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/interactivenotebook.htm

Tools for Reading, Writing and Thinking

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/Index.htm

Teacher Ready Resources

Venn diagrams and graphic organizers

Idea Bank - Microsoft Word - Venn diagram

http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/idea_bank/MSWord/venn.html

Venn diagram generators

Enchanted Learning

http://search.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/search?key=Graphic+Organizers-venn+diagra

Graphic Organizer Worksheets

http://search.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/search?key=Graphic+Organizers-venn+diagra

Venn diagram

http://www.venndiagram.com/

General Website Resources

Hans Christian Anderson: Fairy Tales and Stories

http://hca.gilead.org.il/#intro

FTnotes

http://www.inkspell.homestead.com/FTnotes.html

Children's Authors and Illustrators

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/authors.htm

Aesop's Fables

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html

Grimm Brothers@nationalgeographic.com

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

Tales of Wonder

http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/

American Folklore: Famous American folktales, tall tales, myths and legends, ghost stories, and

http://www.americanfolklore.net/

Circle of Stories

http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/

Aesop's Fables

http://www.aesopfables.com/

Themes and Literature Circles

http://www.eduscapes.com/ladders/themes/

Poetry Teachers

http://www.poetryteachers.com/index.html

The Academy of American Poets

http://www.poets.org

ReadWriteThink:Lesson Plans

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp

Genre Study: A Collaborative Approach

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=270

Fairytales from Life

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=42

Article on Genre Studies with lots of information

School Talk - Genre Studies

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/test_tutor/build19/grade3/skill14/index_pre.htm