Using Student Interaction to Improve Reading Comprehension
This resource provides all you need to introduce, implement, and manage literature circle groups in your classroom. It's all here: step-by-step directions for teacher preparation, sample daily schedules, daily task questions, lesson ideas with coordinating reproducibles, teacher and student assessment ideas with reproducible evaluation forms, and synopses of recommended books by grade level.
Literature Circles provides all you need to introduce, implement, and manage literature circle groups in your classroom. This comprehensive book includes two sample units, daily comprehension questions, reproducible lessons, evaluation forms, activity ideas, and project cards. It also features recommended literature for each grade level or reading difficulty for each book, to help you select the most appropriate book for each student. Incorporate activities and ideas from Literature Circles into your classroom curriculum to help your students become involved and more competent readers.
