February 18, 2016

Housekeeping
Books for Beginning Readers
Poetry

Housekeeping
Extra credit details
Looking ahead
Quiz

Books for Beginning Readers

Jean Piagets Stages of Cognitive Development



Preoperational (about 2 to 7)



Reading Development Process

Teaching Children to Read / Teaching Children to Love to Read

Developing Skills
Concepts of Print
Alphabet Knowledge
Phonological Awareness
Sight Words

Literature in the Classroom

Recommended Reading

Community of Readers, Culture of Reading

Books for Beginning Readers

Early or Beginning Readers
Basal Readers
Picture Books
Informational Books

Basal Readers

abnormally courteous and unnaturally clean boys

and girls
John Hersey

Fun with Dick and Jane, Elson-Gray Basic Reader

The result?

Beginning Readers
What characterizes an outstanding
beginning reader book for children?

Geisel Award
demonstrate great creativity and
imagination in his/her/their literary and
artistic achievements to engage children
in reading.

Beginning Readers
Content

Design

Content
Sight & short words

Go Dog Go! by P.D. Eastman

Content
Short, declarative sentences

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Content
2-3 characters & a clear, direct plot

Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

Content
4-6 chapters, often episodic

Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Content
Pictures illustrate the story

Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant

Design
Typeface

Pete the Cat books by Eric Litwin

Design
Line length

Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes

Design
Space between words
Space between lines

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

Design
Number of lines per page

Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl Tedd Arnold

Design
White space

A Big Guy Took My Ball by Mo Willems

Design
Illustrations

Biscuit Wins a Prize by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

All Together Now

The torch is passed

Can a picture book be a beginning reader book?

Your turn
1. Find a partner
2. Read the beginning reader books you each
brought? How do they measure up?

You may see

Short & sight words

Short, declarative sentences
2-3 characters & a clear, direct plot
4-6 chapters, often episodic
Pictures that illustrate the story
Large typeface
Short line length
Space between words and lines
Small number of lines per page
White space
Illustrations that break up the text

Your turn
1. Find a partner
2. Choose a scene from Charlottes Web and
rewrite that scene as a beginning reader
3. Submit your writing through Canvas

You should be using

Short & sight words

Short, declarative sentences
Large typeface
Short line length
Space between words and lines
Small number of lines per page
White space

Break!

Poetry

The Crossover: Quiz

bounce

Poetry
What characterizes outstanding
poetry for children?
Tell me one thought

Poetry
Poetry combines rich meaning with
sounds of language arrayed in an
interesting form.
Galda, Cullinan, & Sipe

Poetry Types and Forms

Narrative
Lyric
Verse
Limerick
Ballad
Haiku
Sijo
Free Verse
Concrete Poetry
Couplets, etc.

Poetry

Young Peoples Poet

Laureate

Poetry

Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

Poetry

NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for

Children

Elements of a Poem
Meaning
Rhythm
Sound patterns
Figurative language
Sense imagery

 Meaning

 Rhythm

When Lessie runs she runs so fast that

Sometimes she falls down
But she gets right up and brushes her knees
And runs again as fast as she can
Past red houses
and parked cars
and bicycles
and sleeping dogs
and cartwheeling girls
and wrestling boys
and Mr. Taylors record store
All the way to the corner
To meet her mama.
Eloise Greenfield

 Sound patterns:
Rhyme
Assonance
Alliteration
Consonance
Onomatopoeia

GALOSHES
Susies galoshes
Make splishes and sploshes
And slooshes and sloshes
As Susie steps slowly
Along in the slush.
They stamp and they tramp
On the ice and concrete
They get stuck in the muck and the mud;
But Susie likes best to hear
The slippery slush
As it slooshes and sloshes
And splishes and sploshes
All around her galoshes!
Rhoda Bacmeister

 Figurative language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole

RISING
Like a fresh loaf
Sun rises,
Tempting dawn
To break
Her golden crust.
Taste morning!
Sarah Hansen

 Sense imagery

Poetry Book Formats

 Nursery rhymes and songs

 Anthologies

 Specialized poetry books

 Illustrated poems or songs

 Illustrated poems or songs

Ashley Bryan

 Illustrated poems or songs

Liz Garton Scanlon

 Novels in verse

Your turn
Find a small group (3-4 people) and
choose a poem 
Compare your chosen poem to The
Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Discuss

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poems-kids

Think about the strengths of each (the poem and the

novel in verse). What does each accomplish or do well?
Why might the author have chosen that particular form?
Think about the impact of each. How is reading a novel in
verse different from reading a standalone poem?
Think about the meaning of each. What ideas/feelings/
themes does the poem or novel in verse explore or
convey?
How does each use language to create that meaning?
Where can you find examples of rhythm, sound patterns,
figurative language, or sense imagery? Remember, the
important thing in a poem is not so much what it means
but how it says what it means.

Poem / Novel in Verse Comparison

Discoveries?
Thoughts?
Questions?

Poetry

What characterizes outstanding

poetry
for children?

 Perennial favorites

 Perennial favorites

 Perennial favorites

 Content that speaks to readers

 Authentic, fresh, imaginative

 Appeal to children

 In the classroom: reading poetry aloud

 In the classroom: reading and writing poems

Ruth Culham

 In the classroom: reading and writing poems

Poetry
Your turn
Write your own color poem based on
the model text Yesterday I Had the Blues
Submit in Canvas

For next week 02/25

Complete the Reading Aloud / History & Current

Challenges Module (includes textbook readings, articles,

videos, and quiz)
Read Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Bring a picture book to class that you think would work

well as a read aloud