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"This book contains a wealth of information that all levels of experience can use. McElmeel has certainly applied her vast experience to this wonderful and worthwhile topic. -- International Association of School Librarianship. Full review on the Association's website.
Praise for the first edition: "This volume really does take readers through the ins and outs of an author or illustrator visit. Everything is covered: the benefits of an author visit, how to make arrangements, the types of visits, how to procure financing and what to pay, how to make the day special, and how to capitalize on the visit. Good idea; good execution.." --Booklist
©2001, ISBN 1-58683-034-1.
More information about this book is included on the Linworth website.
Literature Frameworks is intended for use by teachers in
preschool through intermediate grade classrooms,
library media specialists, and other educators who wish
to involve their students in reading and sharing literature
in connection with thematic units. Each
framework suggests books and literature-related materials
to coincide with topics that are often included in the
elementary school curriculum. Many thematic connections
to the basic themed topic. Author information/focus material
is included in many chapters. Connections to the work of
Steven Kellogg, David
Wisniewski, Craig Brown, Patricia Polacco,
Jerry Pallotta, Jacqueline
Briggs Martin, Ann Whitford Paul, and
Camilla Gryski.
Newly revised with a wealth of additions, including Web sites,
activities, and new books with 64 reproducible graphic organizers to
assist with learning activities.
In the frameworks, common elementary school
topics-from apples to zoos-are used as building blocks
for classroom workshop activities. Combine the blocks
to support any theme or curricular unit. You can also
select activities within each topic to integrate selected
books and activities into the existing curriculum, such
as focusing on Johnny Appleseed in the "Apples and Johnny Appleseed" chapter.
Newly revised 2nd edition © 2002, ISBN 1-58683-060-0. 192 pages. $36.95
Praise for the Revised edition (2002) --
"Here is a book that will help you plan your lessons. ... There are
26 well thought out lessons from A to Z that can be used as is or you
can modify it to suit your puposes.... Teachers will be delighted with
this book." -- Tri State Young Adult Book Review Committee,
Pennsylvania.
"A text and an author who does the work for teachers! Literature Frameworks, 2nd Edition actually provides 26 chapters worth of topics to teach in the classroom and an appendix of useful ideas that can be modified across grade levels."—Jean Boreen, Ph.D. (Children's Literature)
Praise for the first edition --
"This extremely practical
book will be a well-used resource in any elementary school library. "
-- Jessica Foster, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools Read the complete
review for AddALL.com on this linked page.
"A hands-on resource for thematic units in grades K-8, this will stimulate ideas across the curriculum for librarians, teachers, and students.... These examples can serve as models for all kinds of subjects and program connections." --Booklist (8/97)
Each theme chapter includes possible ideas for connections, a framework
for why and how one might study such a theme, suggested literary
tie-ins and titles, and websites for further exploration of the theme.
... Activities promote student inquiry as in researching customs around
kites. -- International Association of International Newsletter (IASL)
Newsletter: Reviews Section. Read the entire IASL review for Literature Frameworks: From Apples to Zoos..
More information about this book is included on the
Linworth Website
Research Strategies for Moving Beyond Reporting focuses on lessons designed to introduce elementary and middle grade students to basic research processes and to provide opportunities for them to practice those processes. Students learn to formulate questions, make predictions based on accumulated knowledge, utilize data gathering techniques, organize, and record data. They will analyze results, conclusions, interpret information, and identify implications for further research. A variety of projects are suggested for sharing their learning, including written presentations, videos, museum-type displays, computer-generated slide shows, Web pages on the Internet, and other media appropriate to the project's identified task. ©1997, ISBN 0-938865-54-4
Review:
...Includes a variety of suggested projects, as well as an appendix
full of resource lists, examples, and handy forms. -- Book News
(05/01/96)
...recommended for teachers and school librarians..., who want their
students to move away from projects which are restricted to copying and
reporting to models which require the use of both primary and secondary
sources for problem-solving. -- International Association of
International Newsletter (IASL) Newsletter: Reviews Section (1998).
Read the complete IASL review of Research Strategies for Moving Beyond Reporting.
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Sharron L. McElmeel
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