Personal Narrative Genre Study [4th grade]

This unit is intended to be a beginning of year introduction to the genre of personal narrative, with the purpose of equipping students with a solid understanding and strong examples of personal narrative writing in preparation for writing their own. Students will begin by identifying the purpose for writing a personal narrative and then uncover the components of a quality personal narrative through discussion and dissection of six mentor texts. After determining the elements of a personal narrative, students will then use those elements as guidelines for identifying and improving upon the personal narratives of others. This unit culminates with a performance task requiring students to peer examine two “peer work samples”, both identifying strengths in the writing and areas where improvements could be made. Ideally, this unit would be immediately followed with a unit on personal narrative writing

Knowing Our Communities and Families--Gathering and Teaching from “Funds of Knowledge”

Are you looking for ways to engage students in rich, personally and socially meaningful experiences? The presenters will share case studies from their own work focused on moving beyond a narrow, skills-based definition of literacy to a broader definition that embraces and builds-on the authentic literacy practices of their students and members of the local community. Artifacts presented will include student work and children’s literature. Participants will have the opportunity to evaluate these case studies using the principles of a socio-cultural approach to teaching as a basis for discussion

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 52 (10) 1999

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Terry Norton Children\u27s Book Collection - Accession 1654

This collection consists of the children’s books and magazines collected by Dr. Terry L. Norton. Dr. Norton was a Winthrop Professor of Education from 1981 until his retirement in 2008. He is also a 1981 graduate of Winthrop College. The books were organized in consecutive order numerically and then by subjects by Dr. Norton.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2645/thumbnail.jp

How do elementary school boys characterize their reading favorites and behaviors?

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a boy crisis in our schools. It also looked at what the boys are interested in and what are they reading. The study investigated the latest research on young boys struggling to read, and their comparison to young girls. The study provided evidence of their favorite books and authors. It furnished information on the boys\u27 computer and television time. The study showed how the boys selected books and where they located new books. Percentages were presented about their personal libraries. Overall, the study investigated how to make classrooms and libraries boy-friendly. In order to accomplish this goal educators have to re-examine, and re-shape the boys environment and the structure of the curriculum

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 53 (07) 2000

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Sharing our Stories: A Personal Narrative Literacy Curriculum for Grades 3-5

This thesis began out of my curiosity about the ways to set up a classroom to best support growing readers and writers. As my exploration into literacy continued, I decided to create a personal narrative unit with several foundational literacy skills, strategies, and practices for students to develop. With variety, authenticity, and modeling as the key pillars in planning, alignment to skills and standards will be embedded in genuine literacy experiences. The choice to engage in a genre study of personal narrative was due to its developmental appropriateness, potential for community building, and opportunity to share a range of stories. Using resources from The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing (Davis & Hill, 2003), Classrooms that Work: They Can All Read and Write (Cunningham & Allington, 2016), and The Continuum of Literacy Learning: Grades PreK-8 (Fountas & Pinnell, 2011) as foundations, an adaptable, six-week curriculum is suggested

Standards guides, 2005-2006

This guide for parents provides information about the South Carolina academic standards for mathematics, English language arts, science and social studies for all grades. The information can help parents become familiar with what their child is learning at school and may include activities to reinforce and support learning, selected book titles for additional reading, and Web site addresses for extended learning