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Literature Circles
By NCP

I have used lit circles with high second grade readers before. I have them rotate the jobs every couple of days. The circles are nice because the kids can really take charge and make decisions. Here are the jobs I use: (I
have these on cute posters, but I don't have them saved on this computer)

Director: this person directs the group by writing 2 or 3 questions about the reading. At first they ask a lot of direct questions (What happened when...?), but they can work up to questions like, How do you think they felt?

Summarizer: this person writes a summary of the story.

Illustrator:

this person draws a photo from the book and then write a caption or sentence about why they choose it.

Word Detective: this person looks for 2-3 vocabulary words and gives them the definition.

Connector: this person makes connections to the text. These can be personal connections, world connections (outside of the classroom), or connections to other books.

Predictor: this person makes a prediction for the next chapter.

The kids read 1-2 chapters each time and then meet and share out the information. Then they can also work together to decide how much to read and when to rotate jobs. It takes a bit of work, but the kids can do it and really like the independence. Good Luck!:s)