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Lit Circles
By Tracy

Literature Circles are discussion groups made up of students who are reading the same book. The way I do lit. circles is I choose 5 books that I feel are interesting for the students. I read the back of the book to give
them an idea of what each story is about. Then I let them choose what books they want to read. In lit. circles all of the group members are reading the same material. During lit. circle meetings they, as well as I, discuss the book. I am usually just and ear listening or guiding for higher level thinking. The students run the conversation, basically. I don't do it first thing in the

morning because my district sets up how we use our time. I may do this during our guided reading time, after the mini-lesson, etc. I would never use it at the end of the day, because I want to calm them down to dismiss them and it just won't work with the students I've had in the past. I hope I've answered some of your concerns.