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Literature Circles
By danielle

I introduce Lit. Circles in October after the testing my state does in the beginning of the year. I use Cricket in Times Square to introduce the jobs. This takes about a week. The first day I go over the jobs ans explain
what Literature Circles are and how they are done in my classroom. Everyday after that I read aloud a chapter from the book and we do one of the jobs. This is done with every job. I always review the job from the day before. This helps me get a feel for their understanding. I also have them write the job and description down in their Literature Circle folder so they can always go

back to it.

We do a whole class book for the first Lit. Circles. I do Because of Winn Dixie. My kids loved it last year. Then later in the year my students are placed in groups by reading level and are given different books. They really liked this. They were able to discuss with the rest of the class their story.

I also have them reading at different times. For example: Groups 1 and 2 will be reading while groups 3 and 4 are discussing. This helps me spend time with every group.

I hope this helps. Any questions please email me.

Also I begin the year with an Adventure theme. We read James and the Giant Peach.
Some stories you can do are: Mouse and the Motorcycle, Chocolate Touch, Maniac magee, Ottis by Beverly Clearly, Adaline Falling Star.

Danielle