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Engaging With Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 3-5
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1. Foundations

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Background Reading »

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Classroom Connection »

Teacher Reflection »

Ongoing Activity »

Additional Reading »


2. Looking at Literature

3. Starting Classroom Conversations

4. Classroom Dialogues

5. Using Art and Other Disciplines To Enrich Classroom Conversations

6. Beginning the Year

7. Many Students: Many Voices and Abilities

8. Reacting to Students' Work

9. The Professional Teacher

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Workshop 1. Foundations

Homework

Journal:
Choose one or two of the teachers portrayed in this workshop program whose classroom you found particularly appealing. What made it so? Were there any behaviors or activities that you would like to incorporate into your own classroom? What and why?

Reading:
In preparation for Workshop 2, read "Literary Thought and Literate Mind" in Dr. Judith Langer's Envisioning Literature from the Teachers College Press, 1995.

For additional resources, refer to the Additional Reading section of this workshop's materials.

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