Interpreting Texts, Making Meaning: Starting Small

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.02.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Content Objectives
  2. Teaching strategies
  3. Classroom Activities
  4. Appendix A - Implementing Virginia State Standards
  5. Appendix B - Vocabulary Instruction
  6. Instructional Resources
  7. Teacher Resources
  8. Notes

Real American: Making Literature a Means for Displacing Native American Stereotypes

Christen Schumacher

Published September 2013

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Teacher Resources

Alleman, Janet, and Jere Brophy. "History Is Alive: Teaching Young Children about Changes over Time." Social Studies 94, no. 3 (2003): 107.

This article is useful when teaching young children about timelines and change over time.

Broek, Paul van den, Panayiota Kendeou, Sandra Lousberg, and Gootje Visser. "Preparing for reading comprehension: Fostering text comprehension skills in preschool and early elementary school children." International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education 4, no. 1 (2011): 259-268.

This article is a good resource when teaching reading comprehension for young children.

Conrad DoBroka, Cheryl. "Teaching to Develop Children's Intercultural Sensitivity: A Multicultural Literature Lesson on The Sandwich Swap." Ohio Journal of English Language Arts 52, no. 1 (2012): 53-57.

This article is a useful resource when teaching about cultural sensitivity.

Deloria, Philip Joseph. "Violence." In Indians in unexpected places. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2004. 15.

If you want to know more about stereotypes and the history of Native Americans over the last century, this book is a good start.

Donohue, Lisa. Guided listening: a framework for using read-aloud and other oral language experiences to build comprehension skills and help students record, share, value, and interpret ideas. Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers, 2007.

This book is crucial if you want a full understanding of Guided Listening.

Kim, Bryan S K, Jennifer L. Greif Green, and Eileen F. Klein. "Using Storybooks to Promote Multicultural Sensitivity in Elementary School Children." Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development 34, no. 4 (2006): 223-234.

This article is useful for teaching cultural sensitivity with picture books.

Perrine, Laurence . "The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry." The English Journal September (1962): 393-98.

This article is great to understand how to interpret poetry.

Plata, Maximino, and Harvetta Robertson. "Cultural sensitivity: A factor in the success for students of color." Journal of Instructional Psychology 25, no. 2 (1998): 115.

This article is useful in understanding how important it is to teach cultural sensitivity to young children.

Wolf, Shelby Anne. "Chapter 7: Visual Arts." In Interpreting literature with children. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum, 2004. 225-230.

This is a good resource when teaching children how to interpret literature.

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