EDCI 3127 Chapter : 4 3 12 Toolbox Chap 4 Pt 2
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April 3, 2012: read aloud selecting literature that relates to or supports understandings of social studies topics, eras, themes/concepts, and big ideas. Example: during a unit about families, read becoming naomi leon so that students may consider and explore the lives of children raised by a grandparent. Using this for literature circles allows you to differentiate instruction by providing selections with different reading levels, while focused on the same topic. Example: when studying about the age of exploration each literature circle group can read a book about a different explorer. Model this by introducing students to interesting book selections that you have preselected because of their connections to social studies instead of introducing them as good for learning social studies . Example: during studies of the american revolution, present a book talk for george. Washington, spymaster: how the american"s outspied the british and won the revolutionary.
