Missi Radday

Dr. Burke

Children’s Literature

22 February 2018

Resources for Children’s Literature

Web Sources

1. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books-and-authors/

This site includes lesson plans, booktalks, discussion guides, author interviews and other

classroom resources for teaching with the best children’s books

2. https://ams.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc

This site includes award-winning, peer reviewed journals.

3. https://www.storyjumper.com/book/search

This site includes free books and stories online. You click through the pages and they can

even be read aloud!

4. http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/resources/doasidohtml

This site includes opinions on incorporating reading into your classroom, how to build

that community, involvement of others i.e. librarians, and general ideas of what we can

do as teachers. This site also includes links that relate to reading strategies we might want

to use.
 5. http://atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/Literature_Activities/

This site includes online resources such as lesson plans, thematic unites, teacher tips,

discussion forums, downloadable material and more. The tab lesson plans contains many

literature activities, 41 relating to Dr. Seuss a popular children’s literature author.

Non-web Sources

This section was difficult for me. Our generation as a whole relies very heavily on the

internet, so when asked to identify at least three non-web sources that can help you learn more

about reading and/or teaching children’s literature, it was no easy task.

A Kick in the Head

Selected by: Paul B. Janeczko

Illustrated by: Chris Raschka

Candlewick Press (March 10, 2009)

60 pages

This resource is potentially valuable because it provides lots of useful information about poetic

forms and allows you to discover and explore your likes and dislikes.

Building Character Through Literacy with Children’s Literature

The University of Tampa (Gina M. Almerico)

Volume 26 of Research in Higher Education Journal, publish October 2014

This resource is potentially valuable because it discuses how literature can be brought into the

curriculum in helping to develop character traits.

English 414- Children’s Literature

Obviously English 414, also known as Children’s Literature, taught by you, Dr. Burke, is a

valuable resource due to the fact that this course is an elementary education requirement that

prepares us to teach literature in our classrooms. I didn’t include this source to suck up or

because it’s a “gimme,” but I included this source because in our time together thus far I’ve been

introduced to many other sources as well learned a great deal that will help me teach children’s

literature. This source involves “reading, lecture, discussion, oral group presentations, individual

oral presentations, reading aloud, essay writing, and computer work” that will prepare us to teach

a wide range of children’s literature.

Distinguishing Reliable Web Sites

1. Look at who the author is

Example: Wikipedia can be edited whenever by whoever, so that is not a guaranteed

reliable website, whereas an article from someone with their PHD is.

2. Determine if the site is outdated

Any web site that is 10 years or older, or does not have updated information is not a

reliable source and you should continue searching for a more up to date source.

3. Facts or opinions?

Make sure the site is factual and contains little to no biases. Peer reviewed articles are

always great!
 4. General look of the site

This might sound silly, but the more put together and professional the site is, the more

reliable it might be. If you come across a bright, fun website with little information that’s

great, but it probably doesn’t contain reliable information, but if you come across a well-

organized site with tabs, information galore and a generally pleasing setup; odds are that

it is reliable.

5. $5 bet

The $5 bet is a concept used often when making decisions, especially when testing. I

came across this method in college when taking my Praxis tests. This concept is if you would

bet $5 that it is or isn’t reliable then go with your gut. In regards to reliability of web sites if

you feel that you would not bet $5 that it is reliable then continue searching for a reliable web

site, but if you would bet $5, trust your gut and use the web site.

Sources Used

Prior Knowledge- Determining whether or not a web site is reliable or not is something many of

us have had to deal with for quite some time now, so some of my distinguishing characteristics

come from prior knowledge of this subject

https://www.thoughtco.com/gauging-website-reliability-2073838

https://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/web-eval-sites.htm