EDT 315: Module 2: Children’s Literature Online Resources:

Purpose:

This assignment will expand your knowledge of the tools and resources available that support
teaching with children's literature.

Instructions:

In today's world of technology, there are numerous online resources for children's
literature and teaching with children's literature. You should have already reviewed a
number of these while viewing the Module Text/Readings section of this module. Now it
is your turn to find more resources and share these with your classmates.

1. Search for and explore additional online resources (must not be found on the
list that was provided in the Module Text/Reading section of this module) for
children's literature and teaching with children's literature. 
2. Post a list of 5 resources related to children's literature with a brief summary
of why you think each is a valuable tool. Please include a hyperlink to each
resource, so that we can all have access to these resources. 
Replies:

To receive full credit, once you have completed your posting, take the time to read and respond
to at least one other classmate's posting. Your replies should be thoughtful, detailed, respectful,
and at least 100 words in length.

Grading:

This assignment is worth roughly 1.67% of your grade, so double-check your work before
submitting it. Please review the rubric to learn how you will earn credit for this discussion board. 

My Post:

The Value of Children's Literature

The importance of Literacy and Books in Children's Development

The Whole Child Blog: Planning Engaging Lessons Using Children's Literature

Teacher's Approaches in Teaching Literature: Observations of ESL Classroom

Effective methods of teaching literature

I think that all five of these extra resources that I found for my classmates could be used later on
because each one of these articles gives information that could be used later on while teaching an
English or ESL class. They could also use this information when just teaching a class that has to deal with
children’s literature or teaching with children’s literature. In the first article it talks about children’s
literature in six different ways as well as why it is so important for children in the classroom and just in
general day to day life. The second article talks about some general thoughts on the challenges of
children’s literature. The third article discusses teaching objectives, skills, that must be taught, and how
they can be organized and successfully implemented by using children’s literature. The fourth article
aims to identify the approaches employed by teachers in teaching Contemporary Children’s Literature
Program to upper primary school in the area that this article is taking in. As well as to the field of
curriculum and pedagogy for authentic learning from the evaluation of teachers’ approaches in the
classroom learning. In the last article it describes the benefits of using effective methods in teaching
lecture.

Replies:

Hi Colleen,

I looked over all of your links and I do find them very helpful for future needs. I really liked your last link
the most. I liked it because I totally remember doing those games now that I have visited that rink again.
I think it is an amazing way for students to get interested in books that they are about to read. Using this
link teachers will know they are still learning as well as being taught more information. This link is also
very good basing books off of their age, reading level, the genre they want to read.