Elementary literature circles roles and responsibilities
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The Power of Literature Circles in the Classroom
But the rabbit hole of nostalgia that I tumbled into was of my experience as a teacher facilitating literature circles. I get kind of giddy and dreamy-eyed when I remember what it felt like to circulate through a class of seventh graders meeting in lit circles, when I remember their arguments about a character's actions, or the post-its covered in notes that stuck out of the pages, or the pleas for a few more minutes when I'd say we were out of time. During literature circle meetings my classroom vibrated with learning, passion, and joy.
Why Literature Circles?
I promise to provide practical resources on the how, when, where, what of lit circles, but let me first make a case for why every K-12 classroom should institute some version of literature circles.
Reason #1: Literature circles can be a place for cooperative learning. Students help each other understand a text and make sense of it. Lit circles teach kids how to use each
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In my fifteen years of teaching, I sought every opportunity to learn more about teaching math. I wanted to know HOW students develop math concepts, just like inom had been taught how stude • Help a teacher out, share the love! Some links in this post may be affiliate links. If you click on them we may make a commission from qualifying purchases at absolutely no cost to you. Read our full Disclosure Policy here. Have you run Literature Circles before and are looking for some fresh ideas for student roles? Or are you looking to start book clubs for the first time? Either way, this is the perfect place to learn about the many options for literature circle roles – the key ingredient for ensuring a well-developed, engaged and differentiated learning experience for your students! While there are many different choices for student roles in literature circles, I wouldn’t include them all every time. Depending on my grade, the time of year and my students, I like to include 6 literature circle jobs. From there, students can choose the role they would like to play for each section Options for Literature Circle Roles (Middle School / Upper Elementary)