literature circles in 3-1

 I actually love all of the amazing learning, and discussions that go on during
                                               Literature Circles...
One of the first things we did in the classroom is let the entire class experience all of the jobs in literature circles, while we all read a chapter book together.  This year we started with the book Charlotte's Web, which was wonderful..After we finished the book, many groups choose Judy Blume books - The Fudge series, but some of my groups actually choose 
Stuart Little and I was delighted that they did!  Their discussions usually started with a comparison between the two literary pieces and why they liked Snowbell more than Templeton..
But..to make sure we knew all of our jobs an to keep moving the discussions along  I decided to ... 
Let the class make literature circle badges (worked like a charm) 
The front of the badge said the members role and the back described how to do the job!
It's amazing that something so simple really kept the students
 focused and responsible!and..engaged! WELL DONE 3-1..

web site for these book marks-www. literaturecircle6weebly.com /