Literature Circles

Essential Question:  How does engaging in conversations enhance our understanding of a text?

Last week students began reading self selected realistic fiction books from several choices offered to the class. Students were assigned a certain of number of pages to read and be ready to discuss by Friday. Students were also asked to choose a passage that was meaningful to them and to describe the main characters with character traits and evidence from the text. On Friday students met with their Literature Circles for the first time and had meaningful and insightful conversations!

Students, comment below, describe how participating in a literature circle discussion deepened your understanding of the text.

Massachusetts Common Core Standards ELA Literacy Speaking and Listening

*SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

*SL.4.3 Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points