Instructional Ideas & Extensions
Alignment to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Instructional Ideas and Extension: This unit can be integrated with science and social studies. The books used introduce many science topics that could be discussed and social study issues that could be researched and discussed as well. This Literature Circle Unit can be extended by having children write their own book about an ecology issue which would also incorporate Language Arts and Writing skills. Another extension could be to have the students make an ABC Booklet for their particular book(s) or letters to the characters.
This unit can be modified for children with Special Needs by the following:
- Assign less questions, words, passages, etc.
- Allow the child to read aloud or listen to an audio of the book(s).
- Provide large print book(s).
- Give more time for job completion before the discussions.
Ecology
Janet Peck, Jessica Keller, Jacque Timan