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2. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Entire Course (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) • RDG 350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Favorite Book Share (UOP Course) • RDG 350 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) • RDG 350 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course) • RDG 350 Week 1 DQ 3 (UOP Course) • Define children’s literature. (Please use our text's definition.) Cite two or three books you would label as children’s literature and explain your reasoning.

3. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 1 DQ 3 (UOP Course) • What books do you regard as children’s classics? Explain your reasoning. • What are at least three ways children’s literature facilitates students’ learning of content, language development, and improved reading abilities?

4. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Favorite Book Share (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course) • RDG350 Week 1 Individual Assignment Favorite Book Share Prepare to discuss one of your favorite books you read as a child . Post this in the Main Forum as well as to the Assignments page. • Traditionally, picture books have been primarily used in the early years of school (K–2). Recently, picture books have creatively explored concepts in all areas of the curriculum and at all educational levels.

5. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP Course) • Identify an award-winning book you have read that you could imagine to be an award winner, or one you believe should not have received an award. Discuss and support your evaluation. • If a parent were visiting your class and asked you why you were using literature in the science class they observed, what would you choose as your three most valuable reasons? How would you support your choices?  

6. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 2 Individual Assignment Newbery and Caldecott Awards Summary (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Standards Based Presentation (UOP Course) • Resources: American Library Association Web site (http://www.ala.org/) or the International Reading Association Web site (http://www.reading.org/General/Default.aspx) and Children’s Literature. • Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation demonstrating how each team member’s chosen book could be used to integrate performance objectives in a content-area state standard (such as social studies, science, or math) with a performance objective in a language arts state standard.

7. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course) • Is it important to expose your students to all genres of literature? Why or why not? • If a parent challenged a particular book you were using with your class, what would you do? Describe the steps you would take.

8. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 3 Individual Assignment Censored Book Reflection (UOP Course) • What are some critical issues relating to the selection of children’s literature in the classroom? • Research the American Library Association website or the International Reading Association website to find children's books that have been censored.

9. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 3 Individual Assignment Genre Presentation (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course) • Choose and research a children’s literature genre. Construct a narrative paper (350-word minimum) on the genre detailing the following: characteristics, well-known authors, and two examples of quality children’s literature in the genre. Try to choose a genre that is unfamiliar to you.  Evaluate the examples that you will provide with guidelines from our textbook. • According to the chapter in our text, what are the creative responses that could be used by students to respond to a book?

10. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP Course) • What are the benefits of having students respond to the literature they read? • Provide an example of how literature could be used to reinforce a lesson on values or life skills. 

11. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 4 Individual Assignment Book Response and Reflection (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 4 Individual Assignment Caldecott and Newbery Award Book Summaries (UOP Course) • Read a children’s book and prepare a creative response to the book. (See examples in Ch. 4 of the text.). • Write a 350-word paper reflecting on how the form of response you chose contributed to your understandings of the book. • Research the Caldecott and Newbery awards. • Choose and read one book honored by each of the awards (two books total).

12. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Genre Comparison Chart (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course) • Genre Comparison Chart (Learning Team)-Develop a chart that compares the similarities and differences of the genres in children’s literature.  You must use a minimum of 4 genres and can design the comparison chart any way you wish. • How would you deal with a book that portrays negative values?

13. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 5 DQ 3 (UOP Course) • What might a response to a book through art, music, drama, writing, or movement demonstrate about involvement and understanding of the books? How might these kinds of responses stimulate learning? • Would you mind sharing something that you've learned during this class?  I use this information to see where I need to place more emphasis. It's also nice to know that you did learn something during our time together.

14. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 5 Individual Assignment Issue and Trend Interview Paper (UOP Course) RDG 350 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Anticipation and Reaction Guides and Summary (UOP Course) • Issues and Trends Interview Paper-Interview a school librarian regarding the issues/trends in children’s literature. Submit your interview questions and answers as well as a brief summary of the session. Be sure to ask probing and follow-up questions. • Discuss each team member’s answers to the Anticipation and Reaction Guide • Write a 350 word summary of your group’s discussions covering any themes, similarities, or differences that you found.

15. RDG 350 learning consultant / tutorialrank.com RDG 350 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Genre Celebration (UOP Course) • Resource: Genre Celebration Guidelines located on the Course Materials page. • Submit the Genre Celebration project.

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