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From: Killeen, Erlene <Erlene.Killeen_at_Stoughton.K12.WI.US>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:09:24 -0500
I make it a point to intermingle folktales with other stories within themed units. We still "pull" classroom collections for many of our teachers and that is an easy way to insert all types of things that some teachers would not see or use on their own.
I also have a personal fondness for the African-American storyteller -- it is so much fun to follow characters and similar plots through the years. T he Anansi and Aunt Nancy tales are especially witty. And Julius Lester has kept many oral tales available.
The recent resurgence of the greek myths in middle reader series and media is drawing even our youngest kids back into reading those stories. It is e asy to move them on down the shelves from the 200s to the 398s. Especially into tales of dragons and knights. Trina Hyman's illustrations do wonders to intice those readers into the section.
Sometimes I think we try to limit the folktales to the younger set, when th e older children (4th &5th graders) are the ones who can really see the con nections and recognize the old stories in different versions more readily. The reading strategy of text to text becomes especially crucial there. Th ese types of literature bring an acceptability of picture books for older c hildren, which is a relief for some of them as readers -- they don't have t o be so grown up all the time and fantasy is within the reach of everyone, the poorer reader as well as the avid reader.
Erlene Bishop Killeen erlene.killeen_at_stoughton.k12.wi.us Stoughton Area Schools 1601 West South Street Stoughton, WI 53589 608-877-5181
Received on Tue 30 Mar 2010 04:09:24 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:09:24 -0500
I make it a point to intermingle folktales with other stories within themed units. We still "pull" classroom collections for many of our teachers and that is an easy way to insert all types of things that some teachers would not see or use on their own.
I also have a personal fondness for the African-American storyteller -- it is so much fun to follow characters and similar plots through the years. T he Anansi and Aunt Nancy tales are especially witty. And Julius Lester has kept many oral tales available.
The recent resurgence of the greek myths in middle reader series and media is drawing even our youngest kids back into reading those stories. It is e asy to move them on down the shelves from the 200s to the 398s. Especially into tales of dragons and knights. Trina Hyman's illustrations do wonders to intice those readers into the section.
Sometimes I think we try to limit the folktales to the younger set, when th e older children (4th &5th graders) are the ones who can really see the con nections and recognize the old stories in different versions more readily. The reading strategy of text to text becomes especially crucial there. Th ese types of literature bring an acceptability of picture books for older c hildren, which is a relief for some of them as readers -- they don't have t o be so grown up all the time and fantasy is within the reach of everyone, the poorer reader as well as the avid reader.
Erlene Bishop Killeen erlene.killeen_at_stoughton.k12.wi.us Stoughton Area Schools 1601 West South Street Stoughton, WI 53589 608-877-5181
Received on Tue 30 Mar 2010 04:09:24 AM CDT
