Synopsis
This book's 50-plus lessons-each based on a different picture book or story-will help classroom teachers build a foundation for teaching math, science, and social studies concepts to their students. Each lesson uses children's literature to make challenging, abstract concepts relevant to children's lives, inviting them to learn these concepts while responding to a story's illustrations, theme, characters, and plot. The lessons also demonstrate how teachers can use children's literature to meet national standards in math, science, and social studies.
Chapters 1 through 5 set the stage for using picture books, discussing the effective, imaginative integration of literature into the classroom. Teachers will learn to create an environment that ensures that when children and books come together, the experience is enjoyable and thought provoking. Chapters 6 through 9 provide individual lessons, by grade level, with detailed activities based on specific books.
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About the Author
Lynn Columba, Ph.D., has taught in grades 1 through 8 and as an instructor at the University of Louisville. She is now an associate professor at Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Department of Education and Human Services. There she teaches courses in elementary and secondary mathematics methods; her research focuses on facilitating students to make meaning in the mathematics classroom. Cathy Y. Kim is a faculty member in the Education Department at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she teaches literacy education courses for elementary and secondary teacher candidates. Her areas of interest are comprehension strategies, vocabulary development and instruction, and content area literacy. Alden J. Moe, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at Rollins College, where he was the Richard James Mertz Professor of Education and a specialist in literacy learning.
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