Matthew Townsend

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The Curious Incident of Learning in the Morning

• Matthew Townsend

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Step 1

• Teach some literature circle roles through very
  short Dr. Seuss stories. The other stories of
  The Sneetches and Yertle the Turtle.
• I plan to teach the Discussion Director, Literary
  Luminator, The Connector, and The Illustrator

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Step 2

• Ill continue to teach the different roles with
  Dr. Seuss. This time, though, I will be reading
  the full version of these texts.

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Step 3

• My students are getting the hang of literature
  circle roles by now and I move to my next set of
  picture books that will teach them some prior
  knowledge about Autism, Ians Walk and Andy and
  his Yellow Frisbee.

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Step 4

• Now that my students know a little bit about
  Autism, I will have my students read The Curious
  Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime as a whole
  class. As they read, I will be watching to see
  that they know how to manipulate the different
  roles of literature circles.

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Step 5

• I will divide them into groups of 4. In each
  group, they will be deciding who is going to be
  doing each role. However, this time, they will
  be reading a book on their own in their own
  group. They will be reading Frindle.

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Step 6

• Now they will be released on their own to pick
  their own books and to pick their own assignment.
  They will also have lots of age-appropriate
  books to choose from. Here are their options.

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Step 7

• For each book, they will have a short activity
  that goes along with each book. They will do the
  assignment as a group or individually, whichever
  it calls for. They will each have a handout that
  has a summary of all of the books and activities
  that correlate with the book.
• Literature Circle Book Summary.doc

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Step 8

• Moving to the next book. When one group finishes
  with a book, they will be encouraged to move onto
  another. I plan to do literature circles for
  about 3 rounds and then let the students do an
  independent reading activity where they pick the
  next book.

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How am I going to get funded?

• Im not made of money so I am praying to get
  funded through donorschoose.org.
• Here is the link DonorsChoose.org The Curious
  Incident of Learning in the Morning