Selecting Books for Children's Personal and Academic Growth

Order #00134784 - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT 8
Part A: Choose to put yourself in the role of a kindergarten, first grade, or second grade teacher. Select three (3) books of children’s literature that you have discovered and believe are high quality and age appropriate. Describe two (2) ways that each of these books might support a child’s personal and academic growth. List one (1) common core standard that each book could be used to support.
These standards have been released and implemented for English language arts and math. You can download the standards at /.
This link will take you to the portion of the website that explains how to read the standards and understand their labels: /ELA-Literacy/introduction/how-to-read-the-standards
“Individual CCR anchor standards can be identified by their strand, CCR status, and number (R.CCR.6, for example). Individual grade-specific standards can be identified by their strand, grade, and number (or number and letter, where applicable), so that RI.4.3, for example, stands for Reading, Informational Text, grade 4, standard 3 and W.5.1a stands for Writing, grade 5, standard 1a. Strand designations can be found in brackets alongside the full strand title.”
Here is a first grade ELA standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Here is a second grade ELA standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.9 Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.
Part A: Choose to put yourself in the role of a kindergarten, first grade, or second grade teacher. Select three (3) books of children’s literature that you have discovered and believe are high quality and age appropriate. Describe two (2) ways that each of these books might support a child’s personal and academic growth. List one (1) common core standard that each book could be used to support.
Title of Book

How of these books might support a child’s personal and academic growth?

Common Core Standard

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

The use of rhyming words and illustrations enabled children to read independently.
This book helps youngsters build trust and accountability, an awareness of what is wrong and a notion of social expectation, and the moral responsibility that comes with deception.

CCSS.ELA-Reading Standard.FS.K.2-Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds
(phonemes).
a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
b. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

An example of such a tale is the classic tale of the Rainbow Fish, which conveys the simple, yet the universal idea that sharing makes us happy.
Appreciate and cultivate the habit of sharing one's possessions with those around you.

CCSS.ELA-Writing Standards.K.1-
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and
writing to compose opinion pieces in which they
tell a reader the topic or the name of the book
they are writing about and state an opinion or
preference about the topic or book (e.g., My
favorite boo...