Develop a PowerPoint Presentation on evaluating quality children’s literature and demonstrating and evaluating a quality read-aloud presentation for young children.

Instructions

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PowerPoint Presentation on Quality Children’s Literature and Quality Read-Aloud Experiences

Scenario

You are a teacher at an early learning center that serves children from infancy through early elementary (K–3) age. You have a passion for children’s books and have worked hard to educate yourself on the characteristics of quality children’s literature across multiple genres. To communicate your love of books and reading to the children you work with, you have also developed your skill and talent for reading aloud to children. Through tone, cadence, animated expressions, enthusiasm, or even earnest solemnity, the artistry of storytelling can create a unique shared experience while nurturing positive dispositions toward reading and language learning.

With this knowledge and experience in mind, you decide to share what you have learned about quality children’s literature and quality read-aloud experiences with your colleagues through a PowerPoint Presentation in two parts.

Part One recommends quality fiction and nonfiction books across multiple genres for a specific age group, and explains information and examples for evaluating children’s literature based on guidelines for quality;
Part Two features an audio recording of up to 10 minutes of you reading aloud a quality fiction or nonfiction book and explains how to evaluate the read-aloud experience based on criteria for engaging children and celebrating the joy of reading.
Note: For this Assessment, you will need to choose a target age group (e.g., infants/toddlers; preschoolers) for your presentation. Select the age that interests you most, with which you have the most experience, and/or that is most appropriate for specific books you would like to feature in your presentation.

PREPARE FOR PART ONE OF YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

To complete this assessment, you will read a book aloud to a child or small group of children. Think about a child or small group of children you know (relatives, friends’ children, etc.) who are in one of the target age groups below:
Infants and toddlers
Preschoolers
Kindergartners
Early elementary (first, second, and/or third graders)
Identify four children’s books appropriate for your target age group:
Two or three fiction books, each representing a different genre (e.g., fantasy, folklore, realistic fiction);
One or two nonfiction books, each representing a different genre or topic (e.g., biography; informational book on a specific theme, such as animals, families, different cultures).
Evaluate each book using the resource “Ten Steps for Reviewing Children’s Books” at https://www.uua.org/files/documents/derman-sparkslouise/1206_233_review_books.pdf and other appropriate criteria from any of the other resources provided in Topic 1, Activities 2 and 3, of this Competency.
Ensure that the four books you select represent the following:
Each book meets guidelines for quality, including two specific examples you can explain in your evaluation;
Each book is characteristic of the specific genre;