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Season 2
Reading books can be fun, but there’s so much more to discover beneath the surface. In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll use our background knowledge and story evidence
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Reading books can be fun, but there’s so much more to discover beneath the surface. In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll use our background knowledge and story evidence to make inferences about E.B. White’s novel, “Charlotte’s Web.”
Topic: Making inferences using story elements
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1-3, 4.1-3, 5.1-2
How do characters make a story? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll investigate the traits of characters from “King and the Dragonflies” by Kacen Callender and uncover
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How do characters make a story? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll investigate the traits of characters from “King and the Dragonflies” by Kacen Callender and uncover the ways they relate to each other.
Topic: Character traits and relationships
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Core Standards: CSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, 3.3; 4.1-3; 5.1-3, 5.6
Where do you find a theme? Deep in the characters, under the setting, entwined in the plot? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we travel through the universe with the
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Where do you find a theme? Deep in the characters, under the setting, entwined in the plot? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we travel through the universe with the characters in “A Wrinkle in Time” to discover its themes.
Topic: Literary themes
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1-3, 4.1-3, 5.1-3
If you want to learn about a new topic, where do you start? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we synthesize information from two nonfiction books about a woman with an eye
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If you want to learn about a new topic, where do you start? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we synthesize information from two nonfiction books about a woman with an eye for insects: Maria Merian.
Topic: Synthesizing nonfiction texts
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1-3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9; 4.1-3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9; 5.2-3, 5.5, 5.9
Roses are red, violets are blue… What on Earth CAN’T a poem do? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we dive into the poems that make up Thanhhà Lại’s verse novel, “Inside
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Roses are red, violets are blue… What on Earth CAN’T a poem do? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we dive into the poems that make up Thanhhà Lại’s verse novel, “Inside Out and Back Again” and the figurative language that makes them shine.
Topics: Poetic structure and figurative language
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, 3.3-5; 4.1, 4.3-5; 5.1-4
Fairy tales aren’t just “once upon a time…” and “happily ever after.” They can connect us to people across the world! In our final episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we compare and
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Fairy tales aren’t just “once upon a time…” and “happily ever after.” They can connect us to people across the world! In our final episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we compare and contrast different versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Topic: Compare and contrast
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1-3; 4.1-3, 4.9; 5.2, 5.9
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