Crash Course Kids Literature Preview

Welcome to Crash Course Kids Literature! Over the next 6 episodes, Detective Abby will take us on a journey through the amazing details and hidden meanings of stories.

Course Description:

Stories are powerful: they help us make sense of the world, communicate lessons, and connect across cultures. In Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll explore a variety of stories, genres, and formats, from historical fiction to contemporary fiction to sci-fi, from poetry to prose to fairy tales. In 6 episodes geared toward 3rd- to 5th-grade students, we’ll highlight each story’s key elements, like character and setting, and break down its structure into easy-to-digest chunks. And we’ll also dive into nonfiction, applying critical thinking to new information. Intended for classroom use either as a primer or follow-up to assigned reading, this series will help students make connections that strengthen reading comprehension and inform their perspectives. It will cover a range of common core standards, supporting educators in meeting their goals, and will help foster a love of reading and storytelling that students can carry with them outside of the classroom.

Texts covered:
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Julie Paschkis
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại
Little Red Riding Hood (Rotkäppchen) by The Brothers Grimm
The Tale of the Tiger Woman by Huang Chih-chün
Tselane and the Giant by Lorato Trok, illustrated by Catherine Groenewald

Topics: Making inferences using story elements, character traits and relationships, literary themes, synthesizing nonfiction texts, poetic structure and figurative language, and compare and contrast.
Grade level: 3rd-5th grade
Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1-6; 4.1-3, 4.5-6, 4.9; 5.1-4, 5.6; 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

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