Review "A Quick Guide to Selecting Great Informational Books for Young Children" and "Assessing Children's Literature."
Review the children's section at a local public library. Consider and reflect upon the following questions:
What is included in the collection?
How does the collection support cultural and linguistic diversity, language development, and reading acquisition in young adolescents? Observe and reflect upon the range of books available, genres.
How does the space within the library encourage children's engagement with high quality literature, high quality informational texts, and electronic sources?
In 250-500-words, reflect on your observations. In addition, note any special literacy staffing and/or literacy events. As the Benchmark Assessment focuses on lesson planning with informational text, it will be especially important to focus on understanding distinctions between high-quality literature and high-quality informational texts.