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Standards for English Language Arts

ELA Standards Various Grades K-6
1.) Apply strategies, including making complex predictions, interpreting characters' behaviors, and comparing and contrasting, to comprehend recreational reading materials.

4.) Identify literary elements and devices, including characters, important details, and similes, in recreational reading materials and details in informational reading materials.

• Identifying main idea

• Identifying author's purpose

5.) Demonstrate listening comprehension of passages, including retelling stories and answering questions.

• Recalling information

Examples: characters, settings, details, main ideas, beginning and ending of story

• Making predictions to determine main idea or anticipate an ending

• Responding to stories, asking questions, discussing ideas, and relating events to daily life

• Identifying correct sequence of events after listening to a story

7.) Compare fictional characters and events to real-life experiences.

14.) Respond to various types of literature read aloud.

NCTE Standards
3.Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).

6.Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.

10.Students whose first language is not English make use of their first language to develop competency in the English language arts and to develop understanding of content across the curriculum.

11.Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.

12.Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Children's Literature Book Awards
 * Award:** The Newberry Medal
 * Year Established:** 1922
 * Type of Award:** Presented to “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children” that has been published by an American publisher and is an original work. It can be of any genre such as fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
 * History:** The Newberry Medal was suggested by Frederic G. Melcher who wanted to “encourage original creative work in the field of books for children.” It was named for John Newberry a bookseller from the eighteenth century.
 * Selection Process:** Books are submitted by a deadline and the selection committee of fifteen members votes on the submissions.
 * Supporting Organization:** Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) which is a division of the American Library Association
 * Award Presentation:** The Newberry Medal is awarded annually and announced during the ALA midwinter conference which is typically in mid to late January.


 * Award:** The Caldecott Medal
 * Year Established:** 1937
 * Type of Award:** Presented for a “the most distinguished picture book for children” based on illustrations that are the original work of artist who is a U.S. citizen or resident for a book published in the United States.
 * History:** This award is named for Randolph J. Caldecott an illustrator from the 19th century. It came from a suggestion from Frederic G. Melcher that illustrators work be honored in addition to work of authors that were honored in the Newberry Medal.
 * Selection Process:** Books are submitted by a deadline and the selection committee of fifteen members votes on submissions.
 * Supporting Organization:** Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) which is a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
 * Award Presentation:** The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually and announced during the ALA midwinter conference which is typically in mid to late January.


 * Award:** Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
 * Year Established:** 1954
 * Type of Award:** Honors authors or illustrators for books published in the U.S. that have made a contribution to children’s literature over a period of years.
 * History:** The award was named for its Laura Ingalls Wilder who was first honored for the lasting contribution her books have made. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 and grew up in the Midwest on a farm. Her books were written about her family and life in that time period. Her first book was published in 1932 and her books continue to be published today.
 * Selection Process:** Nominations are made that meet specific criteria and can be made for authors or illustrators who are deceased as long as some of the work occurred within twenty-five years prior to the nomination. The committee makes the final selection.
 * Supporting Organization:** Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) which is a division of the American Library Association
 * Award Presentation:** The award is presented biennial.


 * Award:** Golden Kite Award
 * Year Established:** 1972
 * Type of Award:** Children’s book in one of four categories: fiction, nonfiction, picture book text, and picture book illustration. Books must be written or illustrated by SCBWI members.
 * History:** The award was instituted in 1972.
 * Selection Process:** Submissions are presented by publishers or individuals and judged by a jury of peers.
 * Supporting Organization:** Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
 * Award Presentation:** Awarded annually in March


 * Award:** Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
 * Year Established:** 1990
 * Type of Award:** Award given to one American book published in the previous year for a nonfiction children’s book.
 * History:** This award’s namesake is for the book Orbis Pictus (1657) by Johannes Amos Comenius. It was considered the first book for children. The award was established in 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English to recognize excellence in nonfiction writing.
 * Selection Process:** Books must have been published in the United States during the previous year. Those books can be nominated to the committee and then the committee will vote on the submissions. The committee will be looking for accuracy, organization, design, and style of texts.
 * Supporting Organization:** National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
 * Award Presentation:** Annually

**Supporting Organization:** It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) which is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.
 * Award:** Pura Belpre Award
 * Year Established:** 1996
 * Type of Award:** Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer or illustrator of children’s or youth books whose work celebrates the Latino culture.
 * History:** This award’s namesake, Pura Belpre, was the first Latina librarian in the New York Public Library. She was a children’s librarian, storyteller, and author.
 * Selection Process:** Submissions can be made to the committee and the committee will vote to select the winner of the Pura Belpre award.
 * Award Presentation:** It is given annually. From 1996 to 2008 the award was given biennial.


 * Award:** Coretta Scott King Award
 * Year Established:** 1969
 * Type of Award:** Recognizes African American authors and illustrators for books written about the African American experience to an audience of youth.
 * History:** This award was born out of a meeting of two school librarians who met at the American Library Association Meeting. Mabel McKissick and Glyndon Greer discussed African American authors that had not received awards for their work. John Carroll a publisher at a booth asked the women why they didn’t start an award. That is how the Coretta Scott King award came about.
 * Selection Process:** Submissions are selected by committee.
 * Supporting Organization:** American Library Association (ALA) and Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT)
 * Financial Sponsorship:** Britannica Digital Learning, World Book Encyclopedia, Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), and DEMCO
 * Award Presentation:** Annually by the EMIERT and ALA


 * Award:** Hans Christian Andersen Awards
 * Year Established:** 1956
 * Type of Award:** Award is for a living author and illustrator whose complete work has made a lasting contribution to children’s literature.
 * History:** The award for authors has been presented since 1956 and the award for illustrators began in 1966. It is an international award named after Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The award is known as “The Little Nobel.”
 * Selection Process:** Nominations are made by the National Selection of IBBY and the selection is made by an international jury of children’s literature specialist.
 * Supporting Organization:** International Board of Books For Young People IBBY
 * Financially Supported By:** Nissan Motor Co. up to 2008 and from 2009 to present Nami Island Inc.
 * Award Presentation:** Presented biennial


 * Award:** Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards
 * Year Established:** 1953
 * Type of Award:** Awards are given for books that promote peace, social justice, gender and race equality, and world community.
 * History:** The award is named for Jane Addams who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
 * Selection Process:** Books may be submitted that promote the theme of equality, peace, or community. The WILFPF committee members will make selections based on the social values of the books.
 * Supporting Organization:** Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILFPF) and the Jane Addams Peace Association
 * Award Presentation:** Annually - From 1963 to 2002 the awards were presented on the September anniversary of Jane Addams birth date, but since 2003 the awards have been announced on April 28 which is the anniversary of the founding of WILFPF.


 * Award:** The Edgar Awards - Best Juvenile Mystery Book
 * Year Established:** 1961
 * Type of Award:** Juvenile Mystery
 * History:** The Edgar Awards began in 1946. In 1961 the category was added for best juvenile mystery for grades preschool to seventh or ages 5 to 11.
 * Selection Process:** The juvenile category has a chairperson who selects four judges. The panel will select the winner after going through the submissions.
 * Supporting Organization:** Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
 * Award Presentation:** Annually in the spring

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