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**__NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts __** **__Alabama Course of Study for English Language Arts __** Example: using words that describe location, size, color, and shape • Using a variety of emergent reading materials Examples: picture books, predictable texts, decodable text, print in the environment • Learning new words through stories and explicit instruction • Recognizing kindergarten high-frequency words in print Examples: Dolch word lists, basal reader word lists • 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 • Naming characters and settings in books and stories • Identifying the author and title of a text ELA K.8.) Use brainstorming, drawing, and discussion as elements of prewriting in the writing process. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples: graphic organizers, storyboards, peer group discussions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Drafting by stringing letters together to express thought <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Revising group or modeled story <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Using approximate spelling while editing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Publishing through reading or displaying work <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Using basic punctuation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples: period, question mark, exclamation point <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples: nonfiction books, videos, personal interviews, Web-based sources, environmental print <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Identifying parts of a book <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Using simple charts, maps, and graphs to gain basic information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Responding to various types of literature read aloud <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examples: drawing a picture, composing a song, participating in a discussion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Looking at the speaker without interrupting <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">• Listening for meaning in oral communication **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18px;">Children’s Book Awards __** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">Kayla Pullen
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Semester Project(Module 1): __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;"> **Author Study, Grade K**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">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).
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">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.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ELA K.4.) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Use words that describe and represent real-life objects and actions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ELA K. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Demonstrate listening comprehension of passages, including retelling stories and answering questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ELA K. 6.) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Identify various forms of narrative texts, including nursery rhymes, poetry, and stories.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ELA K.10.) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Use print and nonprint classroom, library, and real-world resources to acquire information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ELA K.11.) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Follow one- and two-part oral directions.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Batchelder Award __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administered by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Awarded each year at Alabama Library Association (ALA) summer conference
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mildred Batchelder spent 30 years working with ALA as an ambassador to the world on behalf of children and books, encouraging and promoting the translation of the worlds’ best children’s literature. The award was established in her honor in 1966.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by Batchelder Award Selection Committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Given to American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently published in English in the United States during preceding year


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Caldecott Medal __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administered by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">awarded annually by the ALSC
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. The idea for this medal was accepted in 1937 enthusiastically by the Section for Library Work with Children of ALA and was approved by the ALA Executive Board.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children who must be a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not he be the author of the text
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Members of the Newbery Medal Committee will serve as judges. If a book of the year is nominated for both the Newbery and Caldecott Awards the committee shall decide under which heading it shall be voted upon, so that the same title shall not be considered on both ballots


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Coretta Scott King Award __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Directed by American Library Association (ALA)
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Given at ALA annual conference
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At the May 1970 dinner gala of the New Jersey Library Association, Lillie Patterson was honored for her biography, Martin Luther King, Jr. Man of Peace. In 1972, CSK held its first breakfast at an ALA conference site (but without ALA recognition). In 1982, the American Library Association recognized the Coretta Scott King Award as an association award.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Awarded to African American authors and illustrators for outstanding contributions to literature for children and young adults. The Coretta Scott King Award is given to encourage the artistic expression of the black experience via literature and the graphic arts including: biographical, social, historical, and social history treatments.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Geisel Award __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administered by American Library Association (ALA)
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Award presented at the ALA annual conference
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The award is named for the world-renowned children’s author, Theodor Geisel. "A person’s a person no matter how small," Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say. Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped them to read.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year. The winner(s), recognized for their literary and artistic achievements that demonstrate creativity and imagination to engage children in reading, receives a bronze medal.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Laura Ingalls Wilder Award __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Directed by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Awarded every two years. Winners are announced at the ALA Midwinter Meeting and receive the medal at the Annual Conference in June.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This award was first given in 1954. Between 1960 and 1980, the Wilder Award was given every five years. From 1980 to 2001, it was awarded every three years. Beginning in 2001, it has been awarded every two years.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Margaret A. Edwards Award __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administered by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This is an annual award. Winners are announced at the ALA Midwinter meeting, usually in January, and receive $2000.00 along with a citation at the annual conference.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Established in 1988 as The School Library Journal Young Adult Author Award/Selected and Administered by the American Library Association’s Young Adult Services Division. This was considered a “mouthful.” In 1990, a YASD committee recommended that the award be renamed The Margaret A. Edwards Award. That name stands today.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The late Edwards served as an administrator of young adult programs at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, MD for more than 30 years. She brought young adult literature and library services to the attention of the library profession. She is the author of __The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts: The Library and the Young Adult__. This book explains her philosophy for turning young adults into readers.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This award honors an author, as well as specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Newberry Medal __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Directed by American Library Association
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by Newberry committee every summer at ALA conference
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In June 22, 1921, Frederic Melcher proposed the award to the ALA and suggested it be named for the eighteenth century bookseller John Newberry
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Its purpose: “To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children’s reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field.”
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Became the first children’s book award in the world
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Still best known and most discussed


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Orbis Pictus Award __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sponsored by National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The award is presented by the Orbis Pictus Committee Chair during the Books for Children Luncheon at the NCTE Annual Convention each year.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The name Orbis Pictus, commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius, Orbis Pictus—The World in Pictures (1657), considered to be the first book actually planned for children.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee – teachers are part of committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the “writing of nonfiction for children
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children has established an annual award for promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The award is presented by the Orbis Pictus Committee Chair during the Books for Children Luncheon at the NCTE Annual Convention each year.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Pura Belpre __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Co-sponsored by ALSC and REFORMA
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Given annually
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Named after Pura Belpre, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library; she enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the USA through her pioneering work of preserving Puerto Rican folklore
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Presented to Latina/Latino writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Silbert Medal __**
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Administered by American Library Association
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Given annually at ALA conference
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award.
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Chosen by committee
 * Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year

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