Mastering Literature Circles or Book Groups in the Elementary Classroom

Do you know what students love to do? Talk. Give them a hot second to chat, and pretty quickly your classroom will be filled with conversations about video games, and sports, and whatever the latest kid-trend is. Unless you’ve asked them to talk about what books they are reading. Theeeen you often hear crickets. Kids simply don’t know how to talk about the books they are reading. They often don’t know how to discuss the characters and plot and interesting facts. Enter in: Literat...