Resources

IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Position Statements

Teacher Education

Common Core

CLA Policy on Involvement of People of Color

Link to CLA's Statement on Zero-Tolerance Immigration Practices

Children’s Literature Assembly Position Statement On the Importance of Critical Selection and Teaching of Diverse Children’s Literature
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

NCTE Position Statements

NCTE position statements sponsored by CLA:

More NCTE resolutions about literature/literacy/reading:

NCTE Position Statements on Literature

Children's Literature in Teacher Education

The Children's Literature Assembly believes that courses in children's literature play an essential role in teacher education programs.

VALUE OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COURSES
To support instructors, we have created a document that lists the values of such courses within teacher education. We encourage instructors to use this document in whatever form will be of use in their own context.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COURSES AND THE COMMON CORE
This document highlights the specific Common Core State Standards that are addressed within a children's literature course

SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AS SCHOLARLY WORK
This document articulates the scholarship of children's literature

SYLLABI FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COURSES
Visit this resource page for access to a rich collection of undergraduate and graduate children's literature syllabi exemplars

Children's Literature Resources for Addressing the Common Core Standards

MYTHS ABOUT THE COMMON CORE
This document presents an analysis of myths surrounding the implementation of the common core standards.

CCSS ELA and Literacy standards

Common Core State Standards
Appendix A – Background information
Appendix B – Text exemplars and performance tasks
Appendix C – Writing exemplars

Book: Pathways to the Common Core

Calkins, Lucy, Ehrenworth, Mary & Lehman, Christopher (2012). Pathways to the Common Core. Heinemann.

Book: Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (Grades 6-12)

Beach, Richard, Thein, Amanda H., & Webb, Allen. (2016). Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (Grades 6-12). Routledge.
Companion Website

National council of teachers of English resources

Resource Page

Resources for Student-Centered Instruction in a Time of Common Core Standards

Books

Sarah Brown Wessling, Crystal VanKooten, Danielle Lillge, Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: English Language Arts, Grades 9-12. NCTE.
Tonya Perry, Rebecca Manery. Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: English Language Arts, Grades 6-8.NCTE.
Jeff Williams, Elizabeth Homan, Sarah Swofford. Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: English Language Arts, Grades 3-5. NCTE
Susi Long, William Hutchinson, Justine Neiderhiser. Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: English Language Arts, Grades PreK-2. NCTE.

International Literacy association Resources

Navigating the Common Core State Standards by Diane Lapp, Julie B. Wise, & Kelly Johnson
Common Core PD guide by Maureen McLaughlin

Worlds of words - Blogs on CCSS and global children’s literature

Short, K. CCSS: Misconceptions about Text Exemplars.
Short, K. CCSS: The Complexity of Text Complexity in Global Literature.
Short, K. CCSS: Misconceptions about Informational and Literary Texts.
Short, K. CCSS: Misunderstandings about Response and Close Reading.

Resources by P. David Pearson

Common Core State Standards, Research and the Common Core: Can the Romance Survive? A narrated PowerPoint from a webinar that examines issues on the implementation of the CCSS

Other relevant presentations are available at P. David Pearson's Personal Website.

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Donate to CLA's Endowment Fund

The CLA Endowment Fund supports original research on children's literature and the dissemination of CLA's Notable Books for the Language Arts

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The Dragon Lode

Published by the International Literacy Association Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group

Call for Manuscripts

Spring 2020 Open Theme

Submission Deadline - January 10, 2020

We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.

Fall 2020 Using Children’s Literature in the Classroom

Submission Deadline - March 1, 2020

High quality children’s literature is essential for enriching learning across the classroom curriculum. For this issue of The Dragon Lode, we invite authors to explore the role of children’s literature in developing strong readers, writers, and thinkers in K-12 contexts. Suggested submissions include classroom research or strategies in teaching with literature or conceptual work in using children's and young adult literature, in various forms, for effective teaching. Alternate submissions include a presentation of books representing diverse experiences and that have a thematic or content focus.

Spring 2021 Open Theme

Submission Deadline - January 10, 2021

We invite manuscripts that explore contemporary issues and questions, genre study, literary theory, and research related to children’s literature and reading.