Reflection for Children’s and
Adolescent Literature K-12 EDUC 580
By
Sue Biewer
Artifact Description
This artifact is a multi-media literature
text set about financial literacy. I put this together and plan to use in our
Financial Literacy Curriculum. It
includes titles that can be used from kindergarten through eighth grade about finance. I have included books, magazines and
websites as resources.
Professional Growth
This class helped me to create a
list of resources our school used to implement the new financial literacy
curriculum for our school. It also has
created ideas such as how we, as a school, can raise money and apply the resources to curriculum. In content areas we can read about taxes and the
creation of money, and give ideas for the newly created Financial Planning
class offered at our school.
Readicide
by Kelly Gallagher was the most influential book I read in the 316
program. It taught me that worksheets
and comprehension questions kill the love of reading. I always found that motivation was key to
reading and understanding. I now offer
choice to my students to create engagement in reading. Mr. Gallagher stresses the importance of
authentic reading and I try to pass that along to my colleagues.
Understanding and
Application of WI State Standards
Standard #6: The teacher uses knowledge of effective
verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry,
collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
I understood that through authentic
reading and choice students use self-expression to communicate in the
classroom. I valued that students had
different interests and by allowing choice in reading and creating a “reading
flow” students engaged in projects of creative expression. I encouraged critical thinking through prompts
rather than worksheets and comprehension questions. By using the resources list I created, I gave
students opportunities to choose multimedia resources if they chose. Offering choice naturally leads to engagement
and fosters inquiry by students.
Standard #10. The teacher fosters relationships with school
colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support student’s
learning and well-being.
I understand that student’s lives
outside of school create interests and influence student learning. I took this into consideration when creating
my text set. This included financial
literacy books in foreign countries to accommodate English Language
Learners. Our school collaborated with
the community by setting up a community luncheon that brought in business
owners from the community to interact with students and we had field trips to
Biz Town that supported financial literacy and student learning in our community. I encouraged students to bring in reading
materials from home that would interest them to read during Drop Everything And
Read time.
Impact on Student
Learning
The impact on student learning was a
love of reading. I worked with a group
of sixth and seventh grade students who struggled with comprehension. I allowed these students to choose their own
books to read as we worked through comprehension strategies and applied these
strategies to their books. Each student
read a different book, but we had engaging conversations about making
connections, creating and sharing images, and information that we synthesized
from our reading. The student learning
was a direct result of the information I gained from reading Readicide by Kelly Gallagher.
Vitorbo University
Educ. 580 Final
Literacy Project
Text Sets
By: Sue Biewer
This is a text set I put together for a Financial Literacy
Curriculum our school will be implementing next year. I have included titles that can be used from Kindergarten
through 8th grade. I have
also included a magazine and a website that we will be utilizing. We are in the development stage of this
process, and we plan to meet over the summer to create and organize a
curriculum for next year. Our school is
planning on offering a Stock Market class as an elective for 8th
grade students. We also plan to
introduce Financial Literacy throughout the school in the curriculum.
Title
Author
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Summary
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Pages
Age
Range
Genre
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ISBN
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Lexile
Ability Level
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|
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by: Rissman, Rebecca
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This book introduces
students to money. It shows how people
all over the world use money. Great
photos.
|
Pages: 24
Ages: 4 to 7
Picture
Book
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9781432932657
|
310
P
|
 |
by: Barchers, Suzanne I.
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This novel tells a
story of how 1 school cleans up and recycles.
It uses graphs to show how much money they make and then they decide
what to buy for the school.
|
Pages: 32
Ages: 6 to
8
Math/Realistic Fiction
|
1429668474
|
560
P, I
|
 |
by: Firestone, Mary
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This book tells about why
money is used, currencies of the world, and how bills and coins are made in
the United States.
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Pages: 24
Ages: 6 to 8
Non-fiction
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9780736826426
|
590
P, I
|
 |
Taxes,
Taxes!: Where the Money Goes (Money Matters) by Nancy Loewen andBrad Fitzpatrick
|
This book offers real
life stories and lessons on basic economic concepts. The character Smarty the Pig also adds tips
and money advice throughout the book.
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Pages 24
Ages: 8-14
Realistic Fiction
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1404811583
|
300-700
P, I, M
|
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by: Young, Robert
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This book shares
fascinating things about U.S. currency, such as, how it's made, how it came into existence, how long each
denomination stays in circulation, how much money there is, how
counterfeiters are thwarted, whose portrait was on the $10,000 bill, and
more.
|
Pages: 48
Non-Fiction
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9781575050706
|
750
I, M
|
 |
by: Kummer, Patricia K.
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Currency provides an
historical overview of the monetary system, which began thousands of years
ago with the bartering system, its evolution to metal coins, and the new
currencies of modern day. The book includes a discussion on the concept of
currency, its developers, the role of currency in daily life, and its
continuing development.
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Pages: 80
Non-Fiction
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9780531123416
|
950
M
|
 |
by: Giesecke, Ernestine
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Find out how people
first used bartering instead of money, how people keep their money safe, and
what other forms of "money" people use besides bills or coins. This
books also covers: who made the first paper money and when; how U.S. coins
and paper money are made; how to check if a bill is fake and what measure the
U.S. government has taken to reduce counterfeiting; and money from other
countries.
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Pages: 48
Ages: 8 to 11
Non-Fiction
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9781588104915
|
990
M
|
 |
by: Croke, Liam; Naik, Anita
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This book helps to teach
kids to spend and save smart. Helpful
tips on how to save and spend wisely are laid out in a fun and easy way for
children, and lessons include real-world situations.
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Pages: 48 Ages: 10 to 11
Non-Fiction
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9780778744023
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1030
M
|
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Money Magazine
Published
by Time Inc.
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Money is the nation's
largest personal finance magazine. Money's mission is to help readers make
better decisions, not just in their investment portfolio, but everywhere life
and money intersects - family, home, health, finances, career, spending and
their future.
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Magazine
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M
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Edutopia
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This website has hundreds of great
resources for financial literacy instruction including lesson plans, handouts
and videos. Plans follow Bloom’s taxonomy. Some of the resources within this
site to explore: EconoEdLink (Numerous resources for students in grades 6-8
with lesson plans, handouts and interactive lessons) and The Stock Market
Game. FREE
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Website
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P, I , M
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