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The famous picture book award given annually
What is the Caldecott Medal?
100
A free activity all teachers can use in their elementary classroom?
What is read aloud stories?
100
A popular way for students to discuss their responses to books.
What is a literature circle?
100
A collection of poems by different poets.
What is an anthology?
100
Story that explains the origins of the world or natural phenomena
What is a myth?
200
The name for the most distinguished children's book award published in the US
What is the John Newbery Medal?
200
A way to bring cultural traditions to life in the classroom.
What is storytelling?
200
This literature circle role develops a list of questions for the group to consider.
What is the Questioner (or Discussion Director)?
200
In figurative language, a comparison that uses "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
Story based on real individuals and their marvelous deeds?
What is a legend?
300
The award given to the outstanding African-American author for children's books each year.
What is the Coretta Scott King Book Award?
300
An oral presentation by a teacher that describes a book.
What is a book talk?
300
The role that finds connections between the book and the readers.
What is the Connector?
300
An inanimate object is given human characteristics
What is personification?
300
A tale that contains elements of magic
What is a fairy tale?
400
The award presented to a Latina/Latino writer and illustrator of a children's book each year.
What is the Pura Belpre' Award?
400
A program that promotes the reading habit for all students
What is sustained silent reading?
400
The role that collects unfamiliar words in the reading.
What is the Word Wizard or Vocabulary Enricher?
400
An exaggeration that highlights reality
What is hyperbole?
400
A highly exaggerated account of the exploits of both real and imagined characters.
What is a tall tale?
500
The annual award for the most distinguished children's informational book published.
What is the Robert F. Siebert Informational Book Medal
500
A form of read aloud that includes all the children in a classroom.
What is Reader's Theatre?
500
This role digs up background information to add to the story.
What is the researcher?
500
A sound pattern of a word that imitates its real-world sound
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The difference between traditional literature and modern literature.
What is a known author?