Fun with Children’s
Literature and Standards
New England Library Instruction Group
(NELIG) Workshop
Simmons College, December 5, 2014
Rukmal Ryder
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow
wood,

And sorry I could not travel both




And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden
black.
And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I
could
Oh, I kept the first for another
day!

To where it bent in the
undergrowth;
Yet knowing how way leads on to
way,

I doubted if I should ever come
back.

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better
claim,

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Because it was grassy and wanted
wear;

Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I –

Though as for that, the passing
there

I took the one less traveled by.

And that has made all the
difference.

Had worn them really about the
same.
Bober, N. (1991). The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost. In A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost (p. 86). New
York: Henry Holt and Company.
Learning goals
1. Use NoveList Plus database to find books for
your grade and theme.
2. Learn to use limiters.
3. Look at the Lexile reading chart.
4. Find books in the selected Lexile level range.
5. Search Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks/Common Core State Standards.
• NoveList Plus database – academic or public library access.
• Lexile Reader Measures - https://lexile.com/aboutlexile/grade-equivalent/grade-equivalent-chart/
• Search MA Curriculum Frameworks http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/search/default.aspx
Create a thematic unit.
 Fiction – fantasy, folktales, fables
 Non-fiction – informational texts
 Common Core Connections – standards
English Language Arts
http://www.corestandards.org/ELALiteracy/
Post survey -Assessment
More resources: SSU Education Resource Area
Blog – Resources – Standards
http://educationresourcesarea.wordpress.com/
resources-2/