Charlotte Zolotow
Teacher Resource File

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Biography

Charlotte's Biography
Page from the site maintained by her daughter,
Crescent Dragonwagon
Charlotte Zolotow Page
Main page of site maintained by Crescent
Dragonwagon. Space down to
find links to bibliography, biography, and other material
Ask the Author. Charlotte Zolotow
Biography from Internet Public Library

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Lesson Plans

Learning about Two Authors
Library skills lesson plan for kindergarten; by Jan Ross Dixie Elementary School
Lesson Plan. Solving Conflicts
Grade 2; from MSU Library. Uses The Hating Book
Friendship - Multicultural Lesson Plans
K-4; lesson plans include The Hating Book. From Jeffco
The Hating Book
Early and later elementary levels. By Ms Mossalam; UMich
Sibling Rivalry
Includes Big Brother, Big Sister, Little Sister,
Do You Know What I'll Do?; from University of Minnesota Extension
Reading Comprehension: Making Connections
Includes Snippets, William's Doll, My Grandson Lew.
From Springfield Public Schools
Lesson Plan. I Like to Be Little
For grade 2
Memoir: The Stuff of Our Lives
Unit and lesson plans; By Barbara Peardon, Outlook Elementary;
Uses The Quiet Lady for grade 4 English/Language Arts
Lesson Exchange: Pattern Books
Elementary level; includes If It Weren't for You;
from TeacherNet
Utah Elmentary Curriculum
See CLAS 6.7 A Change of Mind; letter writing; includes The Hating Book
Utah Elementary Curriculum
See CLAS 2.3 Oral Histories of Grandparents; second grade;
uses The Sky Was Blue
Utah Elementary Curriculum
See CLAS 1.2 Description of a Friend; grade 2; uses The New Friend
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Activities for kindergarten; from Dakota State University
Talking About Death
Parent workshop; strategies. Use My Grandson Lew
Generations Learning From One Another
Lesson plans. Includes My Grandson Lew
I Am VALUEable
Kindergarten; Includes The Quarreling Book;
lesson plans by C. Moore

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Bibliography

Bibliography. Books by Subject

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ERIC Resources

Search ERIC Database directly to see abstracts.

Chapman, Karen Lenz. "Themes of Charlotte Zolotow's Books and Her Adult Development." ED204797. 1981.

Anderson, Betty. "Books Make Social Studies and Science Come Alive." ED240604. 1982.

Nelsen, Marjorie and Jan Nelsen-Paris. "Peak with Books: An Early Childhood Resource for Balanced Literacy." 3rd ed. ED436729. 1999.

Burack, A.S., ed. "The Writer's Handbook." ED113738. 1975.

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Charlotte Zolotow Award

Charlotte Zolotow Award
Award; award winners; Zolotow Lecture. From University of
Wisconsin CCBC

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