September 2017 archive

Jim Trelease – The Read-Aloud Handbook – 2001 – YouTube

A Curriculum Staple: Reading Aloud to Teens | School Library Journal

Every year, Beth Aviv, a high school English teacher in Westchester County, NY, asks her students, “How many of you were read to by a parent when you were little?” Last year, only a quarter of the… Don’t miss the audio interview embedded in this article of Jim Trelease talking about engaging     adolescents …

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Teachers Find Many Reasons to Use Picture Books with Middle and High School Students | School Library Journal

  Source: Teachers Find Many Reasons to Use Picture Books with Middle and High School Students | School Library Journal

Classroom Resources | Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance is a  resources that promotes class discussion and the integration of content area subjects with current events. Source: Classroom Resources | Teaching Tolerance

Adolescent Literacy A POSITION STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION  (2012)