Category: 4. Teaching Reading

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

Workshops Work for the Common Core

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A Skill Strong Readers Share | Edutopia

Source: A Skill Strong Readers Share | Edutopia

ILA Young Adults’ Choices 2017 Reading List

“Young Adults’ Choices highlights 30 books selected by teenage reviewers”

ILA Children’s Choices 2017 Reading List

” “Children’s Choices is cosponsored by the Children’s Book Council and includes children’s recommendations of approximately 100 titles.”

ILA Teachers’ Choices 2017 Reading List

“For teachers looking for the best new titles to add to their classroom library, the Teachers’ Choices list is the place to start. Not only is it where they’ll find the best books for ages 5 through 14, but also they’ll know it comes from a source they can rely on—their fellow educators. Since 1989, …

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Louise Rosenblatt: A Life in Literacy 

By Duane Roen & Nicholas Karolides. Published in the ALAN Review, Summer 2005 Rosenblatt’s thinking laid the foundations for a transactional view of literacy! Decades later, her work is seminal to those who teach literature.

Educational Leadership:Literacy in Every Classroom:How Knowledge Powers Reading

Source: Educational Leadership:Literacy in Every Classroom:How Knowledge Powers Reading