Category: 6. Reading and Literature

Role of Literature; Read Aloud;

Aug 30

Setting Up Independent Work So You Can Meet 0ne-On-One with Students

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Setting Up Norms for Independent Work
One-on-one conferences with students are a valuable use of class time—provided the other students are able to work quietly on their own.

By Jori Krulder
May 14, 2018

Jul 25

ILA Choice Reading Lists: Children’s Choices, Teachers’ Choices & Young Adults’ Choices

 https://literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/reading-lists/choices-2018-reading-lists.pdf

Feb 27

The Importance and Use of Student Self-Selected Literature to Reading Engagement in an Elementary Reading Curriculum

http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1155&context=reading_horizons The Importance and Use of Student Self-Selected Literature to Reading Engagement in an Elementary Reading Curriculum Denise Johnson and Anne Blair Abstract “The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of student self-selecting literature and reading engagement in an elementary reading curriculum. The article discuses the use of self- selected reading in …

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Feb 27

Resources for Literature Circles and More!

    Looking for a few good books to get your literature circles off the ground?  Click on the following links for some suggestions from teachers around the country: http://www.litcircles.org/Books/books.html

Nov 11

Critical Book Clubs: Reimagining Literature Reading and Response – Jocius – 2017 – The Reading Teacher – Wiley Online Library

Source: Critical Book Clubs: Reimagining Literature Reading and Response – Jocius – 2017 – The Reading Teacher – Wiley Online Library

Sep 26

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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Jul 12

ILA Young Adults’ Choices 2017 Reading List

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

Jul 12

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.”

Jul 12

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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May 09

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.