One Book, One School: Building Community with Shared Text Some time ago I had the opportunity to read an early copy of R.J. Palacio’s debut novel, Wonder . I’d heard about it through friends and eagerly anticipated reading it. The book took my breath away. The next spring brought opportunities to meet the author, talk about the book with colleagues, and read it to my class. with my fifth graders was amazing. When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. I knew then that the book had touched the students. throughout the year. As summer began I heard about the movement Random House and R.J. When recommending Wonder to my mom this summer, I told her that my mission was for everyone in our town to read this book. With the start of the school year just around the corner, I scheduled a lunch with my school’s librarian. With the idea of sharing one book with the entire school, we began running through questions and discussing ideas. ? Another possible tie-in is our Family Reading Night this fall.
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University Welcome to the Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, which is a collection of picture book abstracts searchable by topics, concepts, and skills for building content area reading across all academic subjects. The collection contains abstracts of over 5700 picture books for children, preschool to grade three. Search over 900 keywords (topics, concepts, and skills) to locate books with storylines adaptable to your curriculum or program. The Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University is also a useful collection for English Language Learners and adult literacy programs. Click on the tabs above to browse our database by alphabet or by category. Best Books For Kids and Teens - CCBC
Literacy | National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2013 Get involved in National Literacy and Numeracy Week in 2013. Choose one of the options and get started with one of the activities. Whatever you choose to do, you will find lots of support right here just follow the links. A Poem In Your Pocket Encourage your students to discover poetry through the ‘A Poem In Your Pocket’ activity. Once written, students can carry their poem in their pocket and take it out at any time to read to classmates, teachers and visitors. For inspiration, students can look to this year’s book selected for Read for Australia, Herman and Rosie by Gus Gordon. This year the website features resources and templates for writing poetry to help you provide your students with ideas, tips and support to take part in this activity. Depending on the age of your students, poems can be written independently, in small groups or in pairs. Entry into the prize draw is closed for 2013. Planning checklist for Read for Australia Planning for Other Activities
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Questioning That Deepens Comprehension Editor's note: This post is co-authored by Nancy Frey, a Professor of Literacy in Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator. Questions are a common way for teachers to check for understanding, right? The answer we’re looking for is "yes." Who hasn't questioned a group of students to determine whether or not they understood the content? Unfortunately, not all questions are created equally. What does the text say? What does the text say? The questions in this category require students to think literally about the text. The amount of time that teachers spend at the literal level will vary based on student responses. Questions at this level could include: What is the relationship between the narrator and the main character? How does the text work? When students have a grasp of the text at the literal level, we move to the structural level. For example, questions at the structural level could include:
Recommended books from ALSC | Association for Library Service to Children The Association for Library Service to Children promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services. Looking for a book list you thought was on this page? - Check out the ALA Institutional Repository for archived ALSC book lists. Building a Home Library (June 2016) Four bibliographies created by the ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, with cooperation from ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee to provide guidance to parents, grandparents, and others interested in assembling a high-quality library for their children at home. 2016 Summer Reading Lists (May 2016) ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee has updated our Summer Reading Lists with new and exciting titles! The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Share the Gift of Reading: 20 Years of Día (April 2016) A special list to encourage everyone to participate in the celebration of Día's 20th anniversary! Read!
Reviews @ Edmonton Public Schools Featured Titles The Comic Book War Comic Book War is the final installment in the trilogy written by Metis author Jacqueline Guest that began with Belle of Batoche and Outcast of River Falls. read more Red Bird Sings An inspirational story of the life of Zitkala-Sa also known as Gertrude Simmons-Bonnin, a writer, musician, and activist based on her writings in the Atlantic Monthly in the 1900’s. Raven's Greatest Creation A creation story as dreamed by Métis author, David Bouchard, who introduces the readers to Raven, Turtle Island, Sky World and Earth’s Creatures. Fox on the Ice : Maageesees Maskwameek Kaapit Originally published in 2003. An engaging story, shared in English and Cree, about a family, a fox, and an ice fishing adventure. Buniq's Boots Buniq, which means "my girl" in the Inuit language, loses the new pair of boots loveling made by her grandmother, what will she do? Turtle Island Voices are an outstanding must have co... read more Latest Reviews The Old Ways Raven Brings the Light
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25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area 25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area Reading is reading. By understanding that letters make sounds, we can blend those sounds together to make whole sounds that symbolize meaning we can all exchange with one another. Without getting too Platonic about it all, reading doesn’t change simply because you’re reading a text from another content area. Only sometimes it does. Science content can often by full of jargon, research citations, and odd text features. Social Studies content can be an interesting mix of itemized information, and traditional paragraphs/imagery. Literature? This all makes reading strategies somewhat content area specific. But if you’d like to start with a basic set of strategies, you could do worse than the elegant graphic above from wiki-teacher.com. Looking for related curricula ideas? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. To the above list, we’d add: 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area
ICDL - International Children's Digital Library Diverse BookFinder – Identify & Explore Multicultural Picture Books Leveled Reading Systems, Explained With many lettered and numbered leveled reading systems, it’s hard to know which one to choose and when to use it. Let’s cut through the confusion. What Are the Differences Between Leveled Reading Systems? Grade Level Equivalent The Grade Level Equivalent indicates the readability of the text by grade. Guided Reading Level Developed by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, the guided reading level system gives a more precise reading level for books. Each book is carefully evaluated prior to being leveled, and teacher input is taken into consideration in the leveling process. The Lexile Framework® for Reading The Lexile Framework, an even finer numerical filter, assesses a book’s difficulty and helps match reader ability and text difficulty based on the numeric Lexile scale. The Lexile database includes prose only. The Lexile framework includes formative assessments, as opposed to summative assessments like chapter, unit, or statewide tests. Interest Level Grade Level Reading Recovery Students