Take Me to Your Readers is rooted in the belief that teachers can lead their students to develop their reading tastes and grow in their love of reading, at the same time as supporting and stretching students in their meaning-making experiences. This practical resource highlights more than 50 instructional strategies that invite students to work inside and outside a book through reading, writing, talk, and arts experiences. Based on extensive research, the book highlights the work of real teachers, with guest voices that include classroom teachers, occasional teachers, special education teachers, and librarians, all sharing their best literacy practices. Ultimately, this book is designed is designed to take teachers to their readers and start them on a lifelong journey through great books!--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-171) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2017.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 372.6/044
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781551389271
- LCCN
- LB1576
- LCCN Item number
- S93 2017eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (176 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00238378 (OCoLC)1009240866 (CaOOCEL)453539
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Copyright 3
- Contents 4
- Foreword 7
- Introduction 8
- Using this Book 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- Chapter 1: Connected by Books 12
- Crawling into a Book with Thirty Children: When the Teacher Reads Aloud 14
- Book of the Day/Week/Month/Year: Larry’s Class 16
- Interactive Read-Alouds: Larry visits Lise Hawkins’ Classroom 17
- A Community Reads: When the Class Reads the Same Novel 20
- Organizing a Community Read: Guest Voice Rute Laranjeiro 21
- Choice Matters: Helping Readers Choose the Right Book for Independent Reading 24
- Book Pass: Larry visits Elaine Eisen’s Classroom 25
- Just the Beginning: Larry visits Elaine Eisen’s Classroom 26
- Chapter Pass: Larry visits Rachel Stein’s Classroom 27
- Lead to Read: Exercising and Monitoring Student Book Choice 29
- The Ten-Novel Project: Larry’s Class 31
- Who Wrote That? Celebrating an Author through Close Study and Response 33
- Author Study: Guest Voice Tessa Hoult 33
- And the Winner Is...: When Readers Judge Books 36
- The Picture Book Contest: Larry’s Class 36
- Into the Forest of Reading: Guest Voice Fatma Faraj 39
- All Lit Up: Competition Ignites Readers to Read, Read, Read 42
- Preparing for Kids Lit Quiz: Guest Voice Zrinka Marin-Delic 42
- Parents as Partners: Connecting Home and School Reading 45
- B&B: Book and Backpack: Guest Voice Jim Giles 46
- Chapter 2: Connected by Genre 48
- Picture Book as Biography: Reading and Writing Nonfiction Narratives 50
- Reading and Writing Biographies: Guest Voice Carol Nash 51
- Alphabet Biographies: Guest Voice Stacey Whiler 53
- Reading Is Not Just for Books: An Up-close Look at Magazines 54
- Text Scavengers: Guest Voice Stephanie Cini 54
- Lifting the Word Off the Page: Reading Poems Aloud 56
- Reading a Poem Aloud on My Own: Guest Voice: Lara Donsky 58
- Choral Dramatization: Larry visits Liza Taylor’s Classroom 59
- Exploring a Novel Form: Reading the Free Verse Novel 61
- Reading and Responding to Verse Novels: Guest Voice Ernest Agbuya 62
- Transforming Prose into Free Verse Poetry: Larry and Ernest Agbuya 64
- Going Graphic: Reading and Writing Comics and Graphic Texts 66
- Graphic Power: Guest Voice Diana Maliszewski 68
- I Think I Can Be Persuaded: A Genre Approach for Reading and Writing 70
- Picture Books as Mentor Texts: Guest Voice Adrienne Gear 70
- From Picture Book to PSA: Guest Voice Christine Balt 73
- More Than a Play: When Students Read Scripts Aloud 75
- Reading Scripts: Guest Voice Sheila Jacobs 76
- What Are You Watching? Using Educational TV in the Reading Program 77
- Viewing and Responding to a TV series: Guest Voice Jeff Szpirglas 77
- Chapter 3: Connected by Response 79
- Not Another Book Report! Alternative Strategies for Responding to Novels 81
- Character Journals: Larry’s Class 84
- Response Journals: Larry’s Class 86
- Poetry Is…: Poetry as a Model for Student Writing 89
- Hitchhiking on Poetic Forms: Larry visits Cynthia Duncan-Lumsden’s Classroom 91
- Writing Free Verse Poems: Larry visits Lisa Donohue’s Classroom 92
- I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen: Technology as a Medium for Response 93
- Using an App: Guest Voice Randy Kirsh 93
- Tell Me: Readers Retell Stories 95
- Story Map: Larry visits Daniel Feldberg’s Classroom 97
- A Circle of Reading: Group Responses through Literature Circles 99
- Digital Literature Circles: Guest Voice Emanuele Barbaro 100
- I Just Want to Be Ordinary: Responding to Reading about Disability 102
- Anticipation Guide: Larry visits Eric Williams’ Classroom 103
- Conversation on Paper: Larry visits Eric Williams’ Classroom 104
- Tech Time: A Digital Approach to Global Issues 106
- Video Journals: Guest Voice Marcie Lewis 107
- Am I in the Story? When Readers See Themselves in Books 109
- Visualization: Guest Voice Marianna Di Iorio 111
- All Together Now: Creating a Community Book 113
- Collaborative Book: Larry visits Ruby Bolognese’s Classroom 114
- Chapter 4: Connected by Theme 116
- What’s in a Name? Books Help Readers to Consider their Identities 117
- Name Stories: Larry visits Ahren Sternberg’s Classroom 118
- The Refugee Experience: Exploring a Global Issue through Literature 121
- Four-Rectangle Response: Guest Voice Rachael Stein 122
- Cry, Heart, but Never Break: Making Personal Connections to Books 125
- Oral Narrative: Larry visits Trina Tran’s Classroom 127
- Boys Don’t Wear Dresses: Considering and Respecting Gender Equity 130
- Thinking Stems: Guest Voice David Sexsmith 131
- Confronting the Bully Issue: Considering Healthy Relationships 135
- Finding a Definition of Bullying: Larry visits Diane Chieco’s Classroom 136
- Toward and Understanding of Poverty: Building Compassion, Empathy, and Awareness of Social Issues 139
- Tableaux: Guest Voice Steve Lieberman 141
- Attention Must Be Paid: Building Insight, Understanding, and Inquiry into First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Cultures 143
- Raising Questions: Guest Voice Monique Pregent 144
- Inquiry into Residential Schools: Guest Voice Monique Pregent 146
- Chapter 5: Connected to Curriculum 149
- Math + Literacy = Literacy + Math: When Readers Read, Write, and Talk in Math Class 151
- Graphic Organizer Placemats: Guest Voice Cathy Marks Krpan 153
- Just the Facts: Integrating Literacy, Literature, and Science 154
- KWL Sticky Notes: Larry visits Anita Myler’s Classroom 154
- What’s the Big Idea? An Integrated Approach to Social Studies and History 157
- Unpacking Big Ideas: Guest Voice Helen Vlachoyannacos 157
- Spoken Word Poems: Guest Voice Helen Vlachoyannacos 159
- Artful Responses: Responding to Stories through Visual Arts 160
- Visualizing and Creating an Illustration: Larry visits Liza Taylor’s Classroom 161
- The Sounds of Music: Integrating Literacy, Literature, and Music 162
- Creating Soundscapes: Guest Voice Jane Wamsley 162
- Sing a Book: Guest Voice Jane Wamsley 163
- Books that Move Me: Integrating Literacy, Literature, and Dance 164
- Dance a Story: Guest Voice Bonnie Anthony 164
- All in the Family: Responding Using Drama Conventions 166
- Drama Conventions: Guest Voice Robert Durocher 167
- Professional Resources 169
- Index 173
- A 173
- B 173
- C 174
- D 174
- E 174
- F 174
- G 174
- H 175
- I 175
- J 175
- K 175
- L 175
- M 175
- N 175
- O 176
- P 176
- Q 176
- R 176
- S 177
- T 177
- V 177
- W 177
- Y 177
