Best Practices: Teaching with Classroom Libraries
Research shows that having a wide range of quality books in the classroom contributes to students' reading success. The following "5 Steps to Creating Your Own Classroom Library" will help you get started with planning, organizing, and sustaining your collection.
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Watch what kids say about their reading interests and think about the ways you can provide access to meaningful reading resources in your classroom.
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5 Steps to Creating Your Own Classroom Library
1. Understand How Classroom Libraries Work: Research & Results.
2. Plan Your Classroom Library.
3. Set-up & Organize Your Classroom Library for Success.
4. Sustain Your Classroom Library with Skill Building Collections & Professional Teacher Resources.
5. Teach With Your Library — Provide Structure and Guidence for Independent Reading.
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Assessments for Differentiating Reading Instruction
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Assessments for Differentiating Reading Instruction
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Navigating Nonfiction Grade 3 Teacher's Guide
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Navigating Nonfiction Grade 3 Teacher's Guide
As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materialsÑcontent area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the
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Teaching Guide | Grade 3
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