Bøger udgivet af Choice Literacy

Meghan Rose and Ruth Shagoury believe in sharing the playful adventure of reading with children from the time they are born, raising readers who not only know how to read, but want to read and become passionate life-long readers. A mother/daughter collaboration, Home is Where the Books Are takes you into the daily life of a household where reading is infused throughout everyday activities with Meghan's young twins from their birth through kindergarten. Filled with practical tips and dozens of annotated book lists, this book is more than another read-aloud handbook; it's a guide for creating the kind of home atmosphere and stance toward reading that will help families build reading into their lives-because it's enjoyable. Meghan and Ruth's approach is fun and practical. From festive and impromptu holidays like "Yes Day" to calming bedtime rituals, they share dozens of their favorite books, as well as ways to integrate them naturally and delightfully into the lives of babies, toddlers, and children ready to enter kindergarten. They also cull down the bewildering mountain of research on child development, including the effects of screen-time and other media-related literacy issues, sharing simple truths that will help parents trust their instincts when it comes to reading at home.

Join the Club! takes you into Katie Doherty Czerwinski's remarkable sixth-grade classroom, where students choose their own texts for discussion in book clubs with classmates. But don't worry - this isn't one of those books with unicorns and hearts dancing in the margins, where you will only read about cooperative students reading above grade level and discussing books with an eloquence far beyond their years. Katie shares the nitty gritty details of building conversation skills from day one with her urban students, many of whom are English language learners and come from impoverished homes. She discusses the challenges of assessing book clubs, when much of the work is done outside her presence. Katie shares her own struggles with book clubs that are floundering, and students who can't or won't read the assigned texts. Most importantly, she demonstrates with practical examples why the collaborative and conversation skills fostered through book clubs are essential literacy learning in middle schools. Join the Club! includes text suggestions, sample minilessons, student response guides, and assessment forms. Practical, research-based, and humorous, Join the Club! is a succinct guide to middle school book clubs that packs a powerful punch.