Reading

Finding Theme Great Youtube video - embedding unavailable. Watch the first 3 minutes - Thanks Jill A. Teaching how to find theme

Signal Words - Marzano

ANNOTATING


Click on the link above to learn what it means to annotate and how to do it.

BookAdventure is an online reading program with interactive features and games. Students can create booklists, choose books, and take quizzes on books they’ve read. There are also contests and prizes. Online tool for K-8

Blogs about reading
You can sign up for an RSS feed on many of these. Association for Library Service to Children ALASC Book&Media Awards The Big Read NEA A blog about LeBron James reading "The Hunger Games" and what reading means to him. BetterLivingThrough Beowulf

Keep track of your books on Goodreads - you can also read reviews. If you want to follow me, look for Krista Stevens.


 * Young Adult**
 * The Goddess of YA Literature ProfessorNana
 * Librarian reviewed books - appears to be mostly MS? Thebrainlair
 * Nerdybookclub
 * Grade 6 ELA teacher The Book Whisperer
 * Out of the Ordinary Teen Book Lists- extremely well-written; I want to read all of them ReadingRants


 * Upper Elementary (Great suggestions for our struggling/reluctant readers)**
 * K-5 with students creating book trailers (how cool is that?!) Watch.Connect. Read
 * Grade 4 Sharpread
 * Elementary School Librarian including some middle school titles. 100 Scope Notes
 * Non-fiction Suggestions - upper elementary - 8? Nonfiction Detectives