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    Teacher's Corner: Resources for your Classroom

    Integrate more Children's & Adolescent Literature into your school day!

    TEACH IT!

    Classroom Helpers:

    • The Classroom Bookshelf is a truly incredible blog that features a book a week WITH a review, 10-15 ways to teach the book in your classroom, links to further explorations, and a supplementary book list!

    • Library Sparks - This has amazing monthly activity calendars with interactive activities (often with literary connections) for each day of the month

    • Teach with Picturebooks - This blog stopped updating in 2015 but the previous posts are very useful

    The Book Award Connection:

    • Hold a Mock Caldecott - Here's a great resource from School Library Journal

    • This is a nice video featuring two librarians explaining how the book award process works.

    • Sharing the Book Joy with the YMAs! by Melissa McBride - How you can bring the wonder and joy of the ALA Youth Media Awards (like the Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, Stonewall, etc.) into your classroom!

    I LOVE to Read - Reading Focus:

    • The Reading Lady - This Reading Specialist blogger has great ideas, suggestions, and support for the teaching of reading.

    • I love this article from Wilson et al: Small Group Reading Instruction: Lessons from the Field.

    • The Daily CAFE was a very beneficial reading instruction helper when I was teaching. Love these Books Looks and Lit Lessons connected directly to children's literature.

    General Teacher Tips:

    • Strategies to Help Introverted Students Feel Valued at School - from Mindshift (Which is am amazing resource, too!)

    CONTENT CONNECTIONS:

    Under Construction

    Arts (Fine Art, Music, Theater, etc.):

    • 10 Books Every Art Teacher Needs - The Art of Education

    • Content Pending

    Language Arts:

    • 40 Books to Teach Grammar  - Our Journey Westward

    • More content pending

    Math:

    • Pi Day (March 14 - 3/14) - Education World

    • More content Pending

    Science:

    • 14 Books That Connect Students With Valuable Scientists’ Struggles - Mindshift

    • More to come...

    Social Studies:

    • Slightly More Recent Books on Slavery for Young People - Librarian/Blogger: Betsy Bird

    • In the classroom: Teaching About Slavery - blogger and teacher Educating Alice

    • Teaching Economics with Literature - Rutgers University

    • Literature with Social Studies Themes  - University of Delaware

    • More content pending

    Social Justice:

    • 50 books about Peace and Social Justice - CCBC Librarians

    • Social Justice Books o teach about Global Issues - What We Do All Day Blog

    • Picture Books about Social Justice - No Time for Flashcards

    Other:

    • Holiday Focus:

      • 8 Picture Books to Celebrate Lunar New Year from Brightly

    BUILD YOUR CLASSROOM LIBRARY:

    Ready to start adding books to your future classroom library? Here are some resources and ideas to help you do it with out breaking the bank.

    • FirstBook is an incredible organization that exists simply to get books in the hands of readers (your students!). They have many initiatives to help with that process. Helpful Post 1: Find Free Educational Resources on the First Book Marketplace |Helpful Post 2: How to Use the First Book Marketplace: Wishlists, the Dashboard and Popular Topics

    • 15 Suggestions for free/cheap books from We Are Teachers

    • 10 Easy Ways to Get Books for your Classroom Library from Scholastic

    • ABEBooks - is my favorite online used book vendor.  Excellent place to find an out of print book or a professional book.

    • 7 Suggestions from Heinemann of How to Examine your Books When Building your Class Library

    • Daily Cafe's Classroom Library Organizational Ideas

    • 13 Ways to Organize your Classroom Reading Nook - We Are Teachers

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