ERIC Number: ED448774
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 149
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ISBN: ISBN-0-8108-3361-1
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Reading Fun: Quick and Easy Activities for the School Library Media Center. School Library Media Series, No. 14.
Kerby, Mona
This book provides the library media specialist with activities designed to motivate students to read and with reproducible bookmarks, worksheets, and certificates . The book is designed to promote the enjoyment of reading in the elementary school. At the beginning of each unit, basic suggestions are included for using the activities, but the activities can also be molded to adapt to individuals needs. Activities and materials are centered around specific authors, award-winning books, fairy tales, biographies, and more, presented in the following chapters: (1) "Animals"; (2) "Authors for Primary Students"; (3) "More Activities for Primary Students"; (4) "Authors for Intermediate Students"; (5) "Bibliographies"; (6)"Biographies"; (7) "Caldecott Books"; (8) "Dewey Decimal Practice"; (9) "Fairy Tales"; (10) "Independent Scholar"; (11) "Mystery Books"; (12) "Newbery Books"; and (13) "Summer Reading Calendar." (AEF)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Media Specialists, Reading, Reading Interests, Reading Motivation, School Libraries
Scarecrow Press, Inc., 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 ($19.50). Tel: 800-462-6420 (Toll Free).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
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