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Giordano, Linda – Reading Teacher, 2011
The author, a veteran second-grade teacher, has spent the past three years developing a system to help her students find appropriate books to read during independent reading time. The article describes how the CLICKS system evolved and how to introduce it to a classroom of young readers. (Contains 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading, Books
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Wutz, Jessica Ann; Wedwick, Linda – Reading Teacher, 2005
Through basic literacy experiences like discussing, reading, writing, viewing, and listening, students become aware of themselves as readers, increase reading abilities, and demonstrate an overall understanding of "just right" books in an environment very different from the usual activity-filled elementary classroom. Amazingly, because of basic…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Books, Independent Reading, Teaching Methods
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Sawyer, John Michael – Reading Teacher, 1993
Offers a detailed plan for a book swap, which not only helps place new books in the homes of most children but also places books in the homes of children who may have no books at all. (SR)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Family Environment