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Blass, Rosanne J. – 2002
This guide features booktalks for elementary grades of recently published (1998-2001) fiction and nonfiction titles that are either award winners, written by award-winning authors, positively reviewed in national reading advocacy journals, or representative of an emerging trend in children's literature. Each booktalk entry consists of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Graphic Organizers, Library Extension
Spencer, Gwynne – 2001
This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and "delicious" ways. The more than 200 recipes offered in the book will tempt even the most reluctant reader of any age to "nibble" at a new book. The book's recipes enhance the process…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooking Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Kerby, Mona – 1998
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…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Download full textVoluntary Services Overseas, Castries (St. Lucia). – 1994
This resource guide contains worksheets and ideas that can be used to promote reading and library use in a school library setting. The pack provides a framework around which a program of library and information skills training can be built, and suggests activities for reinforcing the lessons learned at each stage of the process. Many of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Skills, Library Instruction
Barchers, Suzanne I.; Rauen, Peter J. – 1998
Intended for teachers of preschool and up, this book combines three favorite pastimes: reading great books, exploring related activities, and cooking. The book lists 36 books relating to a holiday or observation, beginning with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and ending with New Year's Eve. It summarizes each featured book and gives a related…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooking Instruction
Leonard, Phyllis B. – 1998
School library media specialists play a special role in the education of gifted students, particularly in the use of literature across the curriculum. The CUES program, developed for gifted students, actively promotes the reading/curriculum connection, thus providing an invaluable model for all educators. Calling for structured interaction between…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cooperative Learning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Education
McArthur, Janice; McGuire, Barbara E. – 1998
Designed as an integrated package for thematic instruction, this book helps librarians and teachers select appropriate reading materials to use in specific areas of study and promote reading to students in primary grades. Sixteen chapters include such popular themes as: (1) "Risky Reading: Adventure Stories"; (2) "Old MacDonald's Place: Farm…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Awards, Books, Childrens Literature
Knowles, Elizabeth; Smith, Martha – 1997
Librarians and teachers can tap a powerful source for motivating children to read by involving parents and creating a partnership between home and school. This guide shows educators how to encourage literacy and reading by establishing a book club for parents, teachers, librarians, and students. Chapter 1 discusses directions for starting a book…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
