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Videos for Narrative Interactive "Read" Alouds

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Inquiry and progressive approach to workshop...

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Introduction: We Can Do This

Asking Beautiful Questions

Paying Attention to What Doesn't Feel Right

Asking, "What If?": Creating Space for Possibility

Chapter One: What If Each Day's Teaching Focused on Children's Agency?

Finding Our Way to a Beautiful Question: The Disengaged Child

What's the Best That Could Happen? Agency Fosters Engagement

Imagining New Possibilities for a Child

Conferring to Support Access and Choice

Paying Attention During Independent Work Time

Conferring to Inquire and to Offer Community

Postscript

Chapter Two: What If We Made What Children Make and Do Our Priority?

Finding Our Way to a Beautiful Question: Workshop Planning

What's the Best That Could Happen? Meaningful Work

Planning for What Children Will Do First

Planning for What Teachers Will Do During Work Time

Figuring Out What to Teach

Playing with the Sequence

Taking Ownership

Chapter Three: What If Our Classroom Environment and Routines Offered Choice?

Finding Our Way to a Beautiful Question: Frustration over Supplies

What's the Best That Could Happen? Managing Their Own Work

Being Intentional in Our Language

Cocreating Routines

Designing Agentive Environments

Chapter Four: What If We Owned the Units We Are Asked to Teach?

Finding Our Way to a Beautiful Question: The Units We're Given

Are These the Right Goals?

Which Texts Work Best?

How Will We Know When We're Done?

How Can This Happen Within Daily Workshop?

What's the Best That Could Happen? Perfection in Imperfection

Chapter Five: What If Read-Aloud Sustained Children's Independent Thinking?

Finding Our Way to a Beautiful Question: The Wisdom in Children's Thinking

Expecting Brilliance

Finding Time for Read-Aloud

Reading Aloud for Joy

Teachers and Children Thinking Aloud

What's the Best That Could Happen? Being Inspired to Act

Conclusion: In Pursuit of Beautiful Questions

We all have difficult moments in our teaching, and without a question to drive us forward, we can get stuck. But that difficult moment might be the question we need to ask ourselves. Questions can bring a positive attention, creating a presence in the moment. When I ask children, "Are you the kind of kid who...?", I'm inviting them to imagine a new possibility for themselves, one in which they have more power than they did before. I want those new possibilities for teachers, too. Are you the kind of teacher who is ready to try something new, something that will make your students stronger, more joyful readers and bring you greater joy in your work? I think you are.

Asking questions leads to opportunities-it's about growth, openness, and a willingness to change, which top-down models don't allow. It's a way for us to focus our thinking and be present in the lives we've chosen to live. Asking the question is the essential behavior of teaching. It's not a perfect call-and response but a messy business of wondering, stumbling, and figuring things out. It requires bravery and commitment, but that's what teaching is. It's a joyful, creative, purposeful profession. If you feel you've lost even some of your passion for teaching, I would love to help give it back to you. So, in this book, we'll talk about creating beautiful questions about the teaching of reading. To help you take on the process of asking beautiful questions, I'll share how I got to some beautiful questions about teaching reading and what I did with them as I worked with teachers in classrooms across the country.

This book is about owning our teaching and making decisions based on who we are and what's best for the children in our classroom today. That all sounds ambitious and brave... and the work is-teaching is-but it happens in so many small and simple ways. My wish is for you to think about what you do and ask your own beautiful questions, so that you and your children can thrive and view yourselves and each other as valuable, idea-filled, creative, and contributing humans who own your teaching and learning. Be open and receptive to possibilities! Think: "What if we did it this way?"

"A one-of-a-kind book, full of wisdom and heart. Debbie Miller inspires educators to step back and question everything-challenging us to rethink and reinvent the ways we teach. What's the best that could happen? Read this book and it will help you find your own answer to that beautiful question."

-Warren Berger, author of A More Beautiful Question and The Book of Beautiful Questions
"Debbie Miller is a magician with children, and in What's the Best That Could Happen? she hands us her magic wand. With honesty, humility, and optimism, she shares her thoughts and actions about teaching and learning. Run-don't walk-to conjure up this essential book!"
-Stephanie Harvey, coauthor of The Comprehension Toolkit series, From Striving to Thriving, and Strategies That Work
"Debbie Miller is suggesting something revolutionary. She is suggesting the way to ensure all students learn is to intentionally and persistently expect not just capability but brilliance from them."
-Gretchen Morgan, author of Innovative Educators: An Action Plan for Teachers

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* recounts/narrative:

Roller Coaster - Marla Frazee

Night of the Veggie Monster - George McClements (TC mentor)

Short Cut - Donald Cruz

Mean Jean Recess Queen - Alexis O'Neill

* persuasive letters

Dear Mr. Blueberry - Simon James

I Wanna Iguana - Karen Kaufman Orloff

* informational/expository paragraphs (living things and ecosystems)

National Geographic Kids series (Choose topic based on Unit of Inquiry) - Level 1 is usually good for G1

* procedural

We are Teachers Blog Post

* poetry (but I believe we will be getting rid of this one)

We are Teachers Blog Post

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Practical guide to designing engaging read alouds

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10 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and Transform Learning

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"After reading this book, anyone would feel rejuvenated, inspired, more hopeful again. Rebecca brings us back to our better selves!"

It's no secret that reading aloud to children every single day is one of the most important things any teacher, parent, or grown up can do to help children become better readers, thinkers, and frankly, better human beings. There are many resources available-scores of books, articles, web sites, videos, podcasts, and more that highlight the research on why reading aloud to kids is so vital, how to incorporate it into the day, and lists of texts to choose from for each grade level.

The Artful Read-Aloud is a user-friendly guide that builds a bridge between the artistic world and the classroom, providing a deeper dive into the artistry of reading aloud. Rebecca Bellingham draws on her experience as a performer, teaching artist, classroom teacher, and literacy coach to make explicit connections between the arts and reading aloud, providing dozens of easy moves teachers can make that can enhance, elevate, and deepen the impact of interactive read-alouds.

Each chapter focuses on a specific guiding principle that is drawn from the arts and is meant to spark engagement, provoke inquiry, and inspire deep thinking. She includes practical tips for how to bring each principle to life in the classroom, including:

how to embody the text by making small shifts with your body and voice to bring the words to life, helping kids envision different characters and their actions more completely

learning when to slow down, pause, and read in an deliberate and careful way to give kids time to think, feel, process, and connect

when and how to create opportunities for talk, giving kids the space to ask questions and reflect on what they notice, wonder, and predict

how to give kids a chance to move around as they try on characters, recreate scenes, learn about new concepts, and live inside the book

prioritizing read alouds that give students practice listening to and learning from diverse voices while creating space for meaningful conversation about important issues relating to injustice, identity, inequality, and more

ways to be intentional in your choices, from matching books to the students in front of you to choosing passages that support instructional goals and teaching points.

Reading aloud to your students supports a balanced, rigorous, and joyful literacy curriculum that not only feeds the souls and minds of your students but your own as well. Dip into The Artful Read-Aloud and see what's possible inside your daily read-alouds. By learning to make simple moves that model what real reading looks and sounds like you can help your students become the kind of readers all of us hope they will become: engaged, thoughtful, lifelong ones.

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There is an easy way to improve your child's chances at school. It will entertain and delight him. It will strengthen the bonds between him and you. And it is virtually free.

Sound too good to be true? Actually, it isn't. The magical method: taking time to read aloud to your child.

In an era of high-stakes testing and education reforms and revolutions, research has repeatedly proved that one simple parenting technique is among the most effective. Children who are read aloud to by parents get a head start in language and literacy skills and go to school better prepared.

"Reading aloud to young children, particularly in an engaging manner, promotes emerging literacy and language development and supports the relationship between child and parent," concluded a 2008 review in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

In other words, reading that bedtime story may not only entertain and soothe Johnny, it may also develop his vocabulary, improve his ability to learn to read, and - perhaps most important - foster a lifelong love of books and reading.

Developing that passion for reading is crucial, according to Jim Trelease, author of the best-seller, "The Read-Aloud Handbook." "Every time we read to a child, we're sending a 'pleasure' message to the child's brain," he writes in the "Handbook." "You could even call it a commercial, conditioning the child to associate books and print with pleasure."

This reading "commercial" is critical when competition for a child's attention is so fierce. Between television, movies, the internet, video games and myriad after-school activities, the pleasures of sitting down with a book are often overlooked. In addition, negative experiences with reading - whether frustrations in learning to read or tedious "skill and drill" school assignments - can further turn children off from reading.

That can have long-term consequences. As Mr. Trelease succinctly puts it in his handbook, "Students who read the most, read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who don't read much, cannot get better at it."

Reading aloud is, according to the landmark 1985 report "Becoming a Nation of Readers," "the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading."

Despite this advice, however, some educators and many parents don't read aloud to children from a young age and thus fail to nurture avid and skilled readers. Indeed, this is especially true for children in low-income families. According to the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, only 48 percent of families below the poverty level read to their preschoolers each day, compared with 64 percent of families whose incomes were at or above the poverty level. Children from low-income families are also less likely to have exposure to print materials.

Groups such as Reach Out and Read (ROR), however, are working to combat this problem. The Boston-based non-profit extols the virtues of reading aloud to parents when children go to their check-ups at the pediatrician's or family physician's office. The group also helps provide reading materials for families of lesser means. And ROR has been remarkably successful: "Studies which examined language in young children found an association between the ROR intervention and statistically significant improvements in preschool language scores, a good predictor of later literacy success," its website reports.

The good news for families is that this sage piece of parenting wisdom is easy to follow. Reading aloud to your child requires only a book - free, with a library card - and your willingness to spend a little quality time with your child. And while the sacrifices to read aloud are few, the benefits are many: Your child may learn to read better, think better, imagine more richly, and become a passionate and lifelong reader. More than these long-term benefits, however, are some more immediate: The pleasures of spending time with your child and sharing the enjoyment of a good book.

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There is an easy way to improve your child's chances at school. It will entertain and delight him. It will strengthen the bonds between him and you. And it is virtually free. Sound too good to be true? Actually, it isn't. The magical method: taking time to read aloud to your child.

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The following post was written by Pam Allyn and is part of an ongoing monthly series from the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship.

"The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn't achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who's reading aloud-it's the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony."

-Mem Fox

The academic reasons to read aloud are profound: building comprehension skills by modeling a deepening engagement with text, building fluency as the child listens to the smoothness of a mentor reader, building vocabulary and grammar skills as the child marinates in literary language. But the benefits of the read-aloud extend far beyond improvements in reading ability. They also have a powerful impact on the child's social and emotional development and the ineffable benefits to the child's human spirit.

What does the read-aloud do to benefit the child's spirit? The read-aloud:

1. Builds empathy and understanding

Reading aloud gives children a lens through which to understand the experiences of others. The characters who become dear to us collectively in the warm embrace of the read-aloud are characters who, through the voice of the reader, become alive to our children. They are in the room with us. We can witness the other side of a story or the internal struggle of a beloved character. Authors such as Mo Willems, Charlotte Zolotow, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kwame Alexander all create a tenderly reverberating world of empathy and compassion, of knowledge building, of how we are all human in this great big complex world we live in.

2. Scaffolds cultural engagement

A story in literary or informational form is honoring the experiences and lives of a whole world of people living in a variety of cultural and linguistic contexts. The read-aloud is powerful when it can be a way to bridge divides and also to illuminate differences that are compelling and wonderful to the listener. Let us select books to read aloud that represent a wide range of characters and cultures, languages and dialects. Host a virtual read-aloud to share across cultures. Don't worry if everyone doesn't understand every word. Hearing stories read aloud from different cultures and languages gives a child the powerful sense of all the diversity in the world. Great writers give us exquisite examples of how the world is full of colors and sizes and sounds that all add up to our humanity, and great writers also write specifically from their own cultural perspectives and language to share the details that make us profoundly and beautifully different. Beyond all else is the fact that reading aloud is a powerful complement to the oral tradition around story sharing.

The sound of the human voice passing along stories has a deep tradition across many cultures, and the presence of the read-aloud in our classroom is a way to honor that.

3. Cultivates the power of deep listening

Reading aloud builds listening skills in an unparalleled way. These skills extend far beyond the world of reading. Research of children's reading habits conducted by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research found that reading aloud to kids every day will put them a year ahead of kids who are not read aloud to daily, regardless of socioeconomic circumstances. Listening deeply means we are not only encouraging answers in response to preordained questions, but also that we are encouraging listening to the sound of an author who conveys his or her particular style, that we are listening to the unique dialogue characters speak, that we are listening to tone and rhythm and the sheer delight of literary sound.

4. Creates excitement for the beauty of vocabulary and grammar

Reading a Walt Whitman poem to a group of fourth graders is a powerful immersion in complex grammar and vocabulary. They don't have to understand every word or even most lines to soak up the sophistication of his text. The cadence and intention of his ideas carry them along as a boat carrying its passengers, riding the high seas boldly and bravely.

As I Walk These Broad, Majestic Days

As I walk these broad, majestic days of peace,

(For the war, the struggle of blood finish'd, wherein, O terrific Ideal!

Against vast odds, having gloriously won,

Now thou stridest on-yet perhaps in time toward denser wars,

Perhaps to engage in time in still more dreadful contests, dangers,

Longer campaigns and crises, labors beyond all others;)

-As I walk solitary, unattended,

Around me I hear that eclat of the world-politics, produce,

The announcements of recognized things-science,

The approved growth of cities, and the spread of inventions.

There are certainly complex words and phrases in this poem, but the overall theme and the soaring rhythm and even a small amount of background knowledge will give our students the thrill of a lifetime. Your voice conveying that excitement and fearlessness is what helps them to tackle difficult grammar and vocabulary in their own independent reading lives.

5. Fuels happiness

Happiness really matters. Ask any parent what they most want for their child and happiness is one of the top two answers (good health is the other). Yet when we talk about school and about teaching, we talk about outcomes to the exclusion of happiness. We talk about test scores and formative results of portfolios and improvements, all of which most certainly matter, but at the end of the day, for me as a mother and as an educator, the smile matters most. I think we truly underestimate the importance of happiness in school. I have sometimes said that the only assessment we actually need would be to ask children: "Were you happy in school today?" Their response would tell us everything we need to know, from the quality of the teaching to the quality of the physical environment to the interaction of peers.

The read-aloud fuels pure happiness. When done in a comfortable setting with a wonderful book, the entire community is lifted up, and the children are energized, excited, included, and joyous. All the conditions for great learning are met.

P.S. Visit my organization litworld.org to find out how you can join us for World Read-Aloud Day!

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Why Is the Read-Aloud a Life-Changing Form of Civic Learning? - NCTE

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The following post was written by Pam Allyn and is part of an ongoing monthly series from the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship . "The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading.

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Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools

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Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools

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Great group focused on literacy in International Schools!

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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Make a copy to plan or work as a team. Post to padlet.

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Components of Balanced Literacy with Links EKC

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I'm wondering...

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Got: idea to crowdsource (or teamsource) list for mentor texts/read alouds
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Got: Choosing read alouds that students can relate to (culturally, age, class content).

Want: It would be great if you could continue to model out loud like you did today with your read aloud.

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I was inspired to try more shared reading linked to some things I've been trying with my class through Responsive Classroom and morning meeting.
I would like to dig more into concrete ways that we can make workshop really "ours".

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Liked the suggestions that reminded me of more thoughtful approach to my read alouds.

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Liked the suggestions that reminded me of more thoughtful approach to my read alouds.

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Book lists for different genres would be useful.

JUDY

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Got the message that I need to do more interactive read alouds as opposed to grabbing a quick story!
Want - A comprehensive list of great books to use as read alouds and the skills that would be covered.
https://www.weareteachers.com/first-grade-books/
Found this list which has good connections to our reading/writing outcomes

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Reminders of how to create more balanced literacy lessons. I want to try and embed more shared reading and shared writing into readers and writers workshop.

Want: Could we plan a balanced literacy week together? I think this would be really helpful.

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FIS G1 Session 1_ Balanced Literacy and Read Aloud

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Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

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The Association for Library Service to Children promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services. ALSC booklists are created as a resource for children's librarians to share with patrons. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to explore these titles to find resources that may match or spark their child's interest.

Looking for a book list you thought was on this page? - Check out the ALA Institutional Repository for archived ALSC book lists.

BCALA and ALSC Social Justice Reading List (July 2020)
Community, Connecting, Cultivating & Constructing Conversations Through Literacy is a list developed by members of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and ALSC's Quicklists Committee. This list is intended to support conversations about dismantling systems of racial injustice.

Embracing Gender Identities (July 2020)
Embracing Gender Identities is an ALSC booklist created to help support conversations about gender identity and expression. This list, which is divided into books for 0-5 year-olds, elementary school students and middle schoolers, includes recommended informational picture books, as well as works of fiction and non-fiction that challenge gender norms and explore the wide spectrum of gender identity. It includes additional resources for parents.

2020 ALSC Summer Reading Lists (May 2020)
ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee has compiled lists to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Four Summer Reading book lists are available for Birth-Preschool, K-2nd, 3rd- 5th and 6th-8th grade students.

2020 Día Reading Lists (May 2020)
The 2020 Día booklists provide great stories representing a variety of cultures and backgrounds to share with children from birth through 8th grade.

ALSC 2019 Tough Topics Resource Lists (May 2019)
The books on these lists are to help inspire conversations with children going through challenging situations like the death of a loved one, an unexpected move, natural disasters and more. They are available for grades K-2nd, 3rd-5th and 6th-8th. Resources for adults are also included.

2019 ALSC Summer Reading Lists (May 2019)
ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee has updated our Summer Reading Lists with new and exciting titles! The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Four Summer Reading book lists are available for Birth-Preschool, K-2nd, 3rd- 5th and 6th-8th grade students. The interactive lists can be customized to include your program information and call numbers.

Strolling Thunder Reading List (April 2019)
Titles on this list were compiled by ALSC's Quicklists Committee for the Zero to Three organization to support their Strolling Thunder event in Washington, D.C.. The aim of Strolling Thunder is to encourage legislators to take action on policy issues related to young children.

2019 ALSC Graphic Novels Reading List (April 2019)
These three lists are offered in the ranges of kindergarten to 2nd grade, 3rd to 5th grade and 6th to 8th grade. Graphic novels on this list are defined as a full-length story told in paneled, sequential, graphic format. The list does not include book-length collections of comic strips, wordless picture books or hybrid books that are a mixture of traditional text and comics/graphics. The list includes classics as well as new titles that have been widely recommended and well-reviewed, and books that have popular appeal as well as critical acclaim.

2019 Building STEAM with Día (March 2019)
These lists identify promising resources to supplement (S)cience, (T)echnology, (E)ngineering, the (A)rts, and (M)ath programming and that reflect a variety of cultures and languages.

Building a Home Library (December 2018)
Four bibliographies created by the ALA-Children's Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, with cooperation from ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee to provide guidance to parents, grandparents, and others interested in assembling a high-quality library for their children at home.

Stories of Immigration: Perspectives from Pura Belpré Medal and Honor Books (September 2017)
As our nation grapples with the uncertain future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, REFORMA and ALSC's 2018 Pura Belpré Award Committee has compiled a list of past Belpré medal and honor books that address the Latino/a immigration experience and provide young readers with insight into the very real struggles and choices faced by families every day. This list is presented in solidarity with Dreamers, immigrants, and undocumented people everywhere.

Evergreen Audiobooks (July 2017)
The Quicklists Consulting Committee has developed this list to remind book-lovers that listening to a book can be a great way to enjoy the story and explore new vocabulary.

Comforting Reads for Difficult Times (May 2017)
This booklist was created to help children going through challenging situations like the death of a loved one, an unexpected move, natural disasters and more.This list was compiled by ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee and includes links to other resources for adults to support children.

Working Together for Justice (January 2017)
The Quicklists Consulting Committee created this list to affirm the rights of children and families, while encouraging discussions about social justice and equity.

Mismatched Pairs: Paired Nonfiction and Fiction for Tweens (January 2017)
This booklist was created by members of ALSC's 2016-2017 School-Age Programs and Services Committee to encourage tweens to explore their interests across genres.

Great Gifts to Give (December 2016)
Librarians are often asked for suggestions of titles to give as gifts. Check out this list for great gift-giving ideas for baby showers, holidays, graduation and more!

Unity. Kindness. Peace. (November 2016)
The Quicklists Consulting Committee developed this list for librarians, parents, caregivers, teachers, and other caring adults faced with children asking tough questions about the recent election and looking at positive ways to take action.

Share the Gift of Reading: 20 Years of Día (April 2016)
A special list to encourage everyone to participate in the celebration of Día's 20th anniversary!

Get Ready Get Safe Book List (June 2015)

ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee compiled and annotated this list for the 2015 International Children's Book Day (ICBD) at the request of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY). The theme for the 2015 ICBD was "Many Cultures, One Story."

Notable Children's Books- Current list
Each year the Notable Children's Books Committee selects the best of the best in children's books. These books are of commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways.

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The Association for Library Service to Children promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services. ALSC booklists are created as a resource for children's librarians to share with patrons. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to explore these titles to find resources that may match or spark their child's interest.

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Got: great strategies for interactive read alouds and reinforced my beliefs in the importance of read alouds
Want: mentor texts for read alouds and more suggestions as to how to "change up" the various parts of BL, RW, and WW to help bring more fun- less of the same

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I find this search engine to be really helpful-- I've found so many good books here!

https://diversebookfinder.org/books/

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GOT- I love the idea of inquiring into a sentence (grammar inquiry). I could see myself doing this during a morning meeting.

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GOT- I love the idea of inquiring into a sentence (grammar inquiry). I could see myself doing this during a morning meeting.

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WANT- Continue to have more ideas of different game examples and ways to inquire during literacy.

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I found the idea of doing a grammar inquiry interesting. We do a lot of word study and I do focus on grammar regularly, but usually as part of Writers workshop rather than separately. I'd like to try this next week and see if it helps those kids who still have capital letters all over the place!

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Got: imitation sentences-- I did them with my seventh graders but never thought of how it could work in a G1 class

Want: continue with hands on ideas (like today's bank of word play games, Patterns of Power, etc)

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Got: love using the different games and I am going to try and expand the games/inquiry I use with the students. Interested in the mentor sentences and was already looking at ways to incorporate them into my classroom.
Wants: trying the what do you notice ideas

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Got: Liked the idea of trying the elkonin boxes with some of my struggling readers.

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I like the idea of asking the children what they notice about the sentence.

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I like the idea of asking the children what they notice about the sentence.

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Like the look of the book- Patterns of power. The sentence idea is something I'm going to try.
Want to get the book

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FIS G1 Session 2_ Balanced Literacy & Word Study (1)

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Possible Lesson Sequence (adapt to YOUR kids!)

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Possible Lesson Sequence (adapt to YOUR kids!)

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Free resource from Stenhouse

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Jeff Anderson & Whitney La Rocca

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Understand the basic idea/parts of BL and use many of these strategies in my classroom. Our team has been following the TCRWP books for awhile now, so I am looking for ways to make the current program more interesting and dynamic. Bored with the usual--"Well, start a new story" or "read them again." Want to make the current program more tailored to our needs and add some spice and individuality. Do you have some strategies that we can add to our current program to help us make the program more own?

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Got: the parts of BL
Want: strategies to help "spice" up the current reading and writing workshop

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Play is serious business.

Whether it's reenacting a favorite book (comprehension and close reading), negotiating the rules for a game (speaking and listening), or collaborating over building blocks (college and career readiness and STEM), Kristi Mraz, Alison Porcelli, and Cheryl Tyler see every day how play helps students reach standards and goals in ways that in-their-seat instruction alone can't do. And not just during playtimes. "We believe there is play in work and work in play," they write. "It helps to have practical ways to carry that mindset into all aspects of the curriculum." In Purposeful Play , they share ways to:

optimize and balance different types of play to deepen regular classroom learning

teach into play to foster social-emotional skills and a growth mindset

bring the impact of play into all your lessons across the day.

"We believe that play is one type of environment where children can be rigorous in their learning," Kristi, Alison, and Cheryl write. So they provide a host of lessons, suggestions for classroom setups, helpful tools and charts, curriculum connections, teaching points, and teaching language to help you foster mature play that makes every moment in your classroom instructional.

Play doesn't only happen when work is over. Children show us time and time again that play is the way they work. In Purposeful Play, you'll find research-driven methods for making play an engine for rigorous learning in your classroom.

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purposeful play: a teacher's guide to igniting deep and joyful learning across the day

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education / early childhood (incl. preschool & kindergarten)

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education / teaching methods & materials / general

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early childhood (incl. preschool & kindergarten)

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early childhood education - activity programs

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education/early childhood (incl. preschool & kindergarten)

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education/teaching methods & materials - general

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education / early childhood (incl. preschool & kindergarten)

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education / teaching methods & materials / general

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education/early childhood (incl. preschool & kindergarten)

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education/teaching methods & materials - general

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Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day

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Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day [Mraz, Kristine, Porcelli, Alison, Tyler, Cheryl] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day

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"This book is a place to start creating the classroom of your dreams from the very first minute of school, a classroom that is research based, child centered, and in step with the world today."
- Christine Hertz and Kristine Mraz
The classroom of your dreams starts with one big idea. From the first days of school to the last, Kids First from Day One shares teaching that puts your deepest teaching belief into action: that children are the most important people in the room.

Christine Hertz and Kristi Mraz show how to take that single, heartfelt value and create a cohesive, highly effective approach to teaching that addresses today's connected, collaborative world. With infectious enthusiasm, hard-won experience, and a generous dose of humor, Kids First from Day One shows exactly how Christine and Kristi build and maintain a positive, cooperative, responsive classroom where students engage deeply with their learning and one another.

Kids First from Day One strengthens and deepens the connections between your love of working with kids, your desire to impact their lives, and your teaching practice. It shares:

plans for designing beautiful classroom spaces that burst with the fun of learning

positive language and classroom routines that reduce disruptive behavior-without rewards and consequences

suggestions for matching students' needs to high-impact teaching structures

a treasury of the Christine and Kristi's favorite "teacher stuff" such as quick guides for challenging behavior, small-group planning grids, and parent letters

links to videos that model the moves of Christine's and Kristi's own teaching.

Just starting out and want to know what really works in classrooms? Curious about how to make your room hum with learning? Or always on the lookout for amazing teaching ideas? Read Kids First from Day One. You'll discover that the classroom of your dreams is well within your reach.

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kids first from day one: a teacher's guide to today's classroom

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education / educational policy & reform / general

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education/teaching methods & materials - general

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education / educational policy & reform / general

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education/teaching methods & materials - general

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Kids First from Day One: A Teacher's Guide to Today's Classroom

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Kids First from Day One: A Teacher's Guide to Today's Classroom [Hertz, Christine, Mraz, Kristine] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kids First from Day One: A Teacher's Guide to Today's Classroom

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Which of these might we incorporate into Writing Workshop?

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Got: Several concrete ideas for playful ways to get at WW learning goals

Want: Agree about maybe a similar session to this one about spicing up Reader's Workshop and adding in some play

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Got: some excellent ideas about how to bring more "fun" to the workshop... more choice. 

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Got: some excellent ideas about how to bring more "fun" to the workshop... more choice. 

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Got: great ideas to help infuse more movement, joy and play into the writing process
Want: another similar session to this one

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Got lots of ideas for how to make writers worskshop more playful, creative and fun

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Got lots of ideas for how to make writers worskshop more playful, creative and fun

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Lots of inspiration and ideas to try, feeling excited and motivated.

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Lots of inspiration and ideas to try, feeling excited and motivated.

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want to ....adapt an existing unit, pull out the main ideas, teaching points to keep it simple and manageable rather than having to read four or more pages of what to say

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want to ....adapt an existing unit, pull out the main ideas, teaching points to keep it simple and manageable rather than having to read four or more pages of what to say

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maybe a similar session to this one on reading ....how to spice it up too

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maybe a similar session to this one on reading ....how to spice it up too

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Good ideas for a writing center. Reminded me of all the things I used to have out as choices when making a book. I'm going boost up the center again.

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Good ideas for a writing center. Reminded me of all the things I used to have out as choices when making a book. I'm going boost up the center again.

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Take a look. What's your play personality? How might you bring this with you into Writing Workshop?

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Which of these might we incorporate into Writing Workshop?

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Infusing Play in WW

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FIS G1 Session 3_ Play & Writing Workshop

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In Pictures and in Words - Katie Wood Ray