Product Description: Teach students how to engage in thoughtful discussions about a text. Socratic seminars are highly effective at helping students read closely and think critically about what they’ve read. They also teach students how to participate in authentic discussions...read more

Product Description: Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts...read more

Product Description: New to the fourth edition of this text is discussion of the significance of contemporary theories for classroom practice. Academic and literary references have been updated and lists of children's authors expanded. Advice on storytelling, assessment and facilitating writing are included...read more

Product Description: Six exciting titles use well-known works of children's literature as a springboard for learning! Activities, booktalks, and recommended book titles help students connect reading for pleasure with reading for information. Includes relevant McREL, Information Power II, and NETS standards...read more

Product Description: Motivate middle school students to become more involved in literature! Introducing hundreds of sophisticated and thought-provoking picture books on a variety of topics, this book shows you how to connect students to literature through picture books...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this revised and expanded third edition, the author offers theory and practice for creating and implementing holistic, literature-based approaches to the teaching of reading. Sloan uses a proven research base and many examples from actual classroom practices to present teachers with numerous practical suggestions for planning these programmes, including information on small-group discussion techniques, questioning, ways of eliciting response, record-keeping, evaluation, book selection and appropriate methods of presentation...read more