Dedicating a section of the classroom library to mentor texts gives students the opportunity to access and choose the mentor texts that work best for them. (continue reading)
Clare Landrigan shares her template for a virtual classroom library, and shows you how to start digitally curating books for your students. (continue reading)
Welcome back to the Heinemann Professional Development Professional Learning Community (PLC) series!
Each month, we'll share a post designed to provoke thinking and discussion through a simple framework, incorporating mini-collections of linked content into your professional development time.
This month, we are finding ways to break down the lofty goal of increasing book access into actionable steps.
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This past year I engaged in an informal teacher-researcher project focused on an unrelenting question in my mind about the range of text complexity in elementary classroom libraries. (continue reading)
There is a power to series books, and they should have a prominent space in our bookrooms and classroom libraries. Here are a bunch of new ways to hook those series readers in your classroom! (continue reading)
Just think how excited your students will be to see new books in the library. It adds a new spark and energy to reader’s workshop! Spring is around the corner! (continue reading)
The classroom library is the home of a class’ reading community. Like any remodeling project, it is best to make a plan that is real but achievable for the situation at hand. We always advise not to take on more than you can finish in the amount of time you have to do it. (continue reading)
Developing lifelong reading begins with books and we, as educators, have the power to make a school’s book supply seem endless in the eyes of its readers. (continue reading)
We can all agree that in the life of a reader, the right book at the right time makes all the difference. But how do we know which book? What time is the right time? How do we assess both a reader’s growth and identity? How do we fit it all in? (continue reading)
