First 20 Days of Literacy

Helping you Choose the Right Book

 Explains the Five Finger Rule for choosing a just right book and discusses Book Talks.

Printable book marks for choosing a just right book.

Website with mini lessons on how to choose a just right book, separate genres and ask thick and thin questions about what you read.

Five Finger test and link to Goldilocks method.

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Thinking and Talking about your reading.

Ideas and sentence starters for students.

Handout to use for reading, relating, responding.

When to abandon a book. (Day 7-lesson plan)

Teaching Genres
Definition of each genre and a book list for with each genre.
Long list of many genres and brief description of each.Short list of genres and description.List of Fiction and Non fiction genres.Printable posters about different genres.Printable list of genres and definitions for students.Extensive list of literature genres with brief definitions.

Dewey Decimal System:

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Game

Activities

Games and Slide Shows

Teaching Resources

Several great graphic organizers for teaching reading and writing skills.

Simple reading interest inventory.

Sample Book Talks that other students have written.

Sample Book Talk Worksheets.

More in-depth Book Talk Worksheets.

Grade 6-8 Book Talk Worksheets.