Saturday, July 31, 2010

Trade books for reading strategies

Summer is quickly coming to an end. Before we know it, school will be back in session. Teachers all over are gearing up for the new year by preparing amazing lessons to assist students in learning.

Strategy instruction is key when teaching reading. I love using trade books as I teach, so I was really excited to find this list of books to use to teach some of the different reading strategies. I have included the list for your resource.

Prior Knowledge:

Brenner, Barbara. Thinking about Ants. Illustrated by Carol Schwartz. Mondo, 1997. 32 pages

Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page. What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 32 pages

Ross, Alice and Kent. The Copper Lady. Illustrated by Leslie Bowman. Carolrhoda, 1997. 56 pages

Making Connections:

Ada, Alma Flor. I Love Saturdays y domingos. Illustrated by Elivia Savadier. Atheneum, 2002. 32 pages

Ajmera, Maya and John D. Ivanko. Back to School. Charlesbridge, 2001. 32 pages

Rogers, Fred. Extraordinary Friends. Photographs by Jim Judkis. Putnam, 1999. 32 pages

Questioning:

Browne, Anthony. Into the Forest. Candlewick Press, 2004. 28 pages

Woodson, Jacqueline. The Other Side. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Putnam, 2001. 32 pages

Davies, Nicola. Big Blue Whale. Illustrated by Nick Maland. Candlewick, 1997. 27 pages

Visualizing:

Schaefer, Lola M. What's Up? What's Down? Illustrated by Barbara Bash. Greenwillow Books, 2002. 32 pages

Karas, G. Brian. Atlantic. Putnam, 2002. 32 pages

Medearis, Angela Shelf. Our People. Illustrated by Michael Bryant. Atheneum, 1994. 32 pages

Inferring:

Kasza, Keiko. My Lucky Day. Putnam, 2003. 32 pages

Simont, Marc. The Stray Dog. From a true story by Reiko Sassa. HarperCollins, 2001. 32 pages

Wiesner, David. Tuesday. Clarion, 1991. 32 pages

Summarizing:

Goldin, Augusta. Ducks Don't Get Wet. Illustrated by Helen K. Davie. (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) HarperCollins, 1999. 32 pages

Markle, Sandra. Creepy, Crawly Baby Bugs. Walker, 1996. 32 pages

Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup. Illustrated by Arthur Howard. Harcourt, 2003. 48 pages

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