Resources

Internet Archive

2010-02-27T18:46:53Z

A neat resource for e-texts and includes a children's section.

Internet Archive

I don't know who is behind it but

2009-11-24T20:10:37Z

Read Book Online is a great resource for 18th-early 20th century essays, poems, short stories and novels. I have found their collecton of essays a dreadful trap into which it is easy to fall. Many of these authors are recognizeable even to non-English majors but most of us wouldn't be able to offer up much of a description of why they were memorable or for what they were once famous. Even so, they remain very accessible through their essays.

Reasons for Using and Teaching Nonfiction

2009-11-01T22:44:28Z

Reasons for Using and Teaching Nonfiction by K. Bucher and M. Lee Manning

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Top Ten Reasons Nonfiction is Perfect for Reluctant Readers!

2009-11-01T22:42:01Z

Top Ten Reasons Nonfiction is Perfect for Reluctant Readers! by Sharon Wright Mitchell, July 18, 2009

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Using Non-Fiction to Motivate Reluctant Readers

2009-11-01T22:39:23Z

Using Non-Fiction to Motivate Reluctant Readers by J.G. Scott in Teachers.net Gazette, February 2002, Volume 3, Number 2.

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Filling the Great Void: Why We Should Bring Nonfiction into the Early-Grade Classroom

2009-11-01T22:36:17Z

Filling the Great Void: Why We Should Bring Nonfiction into the Early-Grade Classroom by Nell K. Duke, V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, and Ebony M. Roberts in American Education, Spring 2003

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Self-Selected Reading in the Balanced Literacy

2009-11-01T22:32:03Z

Self-Selected Reading in the Balanced Literacy by Leigh Daley. A powerpoint presentation.

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Using Nonfiction in Your Read Aloud

2009-11-01T22:27:36Z

Using Nonfiction in Your Read Aloud from A Year of Reading, March 10, 2009.

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The Case for Informational Text

2009-11-01T22:24:57Z

The Case for Informational Text by Nell K. Duke, Educational Leadership, March 2004 | Volume 61 | Number 6

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A Quick Guide to Selecting Great Informational Books for Young Children

2009-11-01T22:22:38Z

A Quick Guide to Selecting Great Informational Books for Young Children by Kathy E. Stephens

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Nonfiction in the classroom library: a literacy necessity

2009-11-01T22:16:23Z

From The Free Library, Nonfiction in the classroom library: a literacy necessity by T.A. Young and B. Moss

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A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like

2009-11-01T22:00:14Z

From the New York Times, August 29, 2009, by Motoko Rich, A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like. See Thing Finder post, Where's the Substance?.

Formula for Failure: Reading levels and readability formulas do not create lifelong readers

2009-11-01T21:55:35Z

An article by Betty Carter, School Library Journal, July 1, 2000, Formula for Failure: Reading levels and readability formulas do not create lifelong readers.

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PBwithJ

2009-09-04T14:01:31Z

A mother reads to her five year old at PBwithJ and provides a one or two paragraph summary on the books read. 20-40 new books a month. A nice clean site: A picture of the book, a summary, an assessment of age level and identification of a couple of key themes.

TTMD Discussion Document

2009-06-27T13:49:16Z

A presentation from Through the Magic Door providing miscellaneous slides related to fostering a reading culture including root cause analysis, reading risk points, reading and desirable behavoural attributes, etc.

TTMD Discussion Document

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