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Book Talks are a powerful way to share new books with students and encourage them to try out different genres they may not have thought about before. While I have been doing book talks with my students for years, I wanted to bump it up a notch and not only have them begin to create... Read more

What is a book talk and how can you use them in the classroom? Here's our guide full of examples, tips, and ideas.

Long gone are the days of the traditional book talks. Our students are way too creative for that, so we need to give them a chance to let their creativity shine through their book talks! These FREE printable anchor charts and graphic organizers move students beyond the same old script in order to create more engaging book talks. Isn't the purpose of a book talk to spark interest and make someone want to read the book? #thereadingroundup #booktalks #teachingreading #teacherfreebie

Books that I don’t stop hearing about 🕯️🪐📖☕️🪞 I’ve read The Seven Year Slip by @heyashposton because I heard so many friends loving it — and it absolutely blew me away and is one of my top 5 reads ever, I don’t talk about it nearly enough But since reading and loving that book, I hear so many people recommending these other four books. They seem like such atmospheric and cozy books that would be perfect for fall reading, so after I finish Two Twisted Crowns I think I’m going to work my…

Each quarter in literacy studies, students work on a project related to their reading classes. Last quarter, sixth graders created Slides presentations showing their understanding of genre by choosing an independent reading book they'd read, identifying the genre, and providing supporting examples. Seventh graders also created a Slides presentation to show their understanding of different literary terms, including protagonist & antagonist, point of view, conflict and theme. In the new…

So, you’ve just bought a brilliant book to add to your classroom library. But how can you ensure that it doesn’t sit there, unloved and dusty? How can you make sure it gets into the right hands? The answer is . . . the humble book talk.

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This week, we learned … … there’s a lost continent in the Indian Ocean. How do you lose a continent? What’s a microcontinent? How’d scientists find the lost continent? … how Ikea names…