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Lauren Wolk on Echo Mountain

May 28, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Lauren Wolk talks about her new novel Echo Mountain.

Frances O’Roark Dowell on How to Build a Story…Or, the Big What If

May 26, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Frances O'Roark Dowell talks about her new title How to Build a Story . . . Or, the Big What If.

Scaffolding Instruction to Support All Readers

May 25, 2020 in Featured Resources, TeachingBooks in Action, Tips for Using TeachingBooks.net

Consider these strategies to enhance engagement and comprehension of assigned texts using the resources on TeachingBooks. Design the literary experience before, during, and after reading a book.

Chad Sell on Doodleville

May 21, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Chad Sell talks about his new graphic novel Doodleville.

Raúl the Third on ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat

May 19, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Raúl the Third talks about his new picture book ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat, a follow-up to ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market.

F.C. Yee on The Iron Will of Genie Lo

May 14, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, F.C. Yee talks about The Iron Will of Genie Lo, a follow-up to The Epic Crush of Genie Lo.

Kat Leyh on Snapdragon

May 12, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Kat Leyh speaks about her graphic novel Snapdragon.

Guest Blogger: Lynnette Mawhinney

May 11, 2020 in Guest Author Blog Posts

Discussing about race in the classroom can be uncomfortable for some teachers but provides a powerful experience for all [...] Just like teaching about race in the classroom, you have to start at the base and build a foundation.

Contests & Giveaways | May 2020

May 8, 2020 in Contests and Giveaways

Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

Lesa Cline-Ransome on Leaving Lymon

May 7, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Lesa Cline-Ransome speaks about her novel Leaving Lymon.

Lois Lowry on On the Horizon

May 5, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, Lois Lowry speaks about her poetry collection On the Horizon.

Kara LaReau on Baby Clown

April 30, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Kara LaReau speaks about her picture book Baby Clown.

Candace Fleming on The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

April 28, 2020 in Featured Resources, Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators and their brand-new titles. In this post, author Candace Fleming speaks about her biography The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh.

Differentiate Literacy Instruction with TeachingBooks

April 27, 2020 in Featured Resources, TeachingBooks in Action, Tips for Using TeachingBooks.net

Provide responsive literacy instruction that varies content, pacing, and outcomes to meet readers where they are.

Supriya Kelkar on American as Paneer Pie

April 23, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators. In this post, author Supriya Kelkar speaks about her middle-grade title, American as Paneer Pie.

Monica Brown on Sharuko: El arqueólogo peruano Julio C. Tello/Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello

April 21, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators. In this post, author Monica Brown speaks about her picture-book biography Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello.

Brandy Colbert on The Only Black Girls in Town

April 16, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

The TeachingBooks Virtual Book Tour is your opportunity to learn from and build personal connections with extraordinary book creators. In this post, critically-acclaimed author Brandy Colbert speaks about her first middle-grade title, The Only Black Girls in Town.

Antoinette Portis on A New Green Day

April 14, 2020 in Virtual Book Tours

Welcome to TeachingBooks' Virtual Book Tour! During this time when social distancing prevents us from gathering together, we are offering this tour to help readers build personal connections with authors and their new books. Young readers will also find an at-home activity just for them. In this inaugural post, hear Antoinette Portis introduce A New Green Day !

Guest Bloggers: Irene Latham and Charles Waters

April 13, 2020 in Guest Author Blog Posts

As we worked to complete the project, we always had in our minds the many students we’ve met — students who have moved us and changed us with their strength and vulnerability.

Contests & Giveaways | April 2020

April 10, 2020 in Contests and Giveaways

Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

Virtual Learning Options with TeachingBooks

March 19, 2020 in Featured Resources, TeachingBooks in Action, Timely Topics

In an effort to support you during this unprecedented time, TeachingBooks wants to perpetuate relevant literacy connections for everyone in your community. We have developed a Book & Reading Engagement Kit: Home Edition that you may freely use. We also have highlighted a variety of virtual learning activities for you, your students, and parents as they support children’s learning at home.

Guest Blogger: Maribeth Boelts

March 9, 2020 in Guest Author Blog Posts

Tackling what frightens us and discovering things are not as scary as they seemed is one thing; finding out that our worst-case scenario is indeed at hand is another. That is when courage asks something deeper of us.

Contests & Giveaways | March 2020

March 6, 2020 in Contests and Giveaways

Each month we feature free and fun book contests and giveaways. We hope you will enjoy the following opportunities as well as the author and book resources available via TeachingBooks.

Plug into Nonfiction with TeachingBooks!

February 20, 2020 in TeachingBooks in Action, Tips for Using TeachingBooks.net

Instruction that infuses nonfiction titles support the development of reading and research skills, comprehension, persuasive writing, and much, much more. TeachingBooks resources facilitate the seamless integration of this rich body of texts to bring a love of nonfiction to ALL readers!

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