Find and infuse inspiration directly from authors and illustrators into your makerspaces! Check out this month’s blog to discover ideas on drawing literacy to makerspaces and back again with digital resources on TeachingBooks.
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Excite Readers with Custom Reading Lists!
Creating Reading Magic has never been easier! Explore ideas for ways to bring books to life with Custom Reading Lists.
Prepare for Theater Performance using TeachingBooks
Making the words on the page spring to life through drama and theater is one way to connect students to literature outside of the classroom.
Your License, Your Way: Making It Your Own
Your license to TeachingBooks.net can now be customized for your institution. Begin taking advantage of the full complement of tools starting with customized account set-up and implementation. You can rely on the TeachingBooks.net PD team to provide assistance along the way. Design a custom experience by selecting one of these options: Go to Account Setup to customize and begin introducing TeachingBooks to your […]
Support English Language Learners
Looking for resources to support your English Language Learners’ exposure to text? Use TeachingBooks multimedia instructional materials to enhance their learning experiences. Share with students author’s authentic voice in multiple languages. Provide background knowledge, discussion models, and enhance vocabulary development to support students’ acquisition of language. Infuse TeachingBooks resources across the four domains of listening, […]
Reader’s Theater: Perform the Book!
Reader’s Theater is fun! Loved by students and teachers because it makes the words come alive. Here are a few ideas about Reader’s Theater that will get you started or extend the use of it in your literacy lessons or library. Performance: Julie Andrews Edwards, actress and author, explains the connections between books and performance. Build […]
Connect, Learn, Share! TeachingBooks.net for Your PLN
Opportunities to change and grow come to each of us through our PLNs (Professional Learning Networks). At TeachingBooks.net, our Social Media Team focuses on engaging with others invested in literacy conversations. Regular features include our newest resources, great tips for using them in your classrooms and libraries, and behind the scenes stories. Let’s connect, learn and share to […]
Cross-curricular Uses for the Author Name Pronunciation Guide
The Author Name Pronunciation Guide, created by TeachingBooks.net, features more than 2,000 short audio clips by book creators sharing the true pronunciation and origin of their names. It is a freely accessible resource, ready-to-use to enliven and personalize your lesson plans across the curriculum. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite ways the Author Name Pronunciation Guide has […]
Connect Literacy and the Arts
Let us help you build solid connections between fine arts and achieving literacy goals! Are you a fine arts teacher looking for ways to support district and school literacy goals? Happily, TeachingBooks.net can help! Art teachers could pair a Meet-the-Author movie with the art techniques being introduced. For example, include Robert Sabuda on “Making a Pop-up Book,” or Saxton […]
Creating Literary Connections Using a Whiteboard
An interactive whiteboard is a fabulous classroom tool that brings multimedia to the forefront of literacy and library lessons. By shifting the instructional focus from a teacher presentation to classroom-wide engagement, a whiteboard encourages participation and discussion while supporting kinesthetic learners.