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Children's Book Corner: A Read-Aloud Resource with Tips, Techniques, and Plans for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents Grades 3 and 4 »

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Authors: Judy Bradbury, Gene Bradbury (Photographer), Gene Bradbury
ISBN-13: 9781591580461, ISBN-10: 1591580463
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Judy Bradbury

JUDY BRADBURY is an author and teacher. She lives in East Amherst, New York, and is the author of a children's math series called Christopher Counts.

Book Synopsis

This volume presents step-by-step instructions for conducting a read- aloud program for children in grades 3-4. The program may be used in a variety of settings, including classrooms, school and public libraries, and the home. Each of 25 read-aloud plans features a detailed session plan, time estimates, and bibliographic information for a fiction or non-fiction book, as well as questions and writing exercises for children. Hundreds more titles are categorized by subject and briefly summarized in the "Book Notes" section. A number of reproducible pages offering tips for parents are found at the back of the volume. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

Read-aloud plans1
The hero of third grade3
Oh no, it's Robert9
Leonardo : beautiful dreamer17
Miss Bridie chose a shovel27
The king's chessboard31
Seesaw girl35
The last safe house : a story of the underground railroad45
Pink and say53
Starry messenger : Galileo Galilei57
The amazing impossible Erie Canal61
The empty pot65
Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story69
The janitor's boy73
The boy on Fairfield Street : how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss85
Science verse89
Chimp math : learning about time from a baby chimpanzee95
The jacket99
Rumpelstiltskin's daughter105
Mrs. Biddlebox107
If not for the cat111
Kites sail high : a book about verbs113
Seurat and La Grande Jatte : connecting the dots117
Dear whiskers123
Abiyoyo; Abiyoyo returns131
Paul Bunyan135
Tips and techniques for teachers and librarians137
The case for reading aloud to middle graders139
Reading aloud to middle graders144
Reading aloud to independent readers148
Poetry pauses150
Chapter books for growing readers165
Short stories for in-between times199
Reading-related resources for busy teachers202

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