List Books » Children's Book Corner: A Read-Aloud Resource with Tips, Techniques, and Plans for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents Grades 3 and 4
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)
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.
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
Read-aloud plans | 1 | |
The hero of third grade | 3 | |
Oh no, it's Robert | 9 | |
Leonardo : beautiful dreamer | 17 | |
Miss Bridie chose a shovel | 27 | |
The king's chessboard | 31 | |
Seesaw girl | 35 | |
The last safe house : a story of the underground railroad | 45 | |
Pink and say | 53 | |
Starry messenger : Galileo Galilei | 57 | |
The amazing impossible Erie Canal | 61 | |
The empty pot | 65 | |
Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story | 69 | |
The janitor's boy | 73 | |
The boy on Fairfield Street : how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss | 85 | |
Science verse | 89 | |
Chimp math : learning about time from a baby chimpanzee | 95 | |
The jacket | 99 | |
Rumpelstiltskin's daughter | 105 | |
Mrs. Biddlebox | 107 | |
If not for the cat | 111 | |
Kites sail high : a book about verbs | 113 | |
Seurat and La Grande Jatte : connecting the dots | 117 | |
Dear whiskers | 123 | |
Abiyoyo; Abiyoyo returns | 131 | |
Paul Bunyan | 135 | |
Tips and techniques for teachers and librarians | 137 | |
The case for reading aloud to middle graders | 139 | |
Reading aloud to middle graders | 144 | |
Reading aloud to independent readers | 148 | |
Poetry pauses | 150 | |
Chapter books for growing readers | 165 | |
Short stories for in-between times | 199 | |
Reading-related resources for busy teachers | 202 |