Posted by Natalie Kaster on Jul 23, 2014; 2:49pm
URL: https://nabble.aealearningonline.org/POST-3-Share-a-resource-tp360p519.html

During the course, I was immediately drawn toward TeachingBooks.net. Last year, the students who were highly profiecient at my grade level prepared and competed in our own version of Battle of the Books (we called it Battle of the Bookworms). Students read, discussed, and created book questions during enrichment/intervention time over books from the Iowa Children's Choice Award list. One struggle we found as teachers was providing students with additional inforamtion about the books and the authors to extend their learning. It took a lot of time to research each book and compile all the information into one place.

This year I am excited to use TeachingBooks.net as a great resources for students to learn about the books and authors on the Iowa Children's Choice Award list - http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=4004. When the school year begins, I anticipate introducing the students to several books on the list whether it be through trailers or visiting the authors' websites. The objective of this is to allow students to preview the books and get them excited about reading them. At some point in the year, I would like to pick one of these books to read together as a group. Several books on the site have links to lesson plans/discussion guides. This will make planning much easier.