I subscribe to the Burkins and Yaris blog and today they had a great post on their top ten children literature books and how they can be used to teach different things. I wanted to share the Burkins and Yaris blog post today and will share their post on Thursday over nonfiction mentor texts!
This is exciting for me...Real reading begets real writing and vise versa! I am always looking for ways to teach using real children's literature. My wish is that instead of investing big bucks in a basal, schools would go to putting real books into the hands of children. Text book companies could still make their teachers guides and supplemental materials but the book experience would be so much more meaningful to have a real book in hand...as you can tell, I'm not a basal gal...Nothing against them, but the real deal is the real deal...plain and simple.
Please go to that list and check it out...New titles and old titles...there is something there for everyone!!
Check back Thursday for the second post on nonfiction texts or simply subscribe to their blog! A big thank you to Jen Jones (Hello Literacy) for turning me onto Burkins and Yaris!!!
I am so with you on not being a basal girl! Most programs and curriculum drive me crazy. I wish they would just give me the standards to teach and let me go with it. Thanks for sharing this list. I am teaching only math/science this year, but am going back to teaching all subjects next year.
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