Books on Wheels
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Books on Wheels

Cooperative Learning Through Thematic Units

  1. 169 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Books on Wheels

Cooperative Learning Through Thematic Units

About this book

Get books moving off the library shelves and into the hands of children with this integrated package for thematic instruction. Sixteen chapters, based on such lively themes as Risky Reading (adventure stories), Horrendous Fun (monster stories), and Book, Line, and Sinker (ocean world) contain introductions to the themes, introductory activities, booktalks, annotated bibliographies, and reproducible activity pages that extend learning across the curriculum. Activities are coded by grade level. A valuable tool for cooperative planning between librarians and teachers, this book helps librarians choose, present, and promote book titles appropriate to specific themes. It also helps teachers plan corresponding activities. Grades K-3..

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1—Risky Reading: Adventure Stories
  4. Chapter 2—Old MacDonald’s Place: Farm Animals
  5. Chapter 3—Honored Books: Caldecott Award Winners
  6. Chapter 4—Out of the Past: Dinosaurs
  7. Chapter 5—Best of Show: Dogs
  8. Chapter 6—From Magic to Mystery: Fairy and Folktales
  9. Chapter 7—Creepy Crawlers: Insects and Spiders
  10. Chapter 8—Mouse Tales: Mice
  11. Chapter 9—Horrendous Fun: Monsters
  12. Chapter 10—Many People, Many Stories: Multiculturalism
  13. Chapter 11—Book, Line, and Sinker: Ocean World
  14. Chapter 12—Wrinkled, Wise, and Wonderful: Old People
  15. Chapter 13—Poems A’Poppin’: Poetry
  16. Chapter 14—Round and Round: Our Planet, Earth
  17. Chapter 15—Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring: The Seasons
  18. Chapter 16—Just Being Me! Feelings About Self
  19. Author/Title Index