Every Classroom Is Unique. Every Classroom Library Should Be, Too.
Effective classroom libraries are a key foundation for building classroom communities steeped in literacy and learning. Students in classrooms with libraries read 50–60% more than students who do not have the same access to books. This additional time spent reading each day is consistently linked to higher achievement scores. Building a Culture of Literacy Begins with Access.
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While school libraries have to cater to large populations with varying needs, a classroom library can and should be tailor-made to support its specific students and curriculum. A well-designed classroom library will: Build for All Types of Reading and All Kinds of Readers
Align with the Curriculum to give students an opportunity to build deeper knowledge through a wide range of text types on the topics being taught that year.
Level Up and Down two to three grades in each direction to support all readers through more accessible and more challenging texts.
Reflect Your Students to make reading more relevant, relatable, and meaningful.
Be Codesigned to ensure books are read and read a lot. Asking students what they want to read builds both trust and reading buy-in.
Be Robust by offering multiple genres, text types, formats, and entry points.
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Classroom libraries are an important component of elementary classrooms . These collections support readers’ literate identities, their motivation to read, and their access to texts that reflect a world outside of the classroom. —Henderson et al., 2020
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The Most Trusted Name in Classroom Libraries
Who We Are Former and current educators, editors, and publishing professionals who all share a passion for literacy, learning, and supporting educators. What We Do Continuously build and update classroom instructional, teaching, and grade-level collections. Partner with educators to identify gaps and needs and codesign a solution to align with your goals. How We Do It Every year we review thousands of new titles from dozens of publishers. Each title is read and discussed by a team of educators and literacy professionals. Only the best of the best makes the cut. Leveraging data from our colleagues in the Book Fairs and Clubs teams, we are also able to understand which titles are capturing the hearts and minds of students across the country. We then create new and update existing collections to ensure they are meeting the ever-evolving needs of students and educators. Why We Do It Supporting educator needs and engaging students in rich, joyful literacy experiences is what drives our work. School districts, literacy coaches, and classroom teachers in every state have turned to us for their classroom libraries for more than half a century. We first strive to deeply understand your unique needs, students, and goals. With that knowledge we can then apply our extensive expertise in titles, grade levels, student favorites, and library configurations to build a made-for-you solution.
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10 Characteristics of an Effective Classroom Library
A minimum of 750 books in good condition
Books that range 2–3 years above and below grade level
30 books per student
Student-recommended books and multiple copies of popular titles
5–7 new books per student added each year
A rich variety of genres, including poetry, humor, historical, mystery, science, fantasy, nonfiction, and more
30% informational texts (at a minimum)
10% reference books (at a minimum)
In addition to the print library, digital texts, ebooks, and classroom magazines
At least 30% of books published in the past 3–5 years
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The Sum of All Parts Individual titles are great for rounding out gaps and providing best-selling student favorites. However, the most effective classroom libraries are voluminous, and collections are one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to build them. Our collections fall into three categories to further support your unique literacy and learning goals.
Children who have libraries in their classrooms read 50%–60% more than students who don’t. —Morrow, 2009; Kim, 2009
Instructional Collections Instructional Collections build a solid foundation for any ELA block with title-specific instructional support to facilitate whole-class activities in addition to providing books that students can use for intentional reading.
Teacher Collections Teacher Collections are accompanied by collection-specific instructional support that educators need as they update their existing classroom library or build one from scratch. These collections are always full of kid-favorite and educator-approved titles.
Grade-Level Collections Rich and diverse classroom libraries are the key to creating joyful and prosperous readers. By infusing your libraries with curated collections featuring the best authors, series, and instructional content, you’re helping fill gaps by exploring a wide range of topics, cultures, and genres.
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Instructional Collections Instructional Libraries pair books that students can use for intentional reading time with title-specific support for teachers to facilitate whole-class activities, creating a solid foundation for any ELA block.
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Grades PreK–5 Byron V. Garrett Life and Literacy Skills Library They may not be assessed on standardized tests, but life skills have the power to dramatically improve student attitudes and achievement. This library combines life skills and literacy into one outstanding resource that’s packed with authentic literature, structured conversations, and resources to help students overcome challenges, navigate emotions, and achieve great things—in school and life . Each Grade Level Includes:
40 books (20 titles; 2 copies each) Take-home books (1 per student) Welcome letter/booklist Teacher’s Guide Family Letters in English and Spanish (1 per student) Book bin Labeling stickers Digital Resource Site for Educators:
Classroom read-aloud guide Take-home book activities Classroom strategies Inspirational and aspirational videos
Grades K–5 The Four Pillars Classroom Library
A great classroom library has the power to fuel voluminous reading and raise academic achievement . But it also needs to reflect the students it serves. The Four Pillars Classroom Library does both. It’s built on the four pillars of structured independent reading—social-emotional learning, student engagement, culturally responsive texts, and genre study—to ensure that every book a child self-selects is meaningful to them. Each Grade Level Includes: 150 titles Teacher’s Guide Conferring prompt deck Book bins
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Instructional Collections
CÓMO USAR 7 STRENGTHS LIBRARY EN ESPAÑOL Mejores prácticas para una lectura independiente
LAS SCHOLASTIC 7 STRENGTHS LIBRARIES Las 7 Strengths Libraries ofrecen una forma innovadora de inspirar a los niños para que se conviertan en lectores comprometidos, e incluso, apasionados e independientes. Cada biblioteca incluye una variedad de encantadores temas de ficción y de no ficción, adecuados para la edad, diseñados para despertar la reflexión sobre cómo los 7 valores (pertenencia, amistad, amabilidad, curiosidad, confianza, valentía y esperanza) se conectan no solo con los textos que están en la biblioteca, sino también con la vida de cada niño. THE SCHOLASTIC 7 STRENGTHS LIBRARIES The 7 Strengths Libraries offer an innovative way to inspire children to become engaged, even passionate, independent readers. Each library includes an age-appropriate array of enticing fiction and nonfiction designed to spark thinking about how the 7 Strengths (Belonging, Friendship, Kindness, Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Hope) connect not just to the texts in the library but to children’s own lives as well.
PERTENENCIA
BELONGING
FRIENDSHIP Fully Bilingual in English and Spanish KINDNESS CURIOSITY CONFIDENCE COURAGE
AMISTAD
AMABILIDAD
CURIOSIDAD
CONFIANZA
VALENTÍA
ESPERANZA
HOPE
USING YOUR 7 STRENGTHS LIBRARY EN ESPAÑOL Best Practices for Independent Reading
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Grades K–6 The 7 Strengths Libraries
Grades K–6 The 7 Strengths Spanish Libraries
The 7 Strengths Libraries are built on one simple idea: when students have access to books that they can connect with emotionally and intellectually, they read more and achieve more . That’s why we packed these libraries with authentic texts that celebrate seven CASEL-aligned strengths: belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope. Each Grade Level Includes: 100 books (50 titles; 2 copies each) Teacher’s Guide Book bins
Help your Spanish-language readers develop the skills they need to thrive with our 7 Strengths Spanish Libraries. These collections feature Spanish-language titles and instructional materials that celebrate seven CASEL-aligned strengths: belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope. Each Grade Level Includes: 100 books (50 titles, 2 copies each) Teacher’s Guide Book bins
Grades K–3 Our Community: Haitian Heritage
Haitian Creole is one of the most common native languages of our multilingual learners. Yet, few classroom libraries have high-quality books that reflect Haitian/Haitian American culture. So we partnered with Jamie Hector, a Haitian American actor and storyteller, to curate the best children’s books on Haitian culture and history available. Available as a classroom collection or a Take-Home Book Pack. Classroom Collection: 16 books (8 titles; 2 copies each) Teacher Resource Take-Home Book Pack: 3 books (3 titles; 1 copy each)
Bilingual Family Letter (English/Haitian Creole)
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Grades K–5 Rising Voices Libraries Research shows seeing themselves and others in books helps children foster empathy, build understanding, and strengthen community. The Rising Voices Library offers responsive book collections, teaching materials, and digital resources that celebrate the academic, social, and linguistic backgrounds of all children. Each Library Includes: 50 books per grade level • 25 titles, including 5 anchor texts (2 copies each) • Convenient storage bins • Labeling stickers 5 Teaching Cards (1 per anchor text) • Read-aloud tips • Background and cultural context • Important vocabulary • Activities to extend learning Teacher’s Guide (either K–2 or 3–5) • Implementation strategies • Engaging discussion prompts • Inspiring essays by Rising Voices mentors • Family engagement ideas
COMING SOON
Rising Voices: Inspiring Students en español
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Instructional Collections
Rising Voices: Elevating Latino Stories This inspiring collection of books, digital resources, and instructional materials brings the joy of Latino experiences and culture to readers of all backgrounds.
Elevating Latino Stories Elevating
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Rising Voices: Celebrating Girls of Color Rising Voices: Celebrating Girls of Color is an empowering collection of books, teaching resources, and digital materials that spotlight girls and women of color who defy stereotypes, break barriers, and pursue their dreams.
Celebrating Girls of Color DEVELOPED WITH DR. M. ANN LEVETT
TEACHER’S GUIDE GRADES K–2
Rising Voices: Empowering Girls in STEAM It’s no secret that STEAM skills are in high demand. Rising Voices: Empowering Girls in STEAM was created to encourage this generation of girls to pursue STEAM careers with a collection of inspiring books that shatter misconceptions about women in science, technology, engineering, math, and the arts.
Books Empowering Girls in STEAM
TEACHER’S GUIDE GRADES K–2
Rising Voices: Celebrating Black and Latino Boys Black and Latino boys are some of the most underrepresented protagonists in all of children’s literature. Rising Voices: Celebrating Black and Latino Boys is an empowering collection of books that portray boys of color as role models, leaders, and the heroes of their own stories .
Books Celebrating Black and Latino Boys
GRADES K–2 TEACHER’S GUIDE
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Teacher Collections Teacher Collections provide educators with carefully curated selections of books accompanied by teaching supports to update an existing curriculum or help build a new one.
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Grades K–8 Ready-To-Go Classroom Libraries
Need to build a classroom library from the ground up but not sure where to start? Ready-To-Go has you covered. These best-selling classroom libraries were curated by renowned education professionals to increase reading achievement, meet your students’ needs, and ignite a love of reading at any age! Includes activity sheets and book bins!
Grades K–4 Ready-To-Go en español Classroom Libraries
Ready-To-Go en español gives Spanish-speaking students the opportunity to practice literacy skills in their first language, boosting their reading confidence and setting the stage for academic achievement . Each collection is packed with engaging bilingual and Spanish-language fiction and nonfiction titles to help you ensure equitable access to high-quality reading materials for your multilingual learners. Includes book bins! Grades PreK–12 Culturally Responsive Collections: Multicultural Edition Diversity and representation are important at every age. That’s why we created culturally responsive book collections for each grade from PreK–12. These collections feature some of the best culturally responsive literature with texts and subject matter that are just right for the students they were created for. Includes a Resource Guide and book bins!
Grades PreK–8 Culturally Responsive Collections: Immigration and Refugee Experiences
Every day, immigrants and refugees overcome incredible odds to create better lives for themselves and their families. Yet, too often, the media portrays them as faceless statistics and victims. This collection counters these harmful narratives with stories about the varied experiences and strengths of immigrants and refugees . A professional book by acclaimed educator Dr. Don Vu and a Teacher’s Guide are included to help teachers support all learners through this compelling and much-needed collection. Includes a Resource Guide and the Life, Literacy, and the Pursuit of Happiness professional book by Dr. Don Vu!
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Grades K–12 Culturally Responsive Collections: Disability and Neurodiversity There are many ways of seeing and moving through the world, and introducing students to that idea cultivates empathy and inclusivity. These collections bring together some of the best and most nuanced children’s books about disabled and neurodivergent characters—inspiring understanding and self-acceptance for all children. Includes a Resource Guide and book bins! Grades K–12 Culturally Responsive Collections: Latine & Hispanic Edition Give Hispanic and Latine children the opportunity to see themselves as the heroes of their own stories with these carefully curated collections about characters like them! Plus children of other backgrounds will love reading these engaging titles and learning about the cultures and stories of their Latine and Hispanic classmates. Includes a Resource Guide!
Grades K–8 Optimistic Library
Research shows that when children can recognize and manage their emotions, they create a positive classroom environment for everyone. The Optimistic Library helps students better understand their emotions and the emotions of others with stories on mindfulness, hope and optimism, resilience, empathy, and social responsibility . Includes an educator letter to support the classroom reading environment!
Grades K–5 Core Knowledge Sequence Collections
The Core Knowledge Sequence is a blueprint of knowledge-based schooling designed to advance excellence and equity in education. These content-rich collections support the principles of Core Knowledge by cumulatively building students’ knowledge and cultivating academic progress across the curriculum.
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Grades K–5 Scholastic Text Sets
According to the Science of Reading, strong readers need more than strong skills. They need background knowledge to make meaning of what they’re reading. With Scholastic Text Sets, students build their knowledge base by reading multiple texts on a science, social studies, or math topic. Topics were carefully selected to align with the most widely used basal reading programs. Includes Teaching with Text Sets Classroom Guide!
New Topics, New Titles, New Configuration
Grades K–5 C3 Framework for Social Studies Collections
Strengthen your social studies and reading programs with fresh, factual titles on history, geography, civics, and current affairs. Packed with informational texts and fiction books, these collections build the knowledge that young people need to thrive as students today and citizens tomorrow . Includes a booklist with C3 Framework correlations and Lexile and DRA levels for each title and book bins!
Grades K–8 STEAM Collections
Reading deeply in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math introduces students to the vocabulary and information they’ll need to prepare for their futures. The books in these STEAM collections present a variety of topics that inspire critical thinking, curiosity, questioning, and enthusiasm for knowledge .
Grades K–5 Next Generation Science Standards Collections
Looking for books on the scientific concepts and topics identified by the NGSS? These collections have you covered with books on science and engineering practices and evidence-based concepts in life, Earth, and physical sciences. You also get a booklist with standards alignments for each title. Includes a teacher activity booklet, title list with NGSS alignments, and a book bin!
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Teacher Collections
Grades K–5 New Classroom Collections No matter how long you’ve worked in education, a new classroom offers new challenges. Don’t let empty bookshelves be one of them! These collections have everything you need to increase reading engagement and achievement, including multiple reading levels, formats, authors, and genres. Don’t lose a minute of reading opportunity. Welcome your students into the classroom with titles they’ll want to read from the first day of school to the last. Includes a booklist with Lexile and DRA levels for each title and a book bin!
Independent Reading Libraries
Grades K–8 Independent Reading Libraries
Grades 2–8 Independent Reading Libraries Organized by Lexile® Measures
Organized by Accelerated Reader Levels If you use Accelerated Reader in your classroom, then these 50-book collections are the perfect addition to your library. In addition to high-interest, high-quality books , each collection includes a title list with useful information such as the Accelerated Reading level, AR points, and the Accelerated Reader Quiz number. Includes a title list with Accelerated Reader levels and a book bin!
Have you ever read a book that feels like it was written just for you? These independent reading libraries make it easy to match students with books that feel just right for them. Organized by Lexile ranges, these collections feature contemporary fiction and nonfiction that will empower your students to grow as readers with each new book they read. Includes a booklist and sticker sheet with Lexile measures and book bins!
Students in classrooms with effective, well- designed classroom libraries interact more with books, spend more time reading, demonstrate more positive attitudes toward reading, and exhibit higher levels of reading achievement. —National Assessment of Educational Progress Report, 2005
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All students need enormous quantities of successful reading to become independent, proficient readers. —Atwell, 2007; Worthy and Roser, 2010; Miller, 2013
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Grade-Level Collections Rich and diverse classroom libraries are the key to creating joyful and prosperous readers. By infusing your libraries with curated collections featuring the best authors, series, and instructional content, you’re helping fill gaps by exploring a wide range of topics, cultures, and genres.
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Grades PreK–8 Bilingual & Spanish Collections The titles in these collections were selected to help students acquire academic and social vocabulary, content-area information, and models of writing, as well as to provide reading practice. Collection Titles Include: Best New Books Spanish NEW!
Through My Eyes And much more!
Best Bilingual Board Books Social-Emotional en español
Grades PreK–12 Diversity Collections
Reading books about people from different cultures and backgrounds provides students with authentic, personal stories that serve as both mirrors and windows into the varied landscape of our world. Collection Titles Include: Latin Biographies Indigenous Peoples’ Voices Own Voice Cultural Foods Grades K–12 Genre Study These books help students read, understand, and then write their own stories in a wide variety of genres. Collection Titles Include: Folk Tales from around the World Fractured Tales Mystery Fantasy & Adventure Science Fiction Graphic Novels And more! My Voice, My Story Leaders and Heroes And much more!
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Grades PreK–2 Board Book Collections
Grades PreK–12 Best New Books
The books in these collections will engage your youngest readers with pictures and illustrations that build the foundation for a lifelong love of reading. Collection Titles Include: Sing Along
Enhance your classroom library with the newest paperbacks in one easy-to-purchase collection! New Books Collections are just what they sound like—completely new every year, showcasing only those titles that are newly published, new in paperback, or new to the catalog . Collection Titles Include: 50/50 Fiction/Nonfiction Best of Scholastic Bestsellers Teachers’ Pick 20 Grades K–12 Author Study These books help students critically evaluate an author’s themes, characters, and writing style. Collection Titles Include: Stacy McAnulty Mo Willems Dav Pilkey Judy Blume Brian Selznick Sharon Creech And more!
Early Childhood Literacy Bed Time And much more!
STEM Board Books Classic Board Books
Grades PreK–12 Classroom Favorites
This collection of quality titles was hand-selected to provide you with the most beloved classroom books. Collection Titles Include: 50/50 Fiction/Nonfiction Best of Scholastic Bestsellers Teachers’ Pick 20 Newbery Favorite Books Girls’ Pick 20 Boys’ Pick 20
Grades PreK–8 STEM Libraries
Integrate science, technology, engineering, and math into daily independent reading practice with a wide
variety of content-area titles. Collection Titles Include: Science in My World Math Counts Environment Attention Transportation
Life Science Technology and Engineering And more!
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Extend accountable reading anytime and anywhere with Scholastic Literacy Pro The essential digital classroom management tool for independent reading, Literacy Pro motivates students in Grades K–8 to read by providing 24/7 access to an extensive library of ebooks and connections to thousands of print books found in most classroom libraries.
Literacy Pro Includes: Assessments: Reading Readiness (Grades K–1), Lexile assessment (Grades 2+), and comprehension checks for thousands of ebooks and print books Student Choice: A reading recommendation engine and a personalized bookshelf aligned to students’ interests and grade levels Student Ownership: Goal-setting, progress monitoring, and a book review and rating system Actionable Data: Real-time reports at the student, class, school, and district levels Differentiation: Tools for teachers to customize library access and recommend books based on individual student needs Reading Support: A built-in dictionary with pronunciation, read-aloud audio for select titles, sticky notes, and highlighting Instructional Resources: Hundreds of teaching tip cards, conferring questions, and family and student engagement materials
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To learn more about Literacy Pro, visit scholastic.com/ literacypro
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Customization
Our team of education experts can create customized booklists for districts—including not duplicating titles across grade levels—and correlate books to state academic standards. We can also analyze your current classroom libraries and school data to determine your needs with a personalized consultation from your local Scholastic partner.
Step 1 Identify Gaps in Your Classroom
Scholastic’s expert education partners can work with you to evaluate the areas where your classroom library needs the most work. With research-based evaluation tips and a massive catalog of high-quality books , our teams will help ensure your library reflects best practices, your students’ interests and levels, and aligns to your curriculum for deeper knowledge-building opportunities.
Students in classrooms with effective, well-designed classroom libraries interact more with books , spend more time reading, demonstrate more positive attitudes toward reading, and exhibit higher levels of reading achievement. —Steiner et al., 2008
Step 4 Add Resources for the Teacher’s Bookshelf Choose from more than 50 professional books by leading education researchers and experts that will support teachers in their classrooms every single day.
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Step 2 Select Your Books
Step 3 Customize Your Booklist
Our education experts can help you create a custom booklist based on standards and inventory needs organized by collection, genre, level, grade, theme, author, or keyword .
Scholastic’s team of experts will work with you to identify the books your library needs and the books that students want to read to create customized booklists.
Step 5 Order Book Labels and Bins
Step 6 Request Special Packing and Shipping Our unique VAP department allows us to customize an order to meet a teacher’s specific needs . We can customize your shipments with labels and barcodes so you can easily unpack and distribute them and get straight to the business of learning.
Whether you organize your library by level, genre, or content area, you can choose the best option for your library. By choosing labels specific to your goals, you can match the right books with your students without any hassle or confusion.
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Resources for the Teacher’s Bookshelf
Science of Reading
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7 Mighty Moves In this no-nonsense guide, primary reading expert and classroom teacher Lindsay Kemeny shares seven ways K–3 teachers can modify what they are currently doing to transform their reading instruction. Each chapter focuses on a critical area of foundational reading, from the most efficient ways to teach phonemic awareness
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THE SCIENCE OF READING IN PRACTICE
HEIDI ANNE MESMER Foreword by D. Ray Reutzel
Big Words for Young Readers From kindergarten, students need to be able to decode short words and “big words” to read proficiently. Mesmer equips K–5 educators with research-backed strategies for teaching words with multiple syllables and morphemes. She offers a systematic approach, including a scope and sequence, to strengthen reading skills across the grades.
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Strive-for-Five Conversations Zucker and Cabell’s science-based “Strive-for-Five” conversation framework accelerates young children’s language and literacy development. These conversations start with what children say and continue as the teacher listens and responds over five turns—with the goal of stretching their knowledge, vocabulary, reasoning, and other skills that underpin reading success.
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The Literacy 50: A Q&A Handbook for Teachers Popular podcasters Loftus and Sappington present the questions teachers ask them most about how children learn to read—and provide solid, evidence-based answers inspired by their interviews with experts. Written in colleague-to-colleague style, the book helps teachers find what they need quickly and easily to address phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Resources for the Teacher’s Bookshelf (cont.)
New and Relevant
Micro Mentor Texts At a time when students’ attention is being pulled in many directions, writing expert Penny Kittle shows us the power of helping them to focus and communicate clearly. She does that through the study of “micro mentor texts”—excerpts from acclaimed books— and the decisions authors make to craft those texts so they deeply engage readers. Her book includes dozens of short texts and mini-lessons based on them, as well as many practice opportunities for students and demonstration videos for you.
The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library Literacy advocates Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp follow the lifecycle of Sharp’s classroom library across the year, showing us practical ways to support young readers—from weeding the collection before kids arrive to matching them with books they want to read and evaluating and supporting their growth as they become increasingly independent readers.
Unearthing Joy In this follow-up to Cultivating Genius , Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit—joy—to her groundbreaking framework. Dr. Muhammad shows how joy, which is rooted in the cultural and historical realities of Black students, can enhance our efforts to cultivate identity, skills, intellect, and criticality for ALL students, giving them a powerful purpose to learn and contribute to the world. Dr. Muhammad’s implementation advice is paired with model lessons that span subjects and grade levels.
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Family Engagement & Student Well-Being
The Educator’s Guide to Understanding Child Development
Educators and parents alike recognize that children don’t grow up simply by adding inches and pounds―child development is a much richer mix of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth. This guide will be an incredible resource on every educator’s bookshelf.
Every Child a Super Reader, 2nd Edition In this revised edition, Pam Allyn and Dr. Ernest Morrell address how the 7 Strengths framework is needed to build on children’s strengths in a literature-rich classroom community. This book explores how to transform students into “super readers”—avid readers who grow together as they read and share their ideas with a sense of belonging, curiosity, and friendship.
Everyone Wins! Engaging families in education not only improves student achievement, it also strengthens families, boosts teacher effectiveness, and builds community. In this easy-to-use guide, a Harvard-based team uses the latest research to help teachers, administrators, and FACE coordinators design and implement programs that all students will benefit from.
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Beyond Classroom Libraries Creating a Culture of Literacy in Your Community
While classroom libraries are a crucial component of creating a culture of literacy in your community, they are only one part. In order to truly impact academic achievement, increase student reading stamina, and build the knowledge necessary for deep comprehension, access to reading must be available and encouraged year-round, from everywhere.
5 Steps to Literacy Success Define the superintendent’s district literacy goals.
Engage all stakeholders in the strategic planning of how to reach defined goals to ensure buy-in and build the trust and enthusiasm necessary for implementation success. Start small and learn from early implementation models, pivot accordingly, then scale. Measure the impact of all efforts and use data and findings to evolve your strategy. Celebrate successes to reinforce your ongoing commitment to literacy, recognize student achievement, and show gratitude to your community and caregivers for their support.
From the Classroom to the Kitchen Table, Reading Happens Everywhere. Every district strategy should include a plan for summer reading, building home libraries, and leveraging your community and families to support your goals. Why? These strategies work. Read the research and case studies:
The Impact of Home Libraries
Combatting Summer Reading Loss
Advancing Literacy Through Family, School, and Community-Based Initiatives
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