Book Club Plus! A Literacy Framework for the Primary Grades builds on solid methodology and 10 years of classroom research. Book Club Plus! presents a framework for instruction that allows primary-grade teachers to achieve important goals:

  • meeting the dual obligations of literacy instruction—letting children work in meaningful ways with texts that are both age- and reading-level appropriate
  • including substantive content in a literacy curriculum to make learning to read not just a process, but an exploration of ideas and content
  • organizing all literacy activities and routines in the classroom to make reading, writing, and talking support one another as children learn
  • building a classroom environment that meets the needs of all learners within a coherent organizational framework
  • meeting state and district standards while promoting a love of reading and learning.

    Book Club Plus! A Literacy Framework for the Primary Grades addresses each of these goals and presents the research and practices behind them. It also offers practical advice on adapting Book Club methodology to any primary-grade classroom in any school district. Introductory chapters cover such topics as content and curriculum, writing, talk in the classroom, assessment and classroom management. Other resources include sample schedules, theme-based unit guides, detailed book lists and book synopses, assessment resources, and reproducibles.


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