Making the Connection: Learning Skills Through Literature 3-6
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Pat show teachers in grades 3-6 how to move toward creating a literature based reading program that actively involves students in learning. Pat Pavelka decided that she needed to make her reading instruction much more relevant and exciting for her students, and searched for ways of basing her skills instruction on the multitude of wonderful books available to children today. The result is Making the Connection: Learning Skills Through Literature (3-6), which connects all the necessary reading skills to literature which will stimulate and motivate your students. Part I talks about teaching through meaningful contexts, creating a print-rich environment, components of a process classroom, and teaching to students' needs. Part II presents techniques to advance comprehension and vocabulary development. Part III gives examples of how to teach specific skills to students in grades 3 through 6. Each skill is covered by activities presented based on one or more specific children's books; Pat also includes a section entitled "Using Any Book" to adapt the activities to other books of various levels. Part IV discusses ways to accommodate for different abilities in the classroom, and includes a list of high interest, age-appropriate books for struggling learners in grades 3 through 6. Use this book as a blueprint for your classroom's reading instruction, or as a stepping-off point for your own creative literature-based program.