Read alouds
Read alouds are essential for all ages. Doing read alouds is a great way to get kids interested in books. In order for a read aloud to be affective, you have to do lots of planning and make sure you do certaing things to make sure ALL of your readers are listening and paying attention to the story. It has been said that doing read louds can be beneficial during down times. For instance, when the students are waiting in line, that would be a great place for a read aloud. When choosing a book for a read loud, you need to make sure you know all your books that you have picked, include different genres, andfinally involve your students. It is very crucial that the student to stay involved so that way the students don't get bored. After you do your read loud make sur to have post reading activities, and invite lots of interaction!
Author profiles:
J.K Rowling has made a huge hit out of the Harry Potter series.They are a mix of Fantasy along with Sci-fi as well. They have a huge following of a mix of children to adults as well. She has also let them be turned into movies as well. I am not a fan of this particular series but I assume with the amount of people that love it, it must be good.
Stephanie Meyer just became my new favorite author. I just finished reading Twilight and can not wait to get my hands on New moon so that I can go see the movie. She is such a talented writer. I love how descriptive she is with her writing and there is passion in the book but there is no sex. It's a great book and gives you a better understanding of forbidden true love. I was really rooting for her to fall in love with Edward from the first moment she saw him. I thought it was going to end very tragically but it did end with leaving you on the edge of your seat waiting for the next one.
http://vampirediaries.net/ The Vampire Diaries is another cult hit series that has now also become a TV show as well. I think these books are a little to out there for young teens, and I know the Twilight series has no sex but I am not entirely sure of whats going on since I have yet to read this series.
These books are awesome, they are all the rage right now with children as your as first grade. My son loves these books and can finish them in one day each. I love also that they are part of a series as well. The author writes these books I believe in mind for older kids. So some younger kids might get the book and it may seem as though they are using bad words in the story. So these books might be better suited for older children.
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