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With the demand on teachers to meet and exceed the content-area standards in their school districts, they need more opportunities to try new classroom techniques. Also, with the steady decline of reading ability in our youth, they need more opportunity to read in and out of school. This book aids both these issues by discussing in detail how childrenÕs trade books can be used to achieve national standards in the content areas (math, science, and social studies).KEY TOPICS: The authors begin with a concise discussion of the national standards and explain how they translate into usable teaching methods. This book is a valuable guide not only to understanding the standards, but to finding practical, innovative ways of achieving them through the use of informational books. Current and future teachers.A Longwood Professional Book.
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Shows how to get the most out of informational (nonfiction) children's books in K-6 classrooms and how to break down artificial barriers between content studies and grade-level reading. Explains the rationale for incorporating these books into content area learning and reviews research on children's literature in the classroom, the nature of expository text, and the use of information books in an integrated curriculum. Discusses new trends in math, science, and social studies teaching, and suggests a conceptual framework to support the information curriculum in a technological age. Links information books to writing across the curriculum, and describes specific ways to use these books in integrated themes of study, with sample lessons. Includes an annotated bibliography of children's books cited, and lists of books in six different categories. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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