Friday, January 25, 2013

Encourage Reading

We Give Books is a great reading resource "combining the joy of reading with the power of helping others".

We Give Books is a digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. All of the books available for online reading are children's picture books appropriate for children through age ten. There is a mix of fiction and nonfiction, a range of authors, and an equal balance between read-alouds and books for independent readers. 
All the books are available online after registration. Editor's Picks are free for anyone to read.

 

In Class: Surely the books are worth spending the whole lesson reading: listening to the teacher, reading one after another, reading all together, predicting the story with the pictures, telling after-stories about favorite characters and so on as far as the students enjoy the book.