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Color-by-numbers or color-by-letter worksheets from Reading with Kids.

No Twiddle Twaddle compiled a great list of FREE ebooks for kids. Click on the image to lead you to the link!

This was shared on Facebook by those at Scholastic Teachers.

The Next Time Someone Says the Internet Killed Reading Books, Show Them This Chart
Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He posted this chart and article in April:

All this to say: our collective memory of past is astoundingly inaccurate. Not only has the number of people reading not declined precipitously, it’s actually gone up since the perceived golden age of American letters.

Andrew Miller (@betamiller on Twitter) typed up this piece for Edutopia back in January. It’s an informative piece of ways you can use alternative reading materials such as graphic novels and comics to engage readers. He also recommends a few graphic novels and comics he has successfully used in the classroom.

Need a reason to read?

coreymarie:

Reasons to Read…

063/366 Art Journal Pages (by coreymarie♥com)

Have you ever read Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? No? Oh, you should. You really should. 


hellogiggles:

Young Adult Education: NOT ALONE IN OUR LONELINESS: ‘THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN’ BY SHERMAN ALEXIEby Kerry Winfrey
Have you ever read Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? No? Oh, you should. You really should.

hellogiggles:

Young Adult Education: NOT ALONE IN OUR LONELINESS: ‘THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN’ BY SHERMAN ALEXIE

by Kerry Winfrey

I love the internet, especially when I find great teacher ideas like this reader’s notebook from the Adventures of a 6th Grade Teacher blog. Here is an example of the teacher, Ms. Klohn, Reader’s Notebook.

Snoopy teaches reading strategies.

(via classroomcollective)