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101 picture book experiences, a thousand ways to savor strategically. This is the book that shows how to use ANY book to teach readers and writers!

What if each page of a picture book was guaranteed to enhance a child’s reading and writing tenfold? Would you ramp up your readalouds? In this remarkable resource, Maria Walther shares two-pageread aloudexperiences for 101 picture books that tune you into what to notice, say, and wonder in order to bolster students’ literacy exponentially.

The readaloudsin this book will help teachers:

• Foster a strong sense of community
• Celebrate the written (and illustrated) word
• Build a foundation for future reading and learning
• Expand vocabulary (with a focus onTier 2words)
• Support budding writers
• Spark collaborative conversations
• Encourage perspective-taking, empathy, and a growth mindset

A first grade teacher for decades, Maria is a master of “strategic savoring.” Her lesson design efficiently sparks instructional conversations around the cover illustration, enriching vocabulary words, literary language, and the ideas and themes vital to young learners.

Maria arranges the rich fiction and nonfiction titles into chapters that mirror the way primary teachers plan curriculum. Need bookstailormadefor building community? Teaching literary elements? Comprehension strategies? Foundational and language skills? Inspiring writers? It’s all here and at the ready. Coaching tips on expressive oral reading, strategic seating, uncovering language nuances for EL students, effective questioning and more make the art of sharing books and learning with children do-able for everyone.

Teachers, schools, and districts looking to energize your core reading and writingprogram,search no further:The Ramped-Up Read Alouddelivers a formula for literacy development and joy in equal parts.

Grades:

PreK-3

Author(s):

Maria Walther

Publisher:

Corwin Press

Year:

2018

Pages:

304 pp

Media/Binding:

Paperback

iSBN:

9781506380049