HELPING EDUCATORS DO THEIR WORK BETTER

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Teaching With Author Web Sites, K–8

Rose Cherie Reissman, Mark Gura

Foster students’ literacy and learning in the digital age throughthe engaging world of author Web sites!

Author Web sites can easily be integrated into any classroom as afree, accessible resource for instruction, deepening students’engagement with reading and inviting students into a fascinatingliterary community. This book examines Web sites of favoritechildren’s book authors and offers:

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Activities that encourage class participation from reluctant learners

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Strategies to promote nonfiction reading, narrative writing, visual literacy, and more

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Suggestions for using author Web sites in math, science, and social studies

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Simple instructions on how students can create their own author-focused Web sites

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments / About the Authors / Introduction / 1. Welcome to the World of Authors and Readers Online / 2. Getting Started: Beginning to Explore and Use Digital Author Resources, With Eric Carle / 3. Reading Through Writing: Rich Language Arts and Social Studies Learning, WithT.A. Barron / 4. Welcome to Judy Blume’s Home Base / 5. Illustrators Are Authors Too! / 6. Creating Class Author Study Web Sites / Appendixes / Resources / References / Index

November 2009, 152 pages, 8.5" x 11"Paperback:

$28.95,

D09845-978-1-4129-7386-1