Strategies for Selecting Texts
Teaching Point |
Teacher Prompts |
Recognize when a book is “just right. |
How did you select this book? Is this a just right read for you? How do you know? Let me show you how you can tell if a book is just right. Do you see how you can read the words AND retell the story? |
Understand one’s own tastes, interests, favorite series, and authors. |
Have you read other books by this author? Who are your favorite authors? Why? What type of books/texts do you like to read? Tell me what you know about this author/series. |
Develop a varied literary diet. |
What genres do you find yourself reading lately? It would be good to vary your reading by trying a new genre. |