You might begin a celebration of books by checking out the 2000 Newbery Medal winner and honor books, the 2000 Caldecott Medal winner and honor books, and the Nominees for the 2000 National Book Award for Young People's Literature . Share your ideas on today's Education World message board . Brief descriptions are provided for each lesson, and appropriate grade levels for each activity appear in parentheses. Students create poems using words cut from newspapers, read the poems in the poetry slam format, and then compile the poems into a book.
Students fill in bar graphs to show ten of the best-selling children's books of all time.
Work sheet provided. Work sheet provided. Students' Favorite Reading Topics Students complete surveys about their favorite reading topics to determine the kinds of books to purchase for the school library. Biography Chat Students use the television talk-show format to conduct mock interviews with the subjects of biographies. Students develop test questions for an assigned book.