Books on Wheels: Cooperative Learning Through Thematic Units
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Books on Wheels: Cooperative Learning Through Thematic Units
By (Author) Janice McArthur
By (author) Barbara McGuire
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Libraries Unlimited Inc
15th August 1998
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Teaching skills and techniques
Childrens and teenage literature studies: general
Curriculum planning and development
371.3
Physical Properties
Paperback
169
Description
Get books moving off the library shelves and into the hands of children with this integrated package for thematic instruction. Sixteen chapters, based on such lively themes as Risky Reading (adventure stories), Horrendous Fun (monster stories), and Book, Line, and Sinker (ocean world) contain introductions to the themes, introductory activities, booktalks, annotated bibliographies, and reproducible activity pages that extend learning across the curriculum. Activities are coded by grade level. A valuable tool for cooperative planning between librarians and teachers, this book helps librarians choose, present, and promote book titles appropriate to specific themes. It also helps teachers plan corresponding activities. Grades K-3..
Reviews
Educators can get books moving off the library shelves and into the hands of children with this new resource.-Curriculum Administrator
"Educators can get books moving off the library shelves and into the hands of children with this new resource."-Curriculum Administrator
Author Bio
JANICE MCARTHUR is Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Laie, Hawai BARBARA E. MCGUIRE is Media Specialist, T.A. Edison School, Phoenix Elementary #1, Arizona.
