Many English teachers dream of a classroom full of readers silently enjoying their books. A useful guide helps make that dream become a reality by providing book recommendations for a range of readers. Each suggestion includes the recommended age and grade level, along with a short summary to help readers choose a text with appropriate complexity and interest level.

Concepts

independent reading, novels, silent reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Hold a book walk where learners walk around the room and look at a range of titles before choosing one to read
• Create a bulletin board of the options in the guide to spark interest in the texts

Classroom Considerations

• Shares resources for grades five through eight
  

Pros

• Groups books by theme
• Provides suggestions for building independent readers

Cons

• Only recommends texts found in the Penguin collection

Common Core

RL.4.4 RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.5 RL.5.6 RL.6.3 RL.6.6 RL.7.3 RL.7.6 RL.7.9