Teaching Ideas
Learn From Authors
- Download ready-to-use writing prompts from the Instruct page.
- Have students in upper grades use TeachingBooks author interviews to get to know an author such as Jason Reynolds, Tomi Adeyemi, Aisha Saeed, or Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
- Journal with Jack Gantos.
- Explore Ready-to-Use Activities on TeachingBooks.
- Be a scientist and...
- Listen to Sy Montgomery talk about observation and being an animal
scientist. Watch a pet or animal near your home and write your observations. - Check out The Way Things Work with David Macaulay and see if you can figure out how something works. Draw your predictions.
- Listen to Chris Barton talk about being a scientist.
- Learn about inventors with Whoosh! by Chris Barton and Don Tate.
- Listen to Sy Montgomery talk about observation and being an animal
- Locate similar books to those you enjoy by locating a loved title and select "Discover Like Books". From there, start a search for connected titles using the filters on the left.
