It is that time of year again, where excitement is high and everyone is getting ready! Jump-start or add to your plans using TeachingBooks!

Decorate your learning spaces with shelf talkers!

• Dive in to our Book Trailers Collection and Complete Meet-the-Author & Illustrator Collection for ideas of resources to link to!

• Decorate your classroom or library with QR code printables to connect to books and authors!

• Expand learning opportunities by making posters on your walls interactive and connecting to book and author resources.

• Copy and paste QR Codes for book trailers or Meet-the-Author Recordings into your own slideshow presentations as part of an activity, or have the QR codes up on the screen as students arrive to class.

Use our Audio Name Pronunciations for ice-breakers and getting to know each other activities!

• Explore our entire collection of author and illustrator name pronunciations in the Author & Illustrator Pronunciation Guide. Search for authors of books your students have read or are about to read.

• Create shelf talkers for several authors or illustrators and post them around your room. Students can listen at each station, then write about their own name.

• Play the Author Name Game as a group or in pairs to discover how to pronounce author names, learn a little about their background, and have some fun along the way!

• Try out some of our Ready-to-Use Ideas such as our One-a-Day Name Reflections for Elementary and Secondary. You'll find a recording and a corresponding prompt for each day, ready for you to use!

Find Book Guides, Activities & Lessons to incorporate into your plans.

• Find new resources for classics such as this 60second Recap for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, or this teacher's guide for The Call of the Wild from National Endowment for the Arts Big Read.

• Try out some of our picture book activity kits with younger students such as this one for Chez Bob.

• Encourage students to act out stories with expression by using reader’s theater scripts like this one for Ways to Make Sunshine.

• Inspire discussions and reflection with questions and activities found in book guides, such as this educator’s guide from the Anti-Defamation League or this discussion guide from the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, both for New Kid.

• Use our customizable Multi-Leveled Lessons to scaffold instruction. For example, you can show this complete video reading of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, then try out our brand new Fairy Tales / Folklore Multi-Leveled Lessons.

• Browse all of our Book Guides, Activities & Lessons.

Create, analyze, and share text lists.

Easily create and upload lists to use and share:

• Prompt student participation and leadership by compiling their recommendations for books they read over the summer into a list, then create bookmarks to share. Now students can explore recommendations from their peers!

• Create a class list of texts and supporting resources for the year or semester, which you can embed on your class webpage, LibGuide, or learning management system page.

• Print bookmarks or flyers to share with families at Family Night that link to your lists and related resources.

Analyze your lists, curricular texts, or titles in your classroom or library by using our List Analysis Tool:

• Gain insight into the cultural diversity, genre, recency, and text complexity of your texts.

• See an example of an analysis report. You can rerun reports as you edit your list.