Integrating Literacy: Integrating Reading: Fun reads ages 8-12

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Integrating Reading: Fun reads ages 8-12

No matter how old you get, there is nothing better than a good picture book. Here are a few more authors you will fall in love with.

In 1932, James Banning was the first African American to complete a 21 day transcontinental flight.

This book of poems blows my mind. I love them and you will see this again during poetry month. The poems read both up and down, with a different meaning each direction.

Twelve-year old "brother" helps his grandparents keep the family ranch in Oregon when his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq. Such an honest book.

Can chicken pox burst the ninth-grade football team's dream of winning the state championship?

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About the Author

Michelle Love-Day has been an educator for 18 years. She received her Bachelors in Education (K-8), Masters in Reading (K-12) from Bowling Green State University (Ohio), and Masters in Administration from University of Utah (Utah). Her second language and Minor was Spanish and she study abroad in Alacla, Spain. She taught in North Carolina for 3 years. She moved to Utah in 2005 and was a teacher (1st, 2nd, 4th grades) and Literacy Coach in Jordan School District. For 11 years she was with Granite School District as an Asst. Principal, and Principal, and then Associate Director of Educational Equity. She is currently a Consultant in Jordan School District and lives in Salt Lake County with her husband and children.

For questions, comments, and suggestions, please e-mail Michelle Love-Day at lovenday@gmail.com .

Why integrate literacy?

Parent involvement in literacy has not changed, but the distractions in life have. With the amount of technology available to children and parents, time spent together is rare. These activities are simple, short, and easy to prepare for so that parents can feel apart of their child's literacy development. With time so short, integrating two activities together is a bonus. Uniting topics is a practical way to cover subjects a child needs to learn. After all, parental involvement in reading aloud does increase a child's love for literacy.

Educators and parents can get more information on Love-Day Consulting at : https://lovedayedconsult.wordpress.com/