Course: Book Clubs for a Differentiated Classroom
Description
Do you ever have trouble finding authentic ways to differentiate reading instruction consistently? Book Clubs by reading level can help!
Topics Covered
Competencies
Knowledge
Do you ever have trouble finding authentic ways to differentiate reading instruction consistently? Book Clubs by reading level can help!
Topics Covered
- Learn how to use student reading levels to generate book clubs that can last throughout the year.
- Learn how to more effectively group students.
- Learn how to make this time meaningful.
- Learn how how to assess book clubs.
Competencies
Knowledge
- As teachers, we know that students come to us with varying abilities to read and comprehend text. A more effective way to teach students reading is by using texts that are accessible to their reading level.
- This means that students in a class may need different texts to be successful. Book clubs allow teachers to differentiate reading instruction by reading level.
- Learn how to group students by reading ability.
- Learn how to manage book clubs, including what students do while at a book club and how students communicate with each other during book club.
- Learn how to access book clubs, with both formative and summative assessments.
- In order to successfully help students build literacy skills, teachers can maximize classroom time by allowing students to participate in differentiated book clubs.
- Book clubs allow students to work with other students of similar reading abilities.
- Students learn from each other during discussion.