Good Fit Books
Author: Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
Format: Viewing guide + 15 min DVD
ISBN: 9781571107244 SCIS No: 1332934
Publisher: Stenhouse 2007
Audience: Personal development/Library
Price: $59.95
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The ability to select just-right books is a key element in developing confident, successful, independent readers. Gail starts this mini-lesson with Joan’s K-2 multiage students by modelling how she picks a pair of shoes that are a good fit for her.
Having engaged the class, Boushey and Moser show how to use a similar five-step process to select appropriate books: look at the book, consider the purpose and decide, am I interested in it? Do I comprehend it? Do I know most of the words? They show examples of successful and unsuccessful matches to clarify the children’s understanding.
