\u003cp\u003eFrom the authors of the popular blog and resource for teachers, \u003cem\u003eThe Classroom Bookshelf,\u003c/em\u003e this book offers a framework and teaching ideas for using recently released children\u0026#8217;s and young adult literature to build a culture of inquiry and engagement from a text-first approach. \u003cem\u003eReading With Purpose\u003c/em\u003e is designed to help K\u0026#8211;8 teachers tap into their inner reader, to make intentional text selections for their students, and to create joyful and purpose-driven literacy learning experiences. The heart of the book is organized according to four purposes for selecting and using literature: \u003cem\u003ecare for ourselves and one another, connect with the past to understand the present, closely observe the world around us, \u003c/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e cultivate critical consciousness. \u003c/em\u003eEach chapter includes classroom stories, accessible research, reasons for why this matters now, and criteria for selecting for this purpose. A final section provides teaching invitations that pair with suggested books but can also be used with any high-quality book teachers may already have in their classrooms.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook Features:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBuilds on important work from thought leaders urging teachers to create their own reading identities to help them do so for their students.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDescribes a simple, sustainable framework teachers and teacher educators can use immediately to make more purposeful text selections.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProvides myriad teaching ideas, narrative anecdotes from diverse classrooms, student work samples, and reflective questions.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eOffers a list of recommended, recently published childrenâs and young adult literature.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n
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