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Educational Purposes of Book Talks
- Get children to notice new, high quality books.
- Make comparisons between books for elements of literature.
- Examine difference between genres.
- Encourage discussion in the classroom and rapport amongst themselves and with the teacher.
- Model how readers think and talk... "think-alouds, modeling fluency, and using metacognitive strategies while discussing the book.... and to send the positive message that reading matters" (Batchelor & Cassidy, 2019)
Sample Ideas for Using Video Book Talks
- Mix and match these videos, book trailers, etc. to make your own YouTube themed playlist
- Interactive bulletin boards and displays
- Interactive bookmarks
- Augmented reality experience
- Book tasting event
- Teaching book talking - modeling and exemplars
- Book "museum walk"
- Author visit/event flyers
- Summer Reading and other booklists flyers
- Play on repeat in monitors in the library
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