The Integrated Curriculum : Books for Reluctant Readers, Grades 2-5

Working with reluctant readers in grades 2-5 is especially important because it is in these early years that an appreciation of books and reading can be cultivated and nurtured.

Fredericks presents guidelines for motivating and encouraging responsibility and comprehension in these children.

The book contains more than 40 book units on titles selected to motivate the most reluctant reader, such as "The Beast in Miss Rooney's Room", "The Bathwater Gang", "Much Ado about Aldo" and "Eating Ice Cream with a Werewolf".

Each unit includes a summary, discussion questions that aim to foster critical thinking and extensions that span the curriculum: math, social studies, science, health, art, music, PE and language arts.

Creative alternatives to book reports are described.

A section on resources and booklists completes the volume.

This new guide is intended to be of special interest to Chapter I teachers.

Anthony Fredericks' columns appear in "The Reading Teacher" and "Teaching K-8".