I found this article to be very helpful in ways to teach social studies. I find it upsetting that social studies is being put on the back burner now a days in schools. Social studies is very important to teach and it is very important to have to right books in your classroom that help promote social studies. I found this article very helpful in that it gave a list of children’s literature at different levels that can be intergraded into social studies. I found this to be a very helpful source to look back on.

Another big topic that is brought up in the classroom deals with struggling readers. If a student is having a hard time reading, this can cause them to have a negative attitude towards reading. It is very important to give struggling readers the appropriate text for their level. It is very important you place upper-elementary readers with instructional level material. Assessments are the best way to determine what reading level a student it on. It is so important to match students to the appropriate reading level, because you need to be teaching them on their reading level.

Overall, it is important to have children reading on their appropriate reading level. It is also important to find ways to bring social studies into your classroom. Having different level reading books is the best when you have such a wide range of different reading levels. If you provide students with good books to read, they will enjoy reading more.

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