How teachers are using read-alouds in 2024
It's Time to Teach With Your Favorite Books
Read alouds are one of the most powerful tools in your classroom - especially when you have lesson plans and activities paired to all your favorite books!
With BookPagez, you'll have everthing you need to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, enhance vocabulary, build background knowledge, and foster a deep understanding of how words work - all while reading the very best children's books.
No planning, no prep - just quality resources you can count on to help you deliver exceptional reading instruction.
With BookPagez, you'll have everthing you need to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, enhance vocabulary, build background knowledge, and foster a deep understanding of how words work - all while reading the very best children's books.
No planning, no prep - just quality resources you can count on to help you deliver exceptional reading instruction.
Resources for 300+ Popular and Award-Winning Children's Books
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Seasonal Reads, Perfectly Paired Resources
Let us take the planning and prep off your plate with lesson plans and activites designed to elevate your fall read alouds.
With resources to boost comprehension, build background knowledge, and supplement your writer's workshop, you'll have everything you need to make the season's best books the heart of your classroom.
With resources to boost comprehension, build background knowledge, and supplement your writer's workshop, you'll have everything you need to make the season's best books the heart of your classroom.
BookPagez is your shortcut to exceptional reading instruction
Based on research that aligns with the Science of Reading, every lesson and activity in our Resource Library makes it easy to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, enhance vocabulary, build background knowledge, and foster a deep understanding of how words work.
All of our resources are standards-aligned, which means you can finally stop worrying about your instruction and focus on building a classroom community of successful readers instead.
All of our resources are standards-aligned, which means you can finally stop worrying about your instruction and focus on building a classroom community of successful readers instead.
Here's How We Make It Easy to Teach with Your Favorite Books
Phonics and Word Work
Enhance your phonics, spelling, or word study curriculum with text-driven lesson plans that integrate word exploration into students' reading experiences.
Plus, you can use the extensive collection of phonics and high-frequency word worksheets and activities to elevate phonemic awareness in your classroom.
Plus, you can use the extensive collection of phonics and high-frequency word worksheets and activities to elevate phonemic awareness in your classroom.
Vocabulary
Build background knowledge, boost fluency and support language comprehension with no-nonsense resources that can be easily incorporated into your daily read-alouds and small group work.
Get started with word games, context clue activities, sorting cards, and more - all paired with the books you're already using for comprehension and word work.
Get started with word games, context clue activities, sorting cards, and more - all paired with the books you're already using for comprehension and word work.
Picture Book Comprehension
Explicitly teach students to comprehend text using strategies uniquely matched to your read-alouds and small group books.
Our concise four-step lesson plans feature page-specific prompts, ensuring seamless transitions from reading to focused teaching moments.
Our concise four-step lesson plans feature page-specific prompts, ensuring seamless transitions from reading to focused teaching moments.
Chapter Book Comprehension
Turn your read alouds or small-group work into a time to talk about books in purposeful ways.
The chapter book resource sets use a Book Club format, making it easy for you to deliver dynamic reading instruction.
Every Book Club is designed to help you and your students fully explore a specific instructional focus - one that promises to help students become more successful readers.
The chapter book resource sets use a Book Club format, making it easy for you to deliver dynamic reading instruction.
Every Book Club is designed to help you and your students fully explore a specific instructional focus - one that promises to help students become more successful readers.
Assessments
Make informed instructional decisions with simple oral reading fluency assessments and Common Core aligned comprehension assessments for every book in the Resource Library.
And, to help you assesses student progess based on the standards, you'll find optional Common Core and TEKS alignment for every comprehension assessment.
And, to help you assesses student progess based on the standards, you'll find optional Common Core and TEKS alignment for every comprehension assessment.
Extension Activities
Make your read-alouds even more impactful with our extension activities.
Each one pairs with a popular or award-winning book to deepen classroom engagement. Focused on social emotional learning, cross-curricular extensions, and key reading and writing skills, these activities bring extra purpose to your read-alouds.
Each one pairs with a popular or award-winning book to deepen classroom engagement. Focused on social emotional learning, cross-curricular extensions, and key reading and writing skills, these activities bring extra purpose to your read-alouds.
Classroom Resources
Supplement your reading instruction with resources that promise to engage students and help you build a classroom community of readers.
- Posters
- Games
- Graphic Organizers
- Task Cards
- Genre Notebooks
- And lots more!
Digital Classroom
Blend independent practice into your daily instruction with ease using Digital Classroom.
The interactive comprehension activities are perfect for centers while the self-grading assessments are perfect for progress monitoring.
Plus, the straightforward dashboard makes assigning activities quick and easy.
The interactive comprehension activities are perfect for centers while the self-grading assessments are perfect for progress monitoring.
Plus, the straightforward dashboard makes assigning activities quick and easy.
The Unforgettable Impact of Children's books in Your Classroom
Years from now, when your students think about their time in your class, they won't remember how they did on a test or how long it took them to get to their next level.
But they will remember the books you shared with them.
They'll remember how they felt when you introduced them to a world where anything was possible, where characters became their friends, and stories sparked their imagination.
And they'll thank you for teaching them to think critically about the books you shared.
Learning to make predictions about what might happen next, helped them build the problem-solving skills that have served them throughout their lives. They'll recall how you guided them to infer characters' feelings and motivations, helping them to develop empathy and build better relationships.
At BookPagez, we understand the profound impact that great books can have on young minds. That's why we provide you with meticulously crafted lesson plans and activities designed to turn every book into an unforgettable experience and a powerful learning tool.
And they'll thank you for teaching them to think critically about the books you shared.
Learning to make predictions about what might happen next, helped them build the problem-solving skills that have served them throughout their lives. They'll recall how you guided them to infer characters' feelings and motivations, helping them to develop empathy and build better relationships.
At BookPagez, we understand the profound impact that great books can have on young minds. That's why we provide you with meticulously crafted lesson plans and activities designed to turn every book into an unforgettable experience and a powerful learning tool.
Our resources help you teach critical thinking skills seamlessly, from making predictions that enhance problem-solving to making inferences that nurture emotional intelligence.
But that's not all. Our lesson plans also focus on essential skills like word work, building background knowledge, and expanding vocabulary.
We provide the tools to help your students decode and understand new words, enriching their language skills and boosting their confidence. By connecting stories to broader themes and concepts, we help your students build a robust foundation of knowledge that supports their overall learning.
We provide the tools to help your students decode and understand new words, enriching their language skills and boosting their confidence. By connecting stories to broader themes and concepts, we help your students build a robust foundation of knowledge that supports their overall learning.
Because teaching is more than just a job; it's a chance to inspire, to create lasting memories, and to make a difference in the lives of your students.
With BookPagez, you're not just sharing stories; you're equipping your students with the skills they need to succeed in life.
Let us help you make those moments meaningful and impactful, blending the joy of reading with the power of comprehensive learning.
Let us help you make those moments meaningful and impactful, blending the joy of reading with the power of comprehensive learning.
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GETTING STARTED IS EASY
When you become a member, you'll get instant access to resources that will unlock the potential of the books in your school and classroom libraries. With access to lesson plans, activities, and resources expertly designed to help you meet your instructional goals, you'll always have exactly what you need to make your read-alouds practical, rewarding, and effective.
Once you start pairing resources with books like The Day the Crayons Quit, Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Kissing Hand, you’ll help students discover, successfully comprehend, and enjoy the best children’s books. Because, in the end, we just want our students to have the skills they need to read with confidence so they can truly fall in love with reading.
Once you start pairing resources with books like The Day the Crayons Quit, Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Kissing Hand, you’ll help students discover, successfully comprehend, and enjoy the best children’s books. Because, in the end, we just want our students to have the skills they need to read with confidence so they can truly fall in love with reading.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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BookPagez is home to a large library of instructional resources for use with children’s books.
All of our instructional resources are available as PDFs and are aligned to Kindergarten - Sixth grade English Language Arts Standards (CCSS and TEKS), making us a great choice for elementary school readers.
In addition to our PDF resources, we have interactive digital activities to support comprehension strategy work with 300+ popular and award-winning picture books.
By using popular and award-winning children’s literature as a springboard for literacy instruction, we make it easy for children to practice key literacy skills while engaging with the best books.
The BookPagez resources are available through a subscription to the website.
Upon subscribing to BookPagez you can print resources, save and organize resources into your file cabinet, and begin using Digital Classroom.
All of the resources are available as PDF downloads. Plus we have interactive digital resources for comprehension strategy work and comprehension assessment.
As a subscriber you can access our entire library of printable and digital resources and supplemental content. You can download and print the instructional resources, assign digital resources when available, watch tutorials, and read the blog.
Your subscription includes resources for the following:
Comprehension Strategies
Vocabulary
Phonics & Word Work
Writing about Reading
Assessments (comprehension and oral reading fluency)
Book Clubs
Worksheets
Classroom Resources (posters, task cards, genre notebooks, etc.)
Access to Digital Classroom (digital activities and assessments, links to online read-alouds)
Note: A subscription is valid for use by one classroom and does not provide access to the books.
New Members:
We want you to be happy with your decision to join BookPagez. If you decide BookPagez is not the right fit for your classroom within the first thirty days of your subscription, we will gladly refund your purchase. Simply contact us to request a refund and we will review your account.
Due to the digital nature of the resources provided by BookPagez, our refund policy for members adheres to the following guidelines:
Refunds will not be granted to members who have engaged in systematic downloading or bulk downloading of resources
Refunds will not be granted to members who have previously received a refund
Renewing Members:
All memberships renew automatically. If you wish to cancel your subscription, you can do so in your member dashboard. Or if you would like assistance, please contact us prior to your subscription renewing.
In the event that your membership accidentally renews, please contact us within 30 days of your renewal date. If you have not downloaded any resources since your renewal date we will gladly refund your account.
Our resources don't follow a prescriptive curriculum. They are meant to be flexible so you can use them to differentiate your instruction based on your instructional goals.
You can use the resources for whole group, small group, and one-on-one instruction.
There are two ways to find the right resources for your instructional needs:
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Use the Resource Wizard to identify the books you want to teach with. We'll provide you with a list of lessons and activities available for the books you choose.
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Use the filters in our Resource Library to filter the resources according to comprehension skill, strategy, guided reading level, grade level, genre, CCSS, etc. We'll provide you with a list of books you can use and paired resources matched to your instructional goals.
We have resources for 300+ popular and award winning children's books!
The BookPagez resources pair with books that are widely available.
We recommend that you take an inventory of the books in your school and classroom libraries because, chance are, many of the titles are already on your shelves.
You can visit your local bookstore, used book store, and your public library.
You can also find all of the books available for purchase through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and through other large retailers.
Many of the titles in our resource library are also available on GetEpic.com or through OpenLibrary.org.
Engaging Content: Children's books are specifically designed to capture the attention and interest of young readers. They often feature colorful illustrations, relatable characters, and engaging storylines that can captivate children's imaginations. By using children's books, teachers can create a fun and enjoyable learning experience that motivates students to develop their reading skills.
Language Development: Children's books are written in language that is appropriate for young learners. They use simple vocabulary, sentence structures, and syntax, making it easier for children to understand and comprehend the text. By exposing students to well-written children's literature, teachers can help enhance their vocabulary, language skills, and overall reading fluency.
Phonics and Phonemic Awareness: Phonics is an essential aspect of learning to read, and children's books often incorporate phonetic patterns and rhymes. They provide opportunities for students to practice phonics skills, such as recognizing letter sounds and blending them together to form words. Additionally, children's books frequently include repetitive phrases and rhymes that help develop phonemic awareness—the ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds in words.
Comprehension Skills: Children's books cover a wide range of topics and themes, presenting opportunities for teachers to introduce and teach various reading comprehension strategies. Through guided discussions and activities related to the text, teachers can help students improve their ability to understand, interpret, and analyze what they read. They can also teach important skills such as making predictions, identifying story elements, drawing conclusions, and making connections between the text and their own experiences.
Cultural and Social Relevance: Children's books often address relevant social and cultural issues in a way that is accessible and relatable to young readers. They can introduce diverse characters, cultures, and perspectives, promoting inclusivity and fostering empathy among students. By incorporating children's books with diverse themes, teachers can create inclusive and enriching learning environments that celebrate differences and promote understanding.
Overall, children's books provide a rich and valuable resource for teaching reading skills. They offer engaging content, support language development, reinforce phonics and phonemic awareness, enhance comprehension skills, and promote cultural and social awareness. By using these books, teachers can inspire a love for reading and help students develop essential literacy skills that will benefit them throughout their lives.
Yes, you can use BookPagez even if you don’t know your students' reading levels.
The importance of knowing a child’s reading level is based on your goals for instruction.
At BookPagez, we recommend you follow a gradual release of responsibility approach, also known as the “To, With, and By Framework for Learning”. That means you will spend some time teaching new skills to your students, working on developing skills with your students, and giving your students space to practice skills by themselves.
You should use a book slightly above a student's reading level when you’re teaching new concepts or working on skills with your students.
You should use a book at or slightly below a student's reading level when a student is working independently.
In the end, it’s most important for your students to discover new books, comprehend what they read, and enjoy reading. So try not to focus too heavily on a child’s reading level. Instead, enjoy the time you spend reading with your students and feel confident that the work you do with the BookPagez resources will help your students develop the skills they need to be a successful readers.
We continuously learn and evolve alongside our members. All of the resources available through BookPagez are based on research.
BookPagez is aligned with the science of reading, which is a body of research that has been conducted over the past 50 years across multiple disciplines to understand how children learn to read and write. This research includes studies from fields such as education, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, speech and language pathology, and sociology. The goal of the science of reading is to use this evidence to guide effective classroom practices and literacy instruction. Here is a list of some of the books and research articles upon which our resources are based:
Books
BookPagez is aligned with the science of reading, which is a body of research that has been conducted over the past 50 years across multiple disciplines to understand how children learn to read and write. This research includes studies from fields such as education, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, speech and language pathology, and sociology. The goal of the science of reading is to use this evidence to guide effective classroom practices and literacy instruction. Here is a list of some of the books and research articles upon which our resources are based:
Books
- Bringing Words to Life; Robust Vocabulary Instruction by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan
- Read Alouds for All Learners by Dr. Molly Ness
- Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller
- Shifting the Balance by Jan Burkins and Kari Yates
- Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency; Thinking, Talking and Writing About Reading, K-8 by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell
- Teaching for Deep Comprehension by Linda Dorn
- Ehri, Linnea C. What Teachers Need to Know and Do to Teach Letter–Sounds, Phonemic Awareness, Word Reading, and Phonics, 28 Feb. 2022, ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/trtr.2095
- Duke, Nell K, et al. The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction, 24 May. 2021, ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/trtr.1993
- Pearson, P. David, et al., editors. National Academy of Education, Reaping the Rewards of the Reading for Understanding Initiative, 2020, https://naeducation.org/reaping-the-rewards-of-reading-for-understanding-initiative/
- Bogaerds-Hazenberg, Suzanne T.M., and Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul. A Meta‐analysis on the Effects of Text Structure Instruction on Reading in the Upper Elementary Grades, 17 Apr. 2020, ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rrq.311
- Hiebert, Elfrieda H. The Reading Teacher The Reading Teacher Feature Article Open Access The Core Vocabulary: The Foundation of Proficient Comprehension, 19 Feb. 2020, ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/trtr.1894
- Schutz, Kristine M., and Emily C. Rainey. Making Sense of Modeling in Elementary Literacy Instruction, 12 Aug. 2019, ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/trtr.1863
