Strategies That Work Classroom Library Collections

Set your students on the path to becoming engaged, thoughtful, independent readers with these collections of children’s books curated by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis, authors of the landmark Strategies That Work, Third Edition.

Steph and Anne selected fiction and nonfiction picture books for grades K-5, drawing from the Strategies That Work bibliography and incorporating the strategies identified in the book. Each grade range includes a collection of fifteen to twenty anchor texts which are books that will intrigue and engage kids in whole-class interactive read-alouds. These anchor texts are organized according to the strategy that best matches the nature of the text, and can be used flexibly to teach multiple strategies. Books that are ambiguous and leave gaps for the reader to fill in, for example, are great for teaching questioning and inferring. Some of the books are realistic fiction that young readers can connect to their own experiences.

Collections arrive prepackaged in book bins and optionally include a copy of Strategies That Work, Third Edition.