8. Solving the Reading Mystery: Integrating Anchor Texts with Student Choice

Creating Joyful Readers

Like most other teachers, I was absolutely frightened when I was told I needed to run a choice reading unit. How will I keep track of everything? How do I manage a class full of students reading different books? These questions kept me up at night! I then realized that I was expected to do this alongside my regular curriculum and then my mind was REALLY blown. Thankfully, after years of trial and error, I got pretty good at it and it helped me realize why this is such a powerful practice.

In today’s episode, I’m going to give you my best recommendations for anchor texts in the mystery genre and then I’m going to give you practical strategies I learned over years of practice to implement these novels seamlessly beside a choice reading unit in the same genre. Buckle up, joyful readers, you’re in for a good one.

Highlights:

3 Mysteries That Appeal to a Wide Range of Students

How to Use the Mystery Genre to Leverage the Anchor Text/Lit Circle Connection

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