The information in Christine's books focuses on classroom reading and writing practices and activities she uses in her own classroom.

	Puzzle Paragraphs: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing Nonfiction
Appropriate for students in grades 4-8 Teacher & Learning 1-800-852-1234 Amazon.com  Barnes & Noble 1-800-THE-BOOK
Puzzle Paragraphs provides a manageable way for busy classroom teachers to help students learn to read and write ten different types of informational texts. Utilizing the paragraph format, students read and write a variety of paragraphs based on such text structures as compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, and sequencing. Reproducible sample paragraphs, graphic organizers, and puzzle paragraph strips are provided. You can teach all ten informational text paragraphs or choose specific ones to emphasize or fit into your readers' and writers' workshop. The reading and writing activities in Paragraph Puzzles are especially useful with striving readers and writers as well as ELL students.
Better than Book Reports
Appropriate for students in grades 2-6 Scholastic 1-800-SCHOLASTIC Amazon.com  Barnes & Noble 1-800-THE-BOOK
Differentiate your instruction with these wonderful reading response activities. Appropriate for when students read books independently, when students read in small groups, or when the entire class reads the same core book. Students choose from over 40 activities that encourage them to respond to their reading in uniquely creative ways!
Fun & Fabulous Literature Response Activities
Appropriate for students in grades 4-8 Scholastic 1-800-SCHOLASTIC Amazon.com  Barnes & Noble 1-800-THE-BOOK
Help your students understand literary elements and use reading strategies for better comprehension. These fun and fabulous reading response activities focus on such literary elements as plot, setting, character, theme, word choice, and point of view. At the same time, students utilize such strategies as summarizing, questioning, and previewing to help them comprehend and respond to informational texts.
Read-Alouds and Performance Reading
Appropriate for students in grades 4-9 Christopher-Gordon Publishers 1-800-934-8322 Amazon.com  Barnes & Noble 1-800-THE-BOOK
This practical, easy-to-use handbook describes ways to use teacher read-alouds and student performance reading in your classroom. Topics include Readers Theater, Performance Poetry, Storytelling, Picture Book Read-Alouds, Musical Literature Read-Alouds, and Nonfiction Read-Alouds. Extensive book lists, student performance reading preparation sheets and assessment rubrics as well as student listening response activities are also included.
Literature Circle Role Sheets for Fiction and Nonficton Books
Appropriate for students in grades 4-8 Teacher & Learning 1-800-852-1234 Amazon.com  Barnes & Noble 1-800-THE-BOOK
Literature Circles are student-centered book discussion groups in which each student has a role for which he or she is responsible. In addition to promoting reading, writing and listening skills, literature circles encourage cooperation and courtesy, allow for differentiated instruction as well as individual assessment. Included are step-by-step instructions on how to get started with literature circles, student role sheets, book lists for text sets, assessment sheets, and end-of-book project suggestions.
Sensational Sentences
Appropriate for students in grades 4-8 Teacher & Learning 1-800-852-1234 Amazon.com  Barnes & Noble 1-800-THE-BOOK
Before your students can write outstanding paragraphs and creative essays, they need to be able to write Sensational Sentences. Students become more confident and capable writers when they learn to use a variety of well-written, interesting sentences. The activities in this book will complement any writing program as well as serve as a primary source for classroom editing activities while helping your students improve their word choice, sentence structure and sentence variety.