 | | For more than 30 years, Joseph Bruchac has been creating poetry, short stories, novels, anthologies, and music that reflect his Abenaki Indian heritage and Native American traditions. Keepers of the Earth and other books in his best-selling "Keepers" series beautifully integrate folklore and information about the natural world. | | |  | | A dozen picture books to help young readers learn about, geography, measuring and scale, longitude and latitude, the points of a compass, and how to explore their neighborhood, town, and the world through maps. Want to learn more about maps? Browse the resources for Geography Awareness Week (Nov 15-21) at National Geographic. This year's theme: Explore! The Power of Maps. | | |  | | This new children's book from filmmakers Jim and Jamie Dutcher, A Friend for Lakota, gives children a fascinating look at the real lives of wolves through the relationship of two cubs, Lakota and Matsi. The Dutchers spent six years with the pack in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains, observing filming, and learning about these ecologically important animals. | | | | | Ideas for Parents & Teachers | | | |  | For Parents Reading fluency is a child's ability to read a book or other text correctly, quickly, and with expression. It's the all-important bridge between just "decoding" words and understanding what you've read. Find out how you can help your child develop reading fluency through a few simple and fun activities. (In English and Spanish) | |  | For Teachers Reading aloud in unison with a whole class or group of students helps build students' fluency, self-confidence, and motivation. It also gives kids a chance to practice oral reading with proper expression and phrasing. There are lots of ways to pair kids up — learn how! More fluency strategies >
| | |  | For Parents Smartphones and tablets are everywhere, and even our youngest children interact with technology on a daily basis. Find out what you as a parent can be doing to help your young learner navigate the digital world — you may need to reconsider how you connect with your child during technology use. (In English and Spanish) | |  | For Teachers A teacher shares his experience bringing nonfiction read-alouds into his classroom, with tips on selecting quality books (and keeping a log), exposing kids to different text types, talking about vocabulary, and providing time to reflect, wonder, and question. You'll also learn about his Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction Strategy (R.A.N.), a variation of K-W-L. | | |  | For Parents Uncover some great fiction and nonfiction books about rain, wind, and big storms; tornado poetry (and other writing prompts); kid-friendly weather apps; and a set of easy hands-on activities. Keep a weather diary, cook up some kitchen snowflakes, explore the wind, create your own magical rainstick, and more. | |  | For Teachers Kids often have difficulty understanding abstract map symbols. Learn how to introduce map skills with literature that contextualizes mapping in a narrative, can be related to where in the world each student lives, and engages students by actively "doing geography." | | | | | |
Reading fluency — a child's ability to read a text correctly, quickly, and with expression — is the all-important bridge between decoding words and understanding what has been read. Watch our PBS show, 
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