using technology to integrate reading into the curriculum using novelist with young readers

Using Technology to Integrate Reading into the Curriculum

Using NoveList with

Young Readers


• Encourage independent reading• Support your efforts to integrate fiction

across the curriculum• Strengthen searching skills and

information literacy• Enhance your school’s or library’s

reading environment

• Encourage independent reading• Support your efforts to integrate fiction

across the curriculum• Strengthen searching skills and

information literacy• Enhance your school’s or library’s

reading environment

An electronic resource designed to:


Each title in NoveList has a title record with a wealth of information for readers including annotations, book reviews, subject headings, Lexile scores, web links, series information and more.

Each title in NoveList has a title record with a wealth of information for readers including annotations, book reviews, subject headings, Lexile scores, web links, series information and more.


By clicking on one of the tabs, NoveList provides:

•Ways to Search the Database

•Pre-Defined Lists to Browse

•Materials designed to help integrate NoveList and reading in the classroom

By clicking on one of the tabs, NoveList provides:

•Ways to Search the Database

•Pre-Defined Lists to Browse

•Materials designed to help integrate NoveList and reading in the classroom


By clicking on the Search Our Database tab at the top of the screen, you will find several searching options. Let’s do a Title Search.

By clicking on the Search Our Database tab at the top of the screen, you will find several searching options. Let’s do a Title Search.


Enter a title in the Find box and click the Search button.

Enter a title in the Find box and click the Search button.


Links to additional content including award lists, annotated bibliographies (in Teaching with Fiction), reviews and more are available for this title.

Links to additional content including award lists, annotated bibliographies (in Teaching with Fiction), reviews and more are available for this title.

Book cover and short summary will grab the student’s interest.

Book cover and short summary will grab the student’s interest.

Subject Headings allow teachers and students to find similar books.Subject Headings allow teachers and students to find similar books.


Scrolling down the same title record (Touching Spirit Bear), you will find:

• The Lexile Score

•Full-Text reviews from both Booklist and School Library Journal

Scrolling down the same title record (Touching Spirit Bear), you will find:

• The Lexile Score

•Full-Text reviews from both Booklist and School Library Journal


Back to the top of the record, note the Find Similar Books button. This search lets students use a book they like as a template to find other books they might enjoy reading.

Back to the top of the record, note the Find Similar Books button. This search lets students use a book they like as a template to find other books they might enjoy reading.


The subject headings that were on the title record are listed as check boxes. The reader can search with the default of all subject headings checked, or select only the subjects he is specifically interested in. After customizing the checklist, select an audience level and click Search to find similar books to the current title.

The subject headings that were on the title record are listed as check boxes. The reader can search with the default of all subject headings checked, or select only the subjects he is specifically interested in. After customizing the checklist, select an audience level and click Search to find similar books to the current title.


Note the Popularity rating. The 1-4 star rating refers to the number of sales of this title to libraries and bookstores nationwide, providing additional information when deciding which books to read.

Note the Popularity rating. The 1-4 star rating refers to the number of sales of this title to libraries and bookstores nationwide, providing additional information when deciding which books to read.

Using Technology to Integrate Reading into the Curriculum??

??How can you use NoveList to increase reading in

content areas?


Let’s try a different search. Click on the Describe a Plot link under the Search Our Database tab.

Let’s try a different search. Click on the Describe a Plot link under the Search Our Database tab.


Type in words that describe a book you might like to read. You can select one or more audience levels to limit your search. Also try limiting your search by Lexile.

Type in words that describe a book you might like to read. You can select one or more audience levels to limit your search. Also try limiting your search by Lexile.


Here are the results generated from the Describe a Plot Search. Let’s look at a title.

Here are the results generated from the Describe a Plot Search. Let’s look at a title.


You can return to the full list of titles generated by the search by clicking on the Result List link.

You can return to the full list of titles generated by the search by clicking on the Result List link.


Let’s go back to the Search Our Database tab. This time let’s do a Boolean Search to find books on specific character education topics.

Let’s go back to the Search Our Database tab. This time let’s do a Boolean Search to find books on specific character education topics.


Type in a word you want to search for and select a field to search in. You can also select one or more audience levels to limit your search. Click the Search button when you are ready to search.

Type in a word you want to search for and select a field to search in. You can also select one or more audience levels to limit your search. Click the Search button when you are ready to search.


The search generated 183 results. You can sort your results list by clicking on the box beside “Sort By.” Here we sorted by Popularity. Let’s look at one of the more popular titles.

The search generated 183 results. You can sort your results list by clicking on the box beside “Sort By.” Here we sorted by Popularity. Let’s look at one of the more popular titles.


Here is the selected title record.Here is the selected title record.


Click on the Lexile link in a title record to see an explanation of Lexiles.

Click on the Lexile link in a title record to see an explanation of Lexiles.


By clicking on the Search Our Database tab once again, you will find a link to the Article and List Search. Click on the link to do a search. Type in a topic you would like to search for, and select a type of article from the pull down menu. In this search, let’s find “World War II” and select Teaching with Fiction. Click the Search button.

By clicking on the Search Our Database tab once again, you will find a link to the Article and List Search. Click on the link to do a search. Type in a topic you would like to search for, and select a type of article from the pull down menu. In this search, let’s find “World War II” and select Teaching with Fiction. Click the Search button.


The search generated 21 results for “World War II” in Teaching with Fiction. Let’s look at “The World War II Curriculum.”

The search generated 21 results for “World War II” in Teaching with Fiction. Let’s look at “The World War II Curriculum.”


Scrolling down the article, you will find Recommended Reading for this topic.

Scrolling down the article, you will find Recommended Reading for this topic.


Subject Headings

Civil WarWorld War I World War II

African-AmericanMedieval PeriodAncient Greece

ImmigrantsCrusades

Subject Headings

Civil WarWorld War I World War II

African-AmericanMedieval PeriodAncient Greece

ImmigrantsCrusades

NoveList helps you with cross- curricular ties.

NoveList helps you with cross- curricular ties.

BibliographiesLooking Back at the 20th centuryBeyond The Iliad and The OdysseyAfrican-American Coming of Age

StoriesUnderstanding Slavery: Historical

Fiction for Middle School Students

Bring the Middle Ages to Life with Historical Fiction

Caught Between Two Worlds: Latino Literature for Young Adults

BibliographiesLooking Back at the 20th centuryBeyond The Iliad and The OdysseyAfrican-American Coming of Age

StoriesUnderstanding Slavery: Historical

Fiction for Middle School Students

Bring the Middle Ages to Life with Historical Fiction

Caught Between Two Worlds: Latino Literature for Young Adults

Social Studies Topics


Science Topics

Subject Headings

Ecology Animal Behavior

Space Exploration Genetic Engineering

Senses and Sensation Natural Disasters

ComputersWeather

Subject Headings

Ecology Animal Behavior

Space Exploration Genetic Engineering

Senses and Sensation Natural Disasters

ComputersWeather

BibliographiesGarden WildlifeCelebrate Earth Day: Read Eco-

FictionFuture Imperfect: Dystopian

Fiction for Fourth through Eighth Grade Readers

Reading Across the Curriculum: Avoiding it Like the Plague?

Listen up: Books about our Sense of Hearing

Wind Dramas

BibliographiesGarden WildlifeCelebrate Earth Day: Read Eco-

FictionFuture Imperfect: Dystopian

Fiction for Fourth through Eighth Grade Readers

Reading Across the Curriculum: Avoiding it Like the Plague?

Listen up: Books about our Sense of Hearing

Wind Dramas


Character Education Topics

Subject Headings

Honesty

Friendship

Compassion

Emotional abuse

Responsibility

Alcoholism

Prejudice

Trust

Subject Headings

Honesty

Friendship

Compassion

Emotional abuse

Responsibility

Alcoholism

Prejudice

Trust

BibliographiesHeartbreaks Waiting to Happen:

Urban Youth and YA’s Fiction of Tough Choices

Working for a Living – Children on the Job

Young Adult Fiction: Help to Further Understanding of World Conflicts

Caring and Kindness For a Better World

Getting the Best of Bullies

BibliographiesHeartbreaks Waiting to Happen:

Urban Youth and YA’s Fiction of Tough Choices

Working for a Living – Children on the Job

Young Adult Fiction: Help to Further Understanding of World Conflicts

Caring and Kindness For a Better World

Getting the Best of Bullies


By clicking on the School Resources tab, you can find new and featured material for teachers.

By clicking on the School Resources tab, you can find new and featured material for teachers.


NoveList provides ready-made book lists, just click on the topic of your choice.

NoveList provides ready-made book lists, just click on the topic of your choice.


NoveList K-8 offers a kid-friendly interface for searching the database.

NoveList K-8 offers a kid-friendly interface for searching the database.


By clicking on the Teacher Resources tab, you have access to all of the resources for teachers and media specialists.

By clicking on the Teacher Resources tab, you have access to all of the resources for teachers and media specialists.


NoveList Features Over 135,000 title records 100,000+ full-text reviews Book cover images Flexible search strategies Monthly updates Book Discussion Guides Book Talks Annotated Bibliographies on many

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