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Peer reviewedCamp, Deanne – Reading Teacher, 2000
Describes how pairing fiction and nonfiction books on the same topic, along with interactive class strategies (such as Venn diagrams, K-W-L, DR-TA, webbing, and activating prior knowledge), can boost students' understanding and enjoyment, help teach content material, and help to ease students into reading content area textbooks. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
