Novel Navigations: Exploring a World of Stories Merge Geography and Literature
 
Novel Navigations can also be used as a reading center, a weekly library or classroom contest, a segment on the morning announcements, a bell ringer, a discussion starter, or a book promotion. Novel Navigations challenges students to identify book settings using map clues, book excerpts, and fun trivia. This product enhances map reading, decoding, and analytical skills while turning reading into an interactive learning adventure.
 
Novel Navigations is designed for elementary and middle school libraries and classrooms.
 
What’s included in the product:
75 Novel Navigations.
 
Printable clues and Google Slides
 
Four maps of the United States that can be used for your bulletin board display. NOTE: Some books include international settings, an international map is not provided.
 
How to use the product:
Centers: Put a map and the clues on a table. Have students find the settings of the books and then locate the books on the library shelves or make a list of the books that sound interesting and they want to read later.
 
Bulletin Board Displays: Use the included maps, the globe clipart, and clues to create a bulletin board that invites student interaction and serves as a daily learning tool.
 
Morning Announcements: Incorporate a Novel Navigation clue in your school’s daily announcements or as a classroom bell ringer.
 
Book Promotion: Use the clues to foster a newfound interest in books, motivating students to explore stories connected to the settings they’ve decoded.
 
Game: Give each group of students a different clue and see who can find the location first.