Polette, Nancy

A guide for teachers interested in using the Whole Language method of instruction in their classrooms, using literature as a base for teaching history, geography, science, math, and other curriculum subjects.

A selection of reproducible games and quizzes for individuals, teams, and groups, designed to increase childrens' knowledge of literature; grouped by genre.

Presents annotated listings of picture books on a wide variety of topics and discusses how they can be used to introduce middle school students to novels on related subject matters. Includes discussion questions.

Presents reproducible tools for introducing two hundred popular picture books to preschool and primary students through read-alouds; provides a short book talk and ten questions for each story, designed to help children interact with each other.

Spine title: E is for everybody. Book summaries and activities to integrate picture books into every part of the curriculum from elementary through junior high grades.

An introduction to the life of the young seventeenth-century Indian woman who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.