teaching

Contains daily reading, writing, arithmetic, and language arts activities designed to help fourth grade graduates retain what they learned over the summer break and prepare for the coming fifth grade school year. Includes a reading book list based on the Accelerated Reading Program, comprehensive word lists, and answer pages.

Presents fifteen short reproducible fiction and nonfiction mini-books for the second-grade reading classroom that helps students develop word recognition, fluency, and comprehension.

A collection of essays in which Phillip Done recounts the experiences he had while teaching his third grade class.

Contains thirty-six one hour lessons library media specialists may use to teach library skills and literature appreciation to second grade students, while supporting instructional objects in comprehension, language, and writing.

A collection of strategy lessons for developing small-group instruction and reading groups for students in prekindergarten to first grade that help that build vocabulary, comprehension, and social skills.

Presents a collection of reproducible standards-based mini-lessons and strategies that help to develop important reading skills for the kindergarten through second-grade classroom.

Contains mini lessons and a CD designed to be used with the Smart Board, an interactive whiteboard that teachers can use in the classroom to motivate students, featuring narrative writing exercises designed to help students learn essential writing skills.

Presents trifolds for forty novels such as "Holes" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" designed to help fourth through sixth graders develop reading strategies such as evaluating, formulating questions, using context clues, and analyzing cause and effect.

A discussion on the Response To Intervention--RTI--method used in American school systems, examining the model, explaining why it is important for encouraging school improvement, and describing the necessary modifications needed that would take into account poverty and culture for increased effectiveness.

Presents fifteen short reproducible fiction and nonfiction mini-books for the first grade-reading classroom that helps students develop word recognition, fluency, and comprehension.