language arts

Discusses how Response to Intervention (RTI) methods can help English language learners in the classroom, describing research-based strategies, and including checklists, sample letters, rubrics, and other resources.

Offers strategies designed to help young children who have had little exposure to literacy activities, focusing on the use of in-school family storybook sessions with small groups of kindergartners. Includes examples of student work, reproducibles, and photographs.

"Literacy is at the heart of education-- and what better way to teach this important subject than through the motivational techniques built into gamification? With 'Gamify Literacy,' teacher Michele Haiken brings together top educators and gaming professionals to share gamification strategies, demonstrating how teachers can use gaming tools and activities to improve literacy and content learning. This ... guide provides classroom educators and tech coaches with tips and inspiration on how to apply gaming techniques to improve literacy and deepen student collaboration and critical thinking ..."--Provided by publisher.

The engaging infographics in this book help students successfully comprehend a large amount of data and answer corresponding questions. With a variety of high-interest science and social studies topics, these infographics are perfect to use individually for skill review or as an instructional resource. Students will learn to use a variety of nonfiction text features such as headings, diagrams, maps, sidebars, time lines, graphs, and more.

Eighteen essays by teacher-researchers and university researchers examine various facets of literacy education for students labelled "special needs"; includes case studies.

Examines the schooling of African American children, discussing the fight for access to literacy, supports and roadblocks to success, best practices, theories, and perspectives on teaching African American students, and the role of African American families in the literacy lives of their children.

Presents a guide to teaching writing to children in preschool, providing information on the different stages children progress through in acquiring literacy and writing skills.

Contains exercises for teaching writing in the Grade 1 classroom.

A collection of songs and rhymes designed to help students in first and second grade improve their reading skills.