language arts

Explains the changes that occur in a young child's control over literacy learning from the formal introduction of instruction until the third year of schooling, discussing how children use learning opportunities to construct an inner control over literacy tasks.

Contains illustrated rhymes that are designed to explain the concept of contractions.

A flip-chart tool designed to help teachers demonstrate, prompt for, and reinforce effective reading behaviors related to comprehension.

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 trait-based teaching resource, presenting examples of middle school student writing, ranging from high to low, that reflects each of six traits, including ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions, and including interactive PDFs on CD.

Explains a trait-based teaching strategy to help kindergarten through second-grade students improve their writing skills, providing examples of student writing, group model lessons, instructions for interactive whiteboard activities, and tips for conferences. Includes a CD-ROM with twelve interactive PDF files, thirty PDF files of student writing samples, trait scoring guides, and other resources.

A collection of workshops that allows teachers to differentiate instruction for all students including English Language Learners.

Offers advice and strategies for teachers in all subject areas on how to help students of varying abilities become fluent readers, explaining how to create a classroom environment that promotes learning, providing tools for diagnosing students, detailing instructional models, and discussing vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension.

A guide for Kindergarten through second grade teachers to incorporating Common Core standards into their mathematics lessons.

A guide for teachers of grades sixth through eight to using the Common Core standards in day-to-day practice in English language arts, history and social studies, science, and technical subjects.