language arts

Infographics for Grade 2 offers a time-saving, cross-curricular solution that supports 21st century learning. Filled with full-color visuals, Infographics for Grade 2 illustrates essential facts and appeals to learners. 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, math 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.

"... takes students from grammar to reading comprehension to writing ... including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, Greek and Latin roots and affixes; nuances in word meanings; textual analysis, authorship, structure, and other skills for reading fiction and nonfiction; and writing arguments, informative texts, and narratives"--Amazon.com.

Teachers in both general and special education classrooms are being asked to collaborate to give all students access to the general education curriculum. The challenge is that teachers receive very little training in how to work together to educate students successfully. Collaborate, Communicate, and Differentiate! addresses those issues and more, taking collaboration out of the abstract and supplying easy-to-use strategies that apply to daily tasks. --from publisher description.

A guide for educators to use RTI (Response to Intervention) strategies to help English-language learners with different levels of proficiency, explaining why RTI is an effective method to teach English learners, and providing checklists, an observation matrix, and other resources.

This authoritative book provides young readers with a solid foundation to help them formulate their ideas, embark on their research, complete the writing process, and properly cite sources.

Provides step-by-step instruction and practice for every type of question on the PARCC ELA/literacy exams.

"[Shows readers] how to shake up the 'traditional' writing workshop using poetry and [how to] make writing fun again! Part how-to and part inspiration, this books teaches . . . how to move students from ideas, to drafts, to finished products, to published works"--Back cover.

Provides standard-based lesson plans and reproducible worksheets for librarians to use with students in Kindergarten through fifth grade.

Contains over fifty mini-lessons and provides advice on creating a literacy-connected kindergarten through second grade classroom aligned to Common Core State Standards.