Witherell, Nancy L

"[Provides] easy-to-follow lesson plans that address key reading skills for students in grades 3-5"--Provided by publisher.

Offers teachers a practical overview of guided reading, with tips on how to incorporate guided reading activities into classroom instruction and manage small reading groups effectively.

Presents more than forty reproducible graphic organizers for teaching vocabulary using differentiated instruction in first through third grade, providing three organizers at different levels--beginning, developing, and extending--for lessons that target key vocabulary skills.

Presents more than fifty reproducible graphic organizers for teaching the building blocks of writing, nonfiction writing, narrative and memoir writing, and writing formats, providing three organizers at different levels--introductory, intermediate, and challenging--for each writing objective.

Presents over fifty graphic organizers and activity sheets that may be used for differentiated reading instruction in grades four through eight.