aides and devices

How do you teach the cognitive and personal skills students need for success in school and the world beyond? Anchored in standards shared by a range of national literacy documents, these lessons focus on the core academic skills- reading, writing, speaking and listening, taking notes, taking tests, and managing oneself - required to succeed on class, on state tests and college entrance exams, and in future endeavors.

This book is designed as a tool for teachers of grades four through six to use in developing writing skills in coordination with reading, specifically nonfiction selections, relating to other nonfiction or fictional passages.

daybook, n. a book in which the events of the day are recorded; specif. a journal or diary. The teacher's edition explains how to utilize the daybook to improve students' reading and writing skills.