reading

Describes the author's 4M framework to lighten the teacher's role while helping students to monitor and direct their own reading. Includes examples, lessons, reading process and strategy lists, and a photo tour of exemplary reading classrooms.

". . . a collection of rhymes to help 3-7-year-olds learn to read and spell. . . . Each rhyme teaches a particular lesson. For the very young, there are rhymes about sounds. For more confident readers there are magic spells to tackle tricky spellings"--Dust jacket.

A State Standards-aligned resource for teaching Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr Fox" in grades three through four that includes worksheets.

Aaron Slater loves listening to stories and dreams of one day writing them himself. But when it comes to reading, the letters just look like squiggles to him, and it soon becomes clear he struggles more than his peers. When his teacher asks each child in the class to write a story, Aaron can't get a single word down. He is sure his dream of being a storyteller is out of reach . . . until inspiration strikes, and Aaron finds a way to spin a tale in a way that is uniquely his.

Jack practices his reading by reading books to shelter puppy Daisy, but Jack worries what will happen when Daisy is adopted.

"Consider[s] the future of the reading brain and its capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection in today's highly digitized world"--OCLC.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale, accompanied by phonics activities on each page.

"Lorenzo isn't happy about moving. But in his new room, he finds an old desk with what seems likes hundreds of drawers. Each even has its own smell! Deep inside the desk, he finds a book and begins to read. When he looks up, he sees all kinds of curious things"--Amazon.

When her mother has a new baby, Elizabeti is given charge of her younger brother and finds it more difficult to take care of him than it was to care for her rock doll.

Introduces readers to the "y" and long "i" sounds through a story about two heroes--Fly Guy and Spy Guy--who try to stop a villain named Bryon Fry from terrorizing the city.