reading (elementary)

Presents tips and reproducible materials for teaching Wade Hudson and Valerie Wilson Wesley's "Book of Black Heroes From A to Z" in grades three through five, including comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing activities, and graphic organizers.

Shows how to organize and manage materials, time, and activities to maximize learning and provides specific teaching actions and plans that contribute to productive independent work.

"In More Ramped-Up Read Alouds, educators will discover practical ideas for ramping up interactive read alouds to increase learners' language comprehension and build their knowledge about a wide variety of topics. The introduction details research-proven reasons that reading aloud is essential for literacy learners and shares success factors for creating engaging read-aloud experiences. With that foundational knowledge in place, readers will be able to choose from 50 read-aloud experiences, fully detailed and carefully designed to enrich and extend literacy instruction in grades K-5"--Provided by publisher.

This new edition of When kids can't read--what teachers can do is a guidebook for those who teach students who struggle with reading. Extensively rewritten by Kylene Beers, it offers practical teaching scaffolds and strategies in the areas of comprehension, vocabulary development, fluency, and engagement.

"This book explores the value of sharing stories in ways that speak to our hearts and connect learning communities. It grounds this affective work in a discussion of five affective elements of story--healer, inspiration, clarifier, compassion, and connector--and includes narrative discussions, rationale, and contributions from influential educators and children's book creators along with tons of book recommendations and suggestions for direct classroom and library connections"--Provided by publisher.

"This book helps teachers launch and maintain effective book club experiences in grades 2 through 6, by highlighting assessment and instructional practices that support the dual goals of stronger comprehension (thinking) and better conversations (talk)"--Provided by publisher.

Talking Texts is a guide for teachers to the steps and strategies of implementing text clubs in many forms? fiction and nonfiction book clubs, textbook clubs, article clubs, and even poetry clubs?in the classroom. All strategies presented are applicable to any discipline so that text clubs can be employed across the curriculum in any grade level.

"[A ] guide that provides teachers with the inspiration, information, and tools needed to grow enthusiastic independent readers [and] . . . outline[s] practical steps for teachers to implement independent reading time or to enrich their current practice with multiple entry points. . . In addition, they provide a model for reading conferences that support tailored instructional choices and keep students at the center"--Provided by publisher.