reading (elementary)

Presents ideas for teaching children in grades K-3 phonics, spelling, and language conventions through the creation of word walls; suggestions include an ABC wall, chunking wall, words-we-know wall, and help wall.

Presents ten reproducible, read-aloud plays designed to help struggling readers in grades four through eight understand key events and topics in American history, including the Boston Tea Party, the Underground Railroad, and others.

Contains fifteen reproducible mini-books designed to help struggling readers in grades four through eight understand key events and topics in American history, including the ride of Paul Revere, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and others.

Discusses how schools must change to meet the increased educational demands of the twenty-first century, focusing on the critical features of school organization plans that can improve or impede the development of more effective educational settings.

Discusses the critical role of relationships in the classroom, looking at relationships between teacher and student, between and among students, between teacher and curriculum, and between student and curriculum, with a focus on the curriculum areas of reading and writing; and offers advice on how to strengthen those relationships to create a productive learning environment.

Contains a collection of fifty poems, one for each week of the school year, from September through June, and includes discussion questions and activities related to each poem.